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11.2 Vocabulaire
Module 11 Additional vocab 2 Le maréchal Pétain
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Le maréchal Pétain et la révolution nationale | Maréchal Pétain and the national revolution |
| le régime traditionaliste | traditionalist regime |
| construit(e) autour de… | constructed around…. |
| diriger | to lead |
| le chef de l'État français | French head of state |
| le président du Conseil | head of the Council |
| siéger | to sit, to reign |
| se substituer | to act as a substitute for |
| les pleins pouvoirs (m) | full powers |
| posséder tous les pouvoirs | to possess all the power |
| le vieillard | the old man |
| la carrière militaire | military career |
| la nomination | nomination |
| l'écrasante majorité (f) | crushing majority |
| le rôle clé | the key role |
| l'influence (f) | influence |
| le vainqueur de Verdun | the conqueror of Verdun (how Pétain was known to the French after the First World War) |
| le bouclier | the shield |
| le père de la nation | the father of the nation |
| le culte de sa personnalité | the cult of his personality |
| la motivation | the motivation |
| le redressement intellectuel et moral | intellectual and moral recovery |
| l'appui (m) | the support |
| aligner | to align |
| le nationalisme | nationalism |
| l'unité (f) française | French unity |
| l'ordre (m) | order |
| Paternaliste | paternalist |
| la patrie | country / homeland |
| le patriotisme | patriotism |
| le culte de la patrie | the cult of the homeland |
| les valeurs (f) Patriotiques | patriotic values |