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Second World War 3
A2-Level.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| la veille | just before |
| disparaissent | disappeared |
| les camps de la mort | death camps |
| les bombardements | bombings |
| propaganda | propaganda |
| rennais | rained |
| déversées | dumped |
| visant | aiming |
| le jour-J | D-day |
| la bataille qui suit | the battle that follow |
| le couvre-feu | curfew |
| la défense passive | civil defence |
| de tenter | to try |
| d'occulter | blackouts |
| les volets | shutters |
| sirènes d'alerte | air raid sirens |
| annonçaient | announcing |
| préablement | advanced |
| abris soutterains | underground shelter |
| vue | point of view |
| la convention | agreement |
| métropoliataine | mainland |
| démarcation | dividing line |
| la souveraineté | sovrenity |
| s'exerce | exercised |
| de fait | in fact |
| inféode | subservant |
| pillage | looting germans taking what they wanted |
| autonome | independent |
| Pologne | Poland |
| soumission | submission |
| s'accentue | accentuated |
| à la suite | following |
| franchir | to cross |
| auprès | with |
| lié | linked |
| les armes | weapons |
| l'arrestation | arrests |
| les atrocités | atrocities |
| le collaborateur | someone who helped the Germans |
| la concession | compromise |
| dénoncer | betrayal |
| déporter | sent to concentration camp |
| l'engagement | commitment |
| un ersatz | substitute |
| la faim | hunger |
| le fasciste | fascist |
| les faux papiers | fake papers |
| la file d'attente | queue |
| la libération | liberation |
| matières premières | raw materials |
| la Gestapo | the Gestapo (secrete state police of Nazi) |
| le parachutage | parachuter |
| le parti | political paryy |
| la planque | hideaway |
| les privations | deprivation |
| la rafle | round up |
| le ravitaillement | supplying |
| le recensement | census |
| le STO | French men were sent to work in Germany |
| le tract | leaflet |
| le troc | barter |
| familles d'accueil | host families |
| déraillés | derailled |
| prudent | careful |
| surcroît | in addition |
| rémission | break |
| godillots | combat boots |
| traction | engine |
| je me gonflais comme un boeuf | I swelled up with pride |
| réquisition | taken |
| légère | light |
| provisoirment | for now |
| vélometer | moped |
| bourgeois | middle class |
| retire | surrender |
| revendre | return |
| clefs | gear |
| neufs | brand new |
| coup | blow |
| périodiquement | from time to time |
| valait | cost |
| omniprésente | unwanted |
| en valeur | emphasise |
| conservant | conserved |
| propagateur | propaganda |
| se divertir | entertained |
| dès | from |
| emprise | held |
| réelle | real |
| la censor | suppression |
| s'enchaîner | follow on |
| primoridial | mojor |
| la dureté | hardship |
| choix moraux | moral choice |
| des échanges | exchanges |
| prélèvements | specimens |
| de base | basic |
| se procurer | to get |
| introuvables | not found |
| l'appel | the call |
| nourrir | to feed |
| de disposer | to have |
| de couvrir | discover |
| les envies | cravings |
| aisément | easily |
| fournit | provide |
| d'échanges | echange |
| évoluer | change |
| voies | lanes |
| rapporte | reports |
| la renommée | fame |
| la croissance | growth |
| la garantie | warranty |
| pénurie de carbuant | fuel shortage |
| critères | standard |
| dotés | entrusted |
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