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PDS Fr 5 Occupation

Vichy - Occupation Vocab

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un ancien combattant veteran
un devoir a duty
un don a gift
douloureux/douloureux painful
serré(e) tight
un moyen a way, means
une épreuve a test, trial
une angoisse anguish
la patrie the homeland
se mettre en rapport avec to join
un char armored vehicle
une tanque a tank
l’espérance hope
disparaître to disappear
la défaite the defeat
faire bloc to stand with
tenir to hold
un retard a delay
empêcher to prevent
actuellement currently
le couvre-feu the curfew
archi-bonde über-crammed (slang)
le geste the gesture
les cendres ashes
la privation deprivation
capituler to capitulate, surrender
anéanti(e) wiped out
la revanche vengeance
une fuite a flight (escape)
faillir to almost _____
flanquer to flank
un espoir to hope
cracher to spit
brandir to brandish, wave
la haine (the) hate
*foutre le camp « to get the hell out » (vulgar)
le sang the blood
la pénurie the shortage
un prisonnier de guerre a POW
les vivres the foodstuff, supplies
envahir to invade
neutre neutral
le blitzkreig the blitzkreig
la guerre éclair the lightning war (French term for blitzkreig)
la drôle de guerre the funny war, odd war
une trenchée a trench
la réquistion requisition, requisitioning
les biens the goods, wealth
un exode an exodus
la ligne de démarcation the demarcation line
la politique the politics
le champs de bataille the battlefield
un pneu a tire
bombarder to bomb
les courses errands
une alerte an air-raid
en deuil in mourning
un abri a shelter
ficher to care about
la messe mass (Catholic service)
mitrailler to (machine) gun down
une mitrailleuse a machine gun
Quelle barbe ! What a drag !
*le Rikiki the noggin
la volonté will
goûter to taste
un appel a call
les Macaronis « Wops » (pejorative) Italians
fuir/s’évader/s’enfuir to flee
une malle trunk (luggage)
une pétrolette motorized bike
une armistice armistice, (end of fighting)
au milieu de in the middle of
un encombrement an obstacle
un gendarme gendarme (policeman)
un camion a truck
une troupe a troop
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