Army and War Flashcards by Robin Piquet

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Les militaires

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The Military

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Les soldats

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The troops

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Un simple soldat

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A private

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Un officier (commandant)

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A (commanding) officer

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Servir, être dans l’armée

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To serve/To be in the forces

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S’engager dans l’armée

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To join the army/To enlist

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Les services secrets

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The Intelligence Service

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L’armée de terre

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The Land Forces

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La marine de guerre (britannique)

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The (Royal) Navy

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La flotte

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The fleet

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L’armée de l’air (britannique)

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The (Royal) Air Force

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La caserne

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The barracks

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Un défilé

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A march past

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Etre au garde à vous (Garde à vous!)

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To stand at/to attention (Attention!)

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Trahir

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To betray

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Espionner

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To spy on

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Les armes/l’armement

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Weaponry/Armaments

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Les munitions

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Ammunition

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Une arme à feu

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A firearm/a gun

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Un fusil

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A rifle

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Une mitrailleuse

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A machine gun

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Un bombardement

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A bombing

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Tirer (répliquer)

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To shoot (back)

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Viser, cibler

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To aim (at), to target

Frapper, porter un coup

To strike

Exploser, faire exploser

To explode, to blow up

Empoisonner

To poison

Dissuasif

Deterrent

Les enjeux/Etre en jeu

Stakes/To be at stake

Une embuscade

An ambush

Mettre une menace à exécution

To carry out a threat

Déclarer la guerre à

To declare war on

Tendu

Tense

Menaçant

Looming

S’engager (en faveur d’une cause)

To commit oneself (to a cause)

Se mêler de

To interfere in

La guerre des tranchées

Trench warfare

Les renforts (demander des renforts)

Backup (to send for backup)

Faire la guerre à/contre

To make war, wage war against

Une cicatrice

A scar

Disparaître

To go missing

Se faire tuer

To get killed

Indemne, sain et sauf

Uninjured, unscathed

Un crime contre l’humanité

A crime against humanity

Une rafle

A roundup

Vaincre

To defeat

Se rendre à

To surrender to

Un résistant

A freedom-fighter

Un attentat

A terrorist attack

Des représailles

Reprisal, retaliation

Un cessez-le-feu

A cease-fire

Une trêve

A truce

Accorder, octroyer

To grant

Etre en ruines

To be in ruins, to lin in ruins

Rendre hommage à

To pay tribute to