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Second World War
A2-Level
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| l'occupation ( ) | occupation (f) |
| la ligne démarcation | dividing line |
| prendre le pouvoir | to take power |
| envahir | to invade |
| les forces allemandes | German forces |
| la zone libre | free zone |
| le rationnement | rationing |
| la faim | hunger |
| juif | Jewish |
| déporter | to deport |
| expulser | to deport |
| interdire | to ban, forbid |
| passer la frontière | to cross the border |
| une arrestation | to arrest |
| la zone interdite | forbidden zone |
| collaborer | to collaborate |
| le marché noir | black market |
| la communication radiophonique | radio communication |
| le bombardement | bombing |
| la ligne Maginot | Maginot line Line of strong fortifications to prevent German invasion but didn't extend fully so Germans could still invade via Belgium |
| la capitulation | to surrender |
| la vie quotidienne | every day life |
| la "drôle de guerre" | phoney war First 8 months of WW2 when there was little activity from French on ground where invaded Germany |
| la pénurie de denrées | shortage of foodstuffs |
| la France occupée | occupied France |
| les occupants ( ) | occupiers (m) |
| l'invasion ( ) | invasion (f) |
| les Nazis | Nazis |
| la zone occupée | occupied zone |
| le couvre-feu | curfew |
| le manque | lack, shortage |
| un laisser-passer | pass (identity) |
| l'anti-sémitisme ( ) | antisemitism (m) |
| la déportation ( ) | deportation (f) |
| une interdiction | ban |
| discriminatoire | discriminatory |
| un rafle | raid (to find Jews) |
| détenir | to detain |
| une exécution | execution |
| un collabo(rateur) | collaborator |
| le carburant | fuel |
| les Alliés | Allies |
| infranchissable | uncrossable |
| la devise | motto |
| le prisonnier de guerre | prisoner of war |
| former un governement | to form a government |
| les troupes allemandes | German troops |
| réticents | reluctant |
| récomenses | rewardes |
| forcément | necessarily |
| retours | returns |
| pas honte | no shame |
| shootant | shooting |
| exposé | exposed |
| adher | to join |
| déformer | distort |
| faire semblant | to pretend |
| par la suite | afterwards |
| crosse | stick |
| meufs | women |
| nickel | perfect |
| un bon moment | a great time |
| supprime | delete |
| incollable | unbeatable |
| empirer | worsen |
| mise à jour | update |
| impaire | odd (number) |
| une coque | phone case |
| voyage sur les pas | travel in their footsteps |
| meurtrière | murderous |
| lectures | readers |
| le récit | story/recount |
| tout près | very close |
| un département | county |
| en pleine | in the middle of |
| se faisaient face | faced each other |
| arrère-grand-pére | great grandfather |
| gardé en ostage | keep hostage |
| émus | moved (emotionally) |
| le Beffroi | Bell Tower |
| un fossé | a ditch |
| s'arbriter | take shelter |
| déclencher | trigger |
| prévoir | foresee |
| surprendre | surprise |
| solève | raised |
| coquelicot | puppy |
| en tissu | in fabric |
| mitraillettes | machine guns |
| gueules | jaws |
| les éclats d'obus | shrapnel |
| d'obus | shell (bomb) |
| se rappellera | will remember |
| diaporana | slideshow |
| devienette | riddle |
| à hauter de | from the perspective of |
| incarne | acting/ embodies |
| m'incitée | encouraged |
| passer | to go |
| casting | audition |
| je n'en renviens | I can't believe |
| un taurau | a bull |
| décrirais | would describe |
| débrouiller | to manage |
| fonceuse | go-getter |
| emmener | to bring |
| préciser | to specify |
| le tournage | film set |
| debilles | marbles |
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