At War Flashcards by Elisa Segui

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Une guerre d’indépendance

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An independence war

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Une guerre d’usure

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A war of attrition

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Une guerre sainte

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A holy war

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Une guerre totale

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An all-out war/ total war

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Guerre

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Warfare

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Une guerre chimique

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Chemical warfare

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Hostilités

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Hostilities

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Une bataille

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A battle

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Une contre attaque

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A counterattack

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Faire tomber/ tendre dans une embuscade

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To ambush

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Une attaque aérienne

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An air strike

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Déclencher une attaque

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To launch a strike

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Une guerre civile

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A civil war

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Déclarer la guerre à

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To declare war on

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Prendre les armes

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To take up arms

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Faire la guerre à

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To make war on

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To wage war

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Faire la guerre

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To go to war

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Partir à la guerre

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Éclater

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To break out

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Le déclenchement

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The outbreak

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Le champ de bataille

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The battleground/ the battlefield

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Une zone de guerre

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A war zone

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Être en proie à la guerre

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To be in the grip of war

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Un sac de sable

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A sandbag

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Un fil de fer barbelé

Barbed wire

S'infiltrer à travers les lignes ennemies

To infiltrate the enemy lines

S'emparer d'un territoire

To seize territory

Déborder le front ennemi

To outflank the enemy Line

Débarquer

To land forces

Un débarquement

A landing

Percer les lignes ennemies

To make a breach/ to break through the enemy lines

Repousser une invasion

To repel an invasion/ to push back an invasion

Un résistant

A resistance fighter

La resistance

The resistance

S'enliser

To bog down

S'aborder une flotte

To scuttle a fleet

Épargner

To Spare

Passer à l'offensive

To take the offensive

Repousser un assault

To beat back an assault

Prendre d'asseault

To take by storm

Gagner du terrain

To gain ground

Tenir bon

To hold steady/ to hold fast

Envoyer des renforts

To send reinforcements

S'enfoncer dans la guerre

To sink into war

Être dans l'impasse

To reach a stalemate/ a standstill

Débloquer la situation

To break a stalemate

Un territoire occupé

An occupied territory

Un combat aérien

A dogfight

Survoler

To fly over

Bombarder

To bomb out/ to shell/ to strafe

Larguer une bombe

To drop a bomb

Frapper une cible

To strike a Target

Abattre un avion

To down a plane

Paralyser

To incapacitate

Miner

To mine

Un champ de mine

A minefield

Une mine antipersonnelle

A booby trap

Faire le blocus

To blockade

A blockade

Un blocus

Un pont aérien

An airlift

Affamer

To starve out

Ravitaillement

Supplies

Couper les voies de ravitaillement

To cut supplies lines

Assiéger

To lay siege on/ to besiege

Lever un siege

To raise/ lift a siege