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Second World War 7
A2-Level
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| d'après-guerre | post-war |
| la reconstruction | reconstruction |
| le développment | development |
| investir | to invest |
| emprunter | to borrow |
| le rationnement | rationing |
| la constitution | constitution |
| le rapatriement | repatriation |
| la situation démographic | demographic situation (socioeconomical factors) |
| le taux de natalité | birth rate |
| anéantir | to annihilate |
| sombrer dans l'anarcie | to fall into anarchy (state of lawlessness) |
| le droit de vote pour les femmes | women's right to vote |
| démissionner | to resign |
| une économie ruinée | economy in ruins |
| les charbonnages ( ) | coal mines (m) |
| la sidérugie | steel industry |
| la planification | planning |
| agricole | agriculture |
| la sécurité sociale | social security |
| les restrictions alimentaires () | ratoning (f) |
| nationaliser | to nationalise |
| les dégâts | damage |
| rebâtir | to rebuild |
| le plan Marshall | Marshall plan Economic assistance from USA to rebuild Europe |
| un prêt | loan |
| la pénurie de logements | housing shortage |
| l'industrie () | industry (f) |
| l'agriculture () | agriculture (f) |
| les denrées alimentaires () | foodstuffs (f) |
| les naissances () | births (f) |
| catastrophique | catastrohpic |
| les voies ferries | railways |
| le gouvernement provisoire | provisional government |
| élir | to elect |
| la restauration | restauration |
| relancer | to relaunch |
| l'industrie houillère | coal industry |
| l'acier () | steel (m) |
| la concertation | working together |
| la Fonction publique | civil service |
| l'état providence | welfare state |
| le matériel agricole | agricultural equipment |
| la nationalisation | nationalisation |
| nous vanter | to brag |
| querelles | argument |
| achevée | achieved |
| heurter | to collide |
| en nuances | in the shadow |
| preuve | evidence |
| des inqiétudes | worries |
| craintes | fears |
| d'inattendu | unexplained |
| petit à petit | little by little |
| d'assimilation | adopting things from different cultures |
| progressiste | progressive |
| injuste | unfair |
| internauts | internet user |
| n'en doutez pas | without a doubt |
| de subtilités | subtleties |
| métropole | city |
| réglé | settled |
| règme | reign |
| la lagon | the lagoon |
| état d'espirit | mindset |
| de noix de coco | coconut |
| de mobilisation | protest |
| atteint de | affected by |
| a canaliser | to channel |
| aux milliers | thousands |
| je me bats | i fight |
| en demande | in need |
| résistaient | were resisiting |
| reprenons | resume |
| c'est à dire | that's to say |
| concrètement | concretely |
| de consraintes | constraints |
| possédaient | to own |
| quant aux | as to |
| bonder | overcrowded |
| proclamé | declaired |
| du baby-boom | baby boom |
| auparavant | previously |
| de la paresse | laziness |
| ainés | older |
| le foyer | home |
| s'éveillaient | waking up |
| cauchemar | nightmare |
| la privation | hardship |
| homme politique | politician |
| s'appréter | to get ready |
| un accord | a deal |
| saboler | to sabotage |
| visées | aimed at |
| se refuge | takes refuge in |
| supporter | tolerate |
| la lutte | the fight or struggle |
| la Marseillaire | French national anthem |
| des partisans | resistance fighters |
| de fraternité | comraderie |
| intemporel | timeless |
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