29-war and peace Flashcards

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conflit, litige, contentieux

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a dispute

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un litige frontalier

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a border dispute

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être mêlé à un conflit

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be embroiled in a conflict

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ennemi

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enemy

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un désaccord, une dispute, une querelle

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disagreement,

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une épreuve de force, un bras de fer

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a showdown

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militaire/ civil

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military / civilian

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un belliciste

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a warmonger

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la propagande belliciste

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warmonger

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les militaires

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the military

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un militariste

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a militarist

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militariste

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militaristic

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être en guerre / en paix

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to be at war / at peace

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déclarer la guerre à un pays

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to declare war on a country

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faire la guerre à un ennemi

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to wage war on an enemy/ against an enemy

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un allié

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an ally

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éclater

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to break out

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se battre

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fight

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attaquer/ défendre

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to attack / to defend

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conquérir

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to conquer

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la conquête

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conquest

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envahir

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to invade

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assiéger

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to besiege

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les forces armées

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armed forces

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un corps expéditionnaire
a task force
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les troupes
troops
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les forces aéronavales
air and salt forces
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une campagne militaire
a military campaign
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le champ de bataille
the battlefield
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déployer
to deploy
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le déploiement
deployment
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retirer des troupes d'un endroit
to withdraw troops from a place
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le retrait
withdrawal
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un blocus
a blockade
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vaincre un adversaire
to defeat an adversary
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un revers
a setback
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des représailles
reprisals, | retaliation
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user de représailles envers qn
to retaliate against sb
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un vainqueur
a victor
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un militaire, un soldat
a serviceman, | a soldier
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un militaire de carrière
a professional soldier, | a career soldier
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s'engager, s'enrôler dans l'armé de l'air
to join the air force/ to enlish in the Air Force
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recruter
to recruit
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une recrue
a recruit
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un officer
an officer
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un objecteur de conscience
a conscientious
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déserter
to desert
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un déserteur
a deserter
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des armes
weapons, | arms
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des armes de destruction massive
weapons of mass destruction
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un arsenal
an arsenal
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des munitions
ammunition, | munitions
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une bombe
a bomb
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bombarder
to bomb
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un bombardement
a bombing | a bombardement
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un bombardier
a bomber
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des armes intelligentes
smart weapons
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une frappe, une intervention aérienne
an air strike
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une frappe chiurgicale
a surgical stike
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un bombardier furtif
a stealth bomber
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une porte-avions
an aircraft carrier
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un avion de chassr, un chasseur
a fighter (plane)
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un drone, un avion téléguidé
a drone, | an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
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un missile
a missile
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la guerre des nerfs/ d'usure
war of nerves/ of attrition
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la guerre nucléaire/ biologique / chimique
nuclear/ biological / chemical warfare
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massacre
massacre | slaughter
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effusion de sang, carnage, boucherie
bloodshed
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les blessés
the wounded
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les morts et les blessés
casualties
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bilan des victimes
death toll
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le renseignement
intelligence
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espionner un ennemi
to spy on an enemy
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satellite-espion
a spy satellite | a surveillance satellite
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un crime de guerre
a war crime
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un criminel de guerre
a war criminal
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un crime contre l'humanité
a crime against humanity
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un génocide
a genocide
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purification ethnique
ethnic cleansing
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purification ethnique
ethnic cleansing
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exterminer
to exterminate
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un cessez-le-feu
a ceasefire
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une trêve
a truce
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se rendre
to surrender
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une armistice
an armistice
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le désarmement
disarmament
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un pacificte
a peace campaigner a pacifist a peacenik
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un bourbier
a quagmire
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l'enlisement
stalemate
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des pourparlers de paix
peace talks
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le processus de paix
the peace process
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un accord de paix
a peace agreement a peace accord a peace settlement
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un traité de paix
a peace treaty
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la dividende de la paix
the peace dividend
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un prisonnier de guerre
a prisoner of war | a POW
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être porté disparu
to be reported missing
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s'absenter sans permission
to be absent without leave, | AWOL
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un ancien combattant
a veteran | a vet
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un amputé
an amputee
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être estropié/ mutilé a vie
be maimed for life
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | PTSD
névrose post-traumatique