CH85: Geopolitics: World affairs Flashcards

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un partenaire

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a partner

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un allié -> une alliance

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an ally -> an alliance

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un sommet

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a summit

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convoquer

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to convene

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négocier ; un négociateur ; des négociations

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to negotiate ; a negotiator ; negotiations

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un désaccord

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a disagreement

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une impasse

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a quandary

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s’enliser

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to be bogged down

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des concessions mutuelles

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give and take

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un compromis

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a trade-off

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(ne pas) être d’accord

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to agree / disagree on stg

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un accord

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an agreement

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un traité

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a treaty

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préparer,rédiger -> un avant-projet

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to draft -> a draft

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stipuler que

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to stipulate that

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ratifier -> la ratification

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to ratify -> ratification

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coopérer -> la coopération

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to cooperate -> cooperation

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intervenir/s’interposer ; l’intervention ; l’interventionnisme

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to intervene ; intervention ; interventionism

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la diplomatie -> un diplomate -> diplomatique

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diplomacy -> a diplomat -> diplomatic

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l’immunité

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immunity

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une ambassade -> un ambassadeur

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an embassy -> an ambassador

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un consul -> un consulat

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a consul -> a consulate

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étranger -> un étranger

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foreign -> a foreigner

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la douane

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customs

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un visa
a visa
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un droit
a right
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fondamental
fundamental
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inaliénable
in(un)alienable
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une charte
a charter
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faire respecter
to uphold
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violer -> la violation
to violate -> violation
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terrorise
to terrorize
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enlever -> un enlèvement
to kidnap -> a kidnapping
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emprisonner -> l’incarcération
to imprison -> imprisonment
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retenir en captivité -> un détenu
to detain -> a detainee
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torturer -> un tortionnaire
to torture -> a torturer
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massacrer -> un massacre/ carnage
to massacre/slaughter -> a massacre/slaughter
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une tuerie
a mass killing
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exterminer -> l’extermination
to exterminate -> extermination
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un génocide
a genocide
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la terreur -> un terroriste -> terroriser
terror -> a terrorist -> to terrorize
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un séparatiste
a separatist
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un militant islamiste
an Islamic militant / a jihadi
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une alerte à la bombe
bomb scare
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une cible civile
a civilian target
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un attentat terroriste
a terrorist attack
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une bombe à retardement
a time bomb
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un engin
a device
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télécommandé
remote controlled
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viser
to aim at
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frapper une cible
to hit a target
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abattre
to gun down
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être impliqué dans
to be involved in
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faire sauter
to blow up
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un attentat suicide
a suicide attempt
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un explosif
an explosive
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bourré de
packed with
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désamorcer
to defuse
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déchiqueté
mangled
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ravagé
wrecked
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les décombres
the rubble
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un otage -> la prise d’otages -> prendre qq en otage
a hostage -> hostaging -> to take sby hostage
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enlever -> un enlèvement
to abduct -> an abduction
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un ravisseur -> un prisonnier
a captor -> a captive
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retenir / détenir
to hold
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les yeux bandés
blindfolded
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exécuter -> une exécution
to execute -> an execution
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libérer
to free / to release
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sauver, libérer
to rescue
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échanger
to swap
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traquer qqun
to track down sby
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infiltrer
to penetrate
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un agent -> une agence
an agent -> an agency
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informer -> un informateur -> des renseignements
to inform -> an informer -> information
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une mission
a mission
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secret -> le secret
secret -> secrecy
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un espion -> espionner qqun -> l’espionnage
a spy -> to spy on sby -> spying/espionage
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rompre ≠ établir les relations diplomatiques
to break off ≠ to restore diplomatic relations
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le respect des droits de l’homme
respect for human rights
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promouvoir les droits de l’homme
to further human rights
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un militant des droits de l’homme
a human rights activist
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violation des droits de l’homme
human rights abuses
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bafouer les droits de qqun
to trample on sby’s rights
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une arrestation arbitraire
an arbitrary arrest
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un procès sommaire
a summary trial
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un crime contre l’humanité
a crime against humanity
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la menace du terrorisme
the threat of terrorism
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une vague de terrorisme
a spate of terrorism
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céder au terrorisme
to give in to terrorism
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un mouvement terroriste
a terrorist movement
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un groupe terroriste
a terrorist group
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organiser un attentat terroriste
to mount a terrorist attack
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perpétrer un attentat terroriste
to carry out a terrorist attack
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poser une bombe
to plant a bomb
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l’auteur de la bombe
the bomb maker
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larguer des bombes
to drop bombs
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des attentats aveugles
random bombings
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être réglé pour exploser
to be timed to go off
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faire exploser une bombe
to set off a bomb
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un preneur d’otages
a hostage taker
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fixer un ultimatum
to issue an ultimatum
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reporter la date fixée pour qqch
to extend a deadline for stg
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récupérer un otage
to retrieve a hostage
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libérer des otages
to free / release hostages
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obtenir la libération de
to win the release of
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renforcer la sécurité
to tighten security
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accroître les contrôles aux frontières
to step up border controls
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fouiller les bagages à la main
to search hand luggage
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franchir un portique de détection de métaux
to step through a metal detector
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passer les bagages aux rayons X
to X-ray luggage
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des mesures de sécurité draconiennes
drastic security measures