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1 armed forces
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2 armed forces
armed services plural noun forces fpl armées -
3 service
service [ˈsɜ:vɪs]1. nouna. ( = act of serving) service m• to bring/come into service mettre/entrer en serviceb. ( = department, system) service mc. (religious) service m2. plural nouna. (on motorway) = service station[+ car, washing machine] réviser ; [+ organization, group] offrir ses services à4. compounds* * *['sɜːvɪs] 1.1) (department, facility) service mfor services rendered — Commerce pour services rendus
it's all part of the service — ( don't mention it) c'est tout naturel; ( it's all included) tout est compris
‘normal service will be resumed as soon as possible’ — ‘dans quelques instants la suite de votre programme’
2) (work, period of work done) gen, Administration, Military service mto put ou place something at somebody's service — mettre quelque chose à la disposition de quelqu'un
to be in service — History travailler comme domestique
3) Commerce ( customer care) service m (to à)to get good/bad service — être bien/mal servi
15% for service — 15% pour le service
4) (from machine, vehicle, product) usage mto give good ou long service — [machine] fonctionner longtemps; [vehicle, product, garment] faire de l'usage
‘out of service’ — ( on bus) ‘hors service’; ( on machine) ‘en panne’
5) ( transport facility) service m (to pour)an hourly bus/train service — un autobus/train toutes les heures
6) Automobile, Technology ( overhaul) révision f7) Religion office mmarriage service — cérémonie f nuptiale
8) ( crockery) service m9) Sport service m10) ( good turn) service m2.to be of service to somebody — [person] aider quelqu'un; [thing] être utile à quelqu'un
services plural noun1)the services — Military, Nautical les armées
2) ( on motorway) aire m de services3. 4.transitive verb1) ( overhaul) faire la révision de [vehicle]; entretenir [machine]2) Finance payer les intérêts de [debt] -
4 air force
(the part of the armed services which uses aircraft: the army, navy and air force.) armée de l'air -
5 mutiny
['mju:tini] 1. plural - mutinies; noun((a) refusal to obey one's senior officers in the navy or other armed services: There has been a mutiny on HMS Tigress; The sailors were found guilty of mutiny.) mutinerie2. verb((of sailors etc) to refuse to obey commands from those in authority: The sailors mutinied because they did not have enough food.) se mutiner- mutineer- mutinous -
6 serviceman
feminine - servicewoman; noun (a person in one of the armed services.) soldat/-ate -
7 task force
(a force selected from the armed services for a special task.) détachement spécial -
8 war
A n1 ( armed conflict) guerre f ; the horrors of war les horreurs de la guerre ; the day war broke out le jour où la guerre a éclaté ; in the war à la guerre ; between the wars ( world wars) entre les deux guerres ; a state of war now exists between our two countries nos deux pays sont désormais en état de guerre ; to win/lose a war gagner/perdre une guerre ; to go off to the war partir à la guerre ; to go to war against entrer en guerre contre [country] ; to wage war on faire la guerre contre [country] ; to be at war with a country être en guerre avec un pays ; a war over ou about une guerre pour [land, independence] ; une guerre sur [issue, problem] ;2 fig ( fierce competition) guerre f ; price/trade war guerre des prix/commerciale ; a state of war now exists between the two departments/companies c'est la guerre entre les deux services/sociétés ; a war of words un conflit verbal ;3 fig ( to eradicate sth) lutte f (against contre) ; the war against drug traffickers la lutte contre les narco-trafiquants ; to wage war on ou against mener une lutte contre [poverty, crime].B modif [debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound] de guerre ; [cemetery, leader, grave, zone] militaire ; [hero] de la guerre ; war deaths victimes fpl de la guerre ; he has a good war record il a de bons états de service.C vi ( p prés etc - rr-) to war with a country/one's neighbours être en guerre contre un pays/ses voisins (over à cause de).you look as if you've been in the wars on dirait qu'il t'est arrivé des malheurs.
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