TROOPS

troops: translation

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ crack (BrE), elite

▪ additional, extra

▪ armed

▪ a division of up to 6 000 heavily armed troops

▪ enemy, foreign, rebel

▪ friendly, loyal

▪ troops loyal to the government

▪ army, auxiliary, paramilitary, regular, reserve

▪ allied, coalition, federal (esp.AmE), government

▪ international

▪ combat, fighting

▪ shock (= trained to make sudden attacks on the enemy)

▪ reconnaissance

▪ peacekeeping, security

▪ airborne, ground

▪ border, front-line, garrison

VERB + TROOPS

▪ deploy, mass, put in, send, send in

▪ They are massing troops on the border.

▪ The UN is sending peacekeeping troops into the trouble spot.

▪ commit, provide (sb with), supply (sb with)

▪ The army has provided troops for the UN all over the world.

▪ pull out, withdraw

▪ Washington is talking about pulling out its troops next year.

▪ bring home

▪ It's time to bring our troops home.

▪ command, lead, order

▪ He ordered troops to shoot to kill if attacked.

▪ call in

▪ station

▪ The US had stationed over 300 000 troops in Japan.

▪ transport

▪ rally

▪ support

▪ We must always support our troops.

▪ train

TROOPS + VERB

▪ fight (sb), kill sb

▪ die

▪ be based, be positioned, be posted, be quartered, be stationed

▪ troops based in East Timor

▪ Five hundred troops were quartered in a town just behind the front line.

▪ serve

▪ British troops serving in the Gulf

▪ advance, march, move in, move into sth

▪ Allied troops were advancing on the capital.

▪ arrive, cross into sth, enter sth, land, reach sth

▪ Iraqi troops crossed into Kuwaiti territory.

▪ cross sth

▪ Troops crossed the border with Georgia.

▪ mass

▪ Government troops have massed on the northern border.

▪ guard sth, patrol sth

▪ troops patrolling the border

▪ occupy sth

▪ attack (sb), invade (sth), overrun sth, storm sth, surround sth

▪ Rebel troops stormed the presidential palace.

▪ fire on sb/sth, open fire, shoot sb

▪ leave sth, pull out, withdraw

▪ come home

TROOP + NOUN

▪ deployment, levels, numbers, presence, strength

▪ Various figures for US troop presence in Iraq were quoted.

▪ build-up

▪ reductions

▪ withdrawal

▪ movements

▪ carrier, ship, train, transport

▪ commander

▪ morale

PHRASES

▪ the deployment of troops, the withdrawal of troops

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