Great War in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

war
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 country
entrer en guerre contre
to wage war on country
faire la guerre contre
to be at war with a country
être en guerre avec un pays
a war over or about land, independence
une guerre pour
a war over or about issue, problem
une guerre sur
a war over or about attr debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound
de guerre
a war over or about cemetery, leader, grave, zone
militaire
a war over or about hero
de la guerre
war deaths
victimes fpl de la guerre
he has a good war record
il a de bons états de service

II.war <pres part warring; pret, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

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III.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr]

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I.great [Brit ɡreɪt, Am ɡreɪt] N

IV.great [Brit ɡreɪt, Am ɡreɪt] ADJ

V.great [Brit ɡreɪt, Am ɡreɪt] ADV inf

VI.great [Brit ɡreɪt, Am ɡreɪt]

Great War in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Great War in the English»French Dictionary

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war no pl, no indef art:

war
guerre f
to be at war
être en guerre
a state of war
un état de guerre
in time of war
en temps de guerre
the horrors of war
les horreurs de la guerre
war atrocities
les atrocités de la guerre
a war hero
un héros de guerre
war breaks out between sb/sth and sb/sth
la guerre éclate entre qn/qc et qn/qc
to declare war on sb/sth a. fig
déclarer la guerre à qn/qc
to go to war
aller en guerre
to wage war against sb/sth
faire la guerre contre qn/qc
to wage war against sb/sth fig
être en guerre contre qn/qc
a war of attrition
une guerre d'usure
price/trade war
guerre des prix/commerciale
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He returned to the novel in a futile attempt to escape the horrors of the Great War.
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The situation changed during the great war, in which the contribution of nursing to the war effort was recognised in several urgent recruitment drives.
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The girls used to spend some time creating useful items to send to the forces fighting in the great war, such as quilts.
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It was just after the Great War, so there may have been a shortage.
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He remained neutral during the battles of the Great War, when almost everybody else was claiming sides.
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His writings tell of not only the economic effects that the Great War had on the village, but also the social ones.
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She was employed in that capacity through the end of the Great War and for a year beyond.
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The obelisk records 127 names of the area's fallen from the Great War.
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The inquisitive boy asks what his father did in the great war.
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Proclamation was shelved for the duration following the outbreak of the Great War.
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