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Second World War
A2-Level
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ses relais | relays |
| de renseignement | intelligence |
| le sauvatage | rescue |
| évadés | escape |
| rassemblé | brought together |
| dirige | united |
| l'égide | protection |
| vaincue | beaten |
| trancher la gorger | cut his throat |
| tirailleurs | spontaneous fight |
| face a | against |
| se déshonerer | dishonoured |
| soigné | cured |
| reconnaît | recognised |
| divers | difference |
| du coup | as a result |
| n'exclut | didn't exclude |
| méfie | wary |
| processus | process |
| front populaire | political party opposed to Petain |
| condamner | convict |
| soi-disant | so-called |
| la faiblesse | weakness |
| la rigour | strength |
| remis | sent |
| agit | act |
| paraît | appears |
| effectuer | performs |
| principalement | mainly |
| armée | army |
| provisoire | provisional |
| vaincrunt | will conquer |
| d'études | investigation |
| fondé | founded |
| lacé | launched |
| à proximité | near |
| navires | ships |
| endommager | dammaged |
| regagne | regained |
| malgré | inspite |
| entité | policy |
| tient | held |
| mourra | died |
| décedé | died |
| soumis | subjected to |
| cendres | ashes |
| dévoile | reveal |
| thèse | reports |
| insurection | violent uprising |
| départ | start |
| centaine | hundred |
| l'ampleur | bigger |
| chars | tanks |
| chassés | hunted |
| niçois | Nice (area of country) |
| agissant | were acting |
| s'engageaient | engaged |
| réseaux | network |
| mouvements | group of people |
| recensés | identified |
| rattachés | attached |
| la complicité | involvement |
| la police | state police |
| la gendarmeries | local police |
| voyaient | saw |
| sauveur | saviour |
| filidres | sections |
| attribués | placed trust in him |
| parmi | among |
| instituteurs | teachers |
| des universitaires | academics |
| militaires de carrière | career soldiers |
| journal | newspaper |
| feuiller | leaflet |
| propager | generate |
| la propagande | propaganda |
| d'accueil | host/ welcome |
| la complicité | knowledge |
| service de renseignement | intelligence service |
| cheminots | railway workers |
| rentraient | were returning |
| précieuses | valuable |
| renseignement | information |
| repérer | spot |
| émetteurs radio | radio transmitters |
| le meurtre | murder |
| lutte armée | resistance branch (tried not to kill anyone) |
| maquis | hard core resistance branch |