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12.6 Vocabulaire
Module 12 Additional vocab 6 les résistants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| les résistants | the resisters (resistants) |
| les hors-la-loi | outlaws, bandits |
| le partisan / la partisane | partisan, follower, supporter |
| les exilés téméraires | audacious exiles |
| s'opposer au régime dictatorial | to oppose the dictatorial regime |
| la croix de Lorraine | cross chosen by de Gaulle as the symbol of the Resistance |
| se battre contre… | to fight against |
| se lever contre… | to rise up against |
| la lutte contre I'Axe | the fight against the Axis |
| dire non à la résignation | to say no to resignatlon |
| dire non à l'humiIiation | to say no to humiliation |
| les relais collaborationnistes | collaborationist representatives |
| l'insoumission (f) | rebelliousness, conscientious objection |
| ne pas supporter la défaite de la France | to not bear France's defeat |
| défendre les valeurs de la France | to protect France's values |
| défendre la liberté | to protect freedom |
| le destin | fate (destiny) |
| la servitude | servitude |
| fou (folle) de rage | mad with rage |
| être bouIeversé(e) | to be shaken, overwhelmed |
| insupportable | unbearable |
| les initiatives (f) | initiatives |
| les services (m) secrets | the secret services |
| les services techniques | technical services |
| l'agent (m) secret | secret agent, spy |
| l'agent des services secrets | secret agent, spy |
| l'espion | secret agent, spy |
| l'opérateur / l’operstrice radio | radio operator |
| devenir membre d'un réseau | to become a member of a network |
| toutes les couches (f) sociales | all social strata |
| le maquis | armed underground Resistance organisation whose members hid in sparsely populated areas such as forests or mountains |
| les maquisards | resisters who belonged to a maquis |
| ravitailler les maquisards | to resupply/feed the underground resisters |
| trouver de quoi manger | to find something to eat |
| l'esprit (m) de communauté | community spirit |
| le paysan /la paysanne | farmer |
| le combat souterrain | underground combat |
| le combattant /la combattante | combatant, soldier |
| les soldats aguerris (m) / les soldates aguerries (f) | battle-hardened soldiers |
| regrouper | to regroup |
| de la première heure | from the outset |
| le recru / la recrue | the recruit |
| former | to train |