Deck 30: War And Peace Flashcards

(109 cards)

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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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Un conflit armé

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An armed conflict

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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, row

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Une épreuve de force, un bras de fer

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A showdown

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Militaire / civile

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Military / civilian

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Les militaires

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The military

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10
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Un belliciste

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A warmonger

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La propagande belliciste

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Warmongering

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12
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Un militariste

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A militarist

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13
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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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16
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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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18
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Éclater

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To break out

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19
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Se battre

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To fight

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Attaquer / défendre

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To attack / to defend

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21
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Conquérir

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To conquer

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22
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La conquête

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Conquest

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23
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Envahir

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To invade

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24
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Assiéger

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To besiege

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Les forces armées
Armed forces
26
Un corps expéditionnaire
A task force
27
Les troupes
Troops
28
Les forces aéronavales
Air and sea forces
29
Une campagne militaire
A military campaign
30
Le champ de bataille
The battlefield
31
Déployer
To deploy
32
Le déploiement
Deployment
33
Retirer des troupes d’un endroit
To withdraw troops from a place
34
Le retrait
Withdrawal
35
Un blocus
A blockade
36
Vaincre un adversaire
Te defeat an adversary
37
Un revers
A setback
38
Des représailles
Reprisals, retaliation
39
User de représailles envers qqn
To retaliate against sb
40
Un vainqueur
A victor
41
Un militaire, un soldat
A serviceman, a soldier
42
Un militaire de carrière
A professional soldier, a career soldier
43
S’engager, s’enrôler dans l’armée de l’air
To join, to enlist in the Air Force
44
Recruter
To recruit
45
Une recrue
A recruit
46
Un officier
An officer
47
Un objecteur de conscience
A conscientious objector
48
Déserter
To desert
49
Un déserteur
A deserter
50
Des armes
Weapons, arms
51
Des armes de destruction massive
Weapons of mass destruction, WMDs
52
Un arsenal
An arsenal
53
Des munitions
Ammunition, munitions
54
Une bombe
A bomb
55
Un bombardement
A bombing, a bombardment
56
Un bombardier
A bomber
57
Des armes intelligentes
Smart weapons
58
Une frappe, une intervention aérienne
An air strike
59
Une frappe chirurgicale
A surgical strike
60
Un bombardier furtif
A stealth bomber
61
Un porte-avion
An aircraft carrier
62
Un avion de chasse, un chasseur
A fighter (plane)
63
Un drone, un avion téléguidé
A drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
64
Un missile
A missile
65
La guerre des nerfs/ d’usure
War of nerves / of attrition
66
La guerre nucléaire/ biologique / chimique
Nuclear/ biological/ chemical warfare
67
Massacre
Slaughter, massacre
68
Effusion de sang, carnage, boucherie
Bloodshed
69
Les blessés
The wounded
70
Les morts et les blessés
The casualties
71
Bilan des victimes
Death toll
72
Bombarder
To bomb
73
Le renseignement
Intelligence
74
Espionner un ennemi
To spy on an enemy
75
Satellite-espion
A spy satellite, a surveillance satellite
76
Un crime de guerre
A war crime
77
Un criminel de guerre
A war criminal
78
Un crime contre l’humanité
A crime against humanity
79
Un genocide
A genocide
80
Purification ethnique
Ethnic cleansing
81
Exterminer
To exterminate
82
Un cessez le feu
A ceasefire
83
Une trêve
A truce
84
Se rendre
To surrender
85
Une armistice
An armistice
86
Le désarmement
Disarmament
87
Un pacifiste
A peace campaigner, a pacifist, a peacenik
88
Un bourbier
A quagmire
89
L’enlisement
Stalemate
90
Des pourparlers de paix
Peace talks
91
Le processus de paix
The peace process
92
Un accord de paix
A peace agreement, a peace accord, a peace settlement
93
Un traité de paix
A peace treaty
94
Le dividende de la paix
The peace dividend
95
Un prisonnier de guerre
A prisoner of war, a POW
96
Être porté disparu
To be reported missing
97
S’absenter sans permission, manquer à l’appel
To be absent without leave, AWOL
98
Un ancien combattant
A veteran, a vet
99
Un amputé
An amputee
100
Être estropié, mutilé pour la vie
Be maimed for life
101
Névrosé post-traumatique
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD
102
Un homme prévenu en vaut deux
Forewarned is forearmed
103
A la guerre comme à la guerre
All’s fair in love and war
104
Être sur le sentier de la guerre
To be on the war-path
105
Ne pas faire de cadeaux
To take no prisoners
106
Baisser la garde
To drop your guard, let your guard down
107
Avoir le dessus
To have the upper hand
108
Être pris entre deux feu
To be caught in the crossfire
109
Enterrer la hache de guerre
To bury the hatchet