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12.6 Vocabulaire
Module 12 Additional vocab 6 les résistants
Question | Answer |
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les résistants | the resisters (resistants) |
les hors-la-loi | outlaws, bandits |
le partisan / la partisane | partisan, follower, supporter |
les exilés téméraires | audacious exiles |
s'opposer au régime dictatorial | to oppose the dictatorial regime |
la croix de Lorraine | cross chosen by de Gaulle as the symbol of the Resistance |
se battre contre… | to fight against |
se lever contre… | to rise up against |
la lutte contre I'Axe | the fight against the Axis |
dire non à la résignation | to say no to resignatlon |
dire non à l'humiIiation | to say no to humiliation |
les relais collaborationnistes | collaborationist representatives |
l'insoumission (f) | rebelliousness, conscientious objection |
ne pas supporter la défaite de la France | to not bear France's defeat |
défendre les valeurs de la France | to protect France's values |
défendre la liberté | to protect freedom |
le destin | fate (destiny) |
la servitude | servitude |
fou (folle) de rage | mad with rage |
être bouIeversé(e) | to be shaken, overwhelmed |
insupportable | unbearable |
les initiatives (f) | initiatives |
les services (m) secrets | the secret services |
les services techniques | technical services |
l'agent (m) secret | secret agent, spy |
l'agent des services secrets | secret agent, spy |
l'espion | secret agent, spy |
l'opérateur / l’operstrice radio | radio operator |
devenir membre d'un réseau | to become a member of a network |
toutes les couches (f) sociales | all social strata |
le maquis | armed underground Resistance organisation whose members hid in sparsely populated areas such as forests or mountains |
les maquisards | resisters who belonged to a maquis |
ravitailler les maquisards | to resupply/feed the underground resisters |
trouver de quoi manger | to find something to eat |
l'esprit (m) de communauté | community spirit |
le paysan /la paysanne | farmer |
le combat souterrain | underground combat |
le combattant /la combattante | combatant, soldier |
les soldats aguerris (m) / les soldates aguerries (f) | battle-hardened soldiers |
regrouper | to regroup |
de la première heure | from the outset |
le recru / la recrue | the recruit |
former | to train |