71 Flashcards

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Défiler - un manifestant

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To march - a marcher

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2
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Une pancarte

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A placard

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3
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Réclamer - une revendication

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To claim - a claim

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4
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La foule (en colère) - prendre d’assaut

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The mob - to mob

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5
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La violence collective

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Mob violence

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6
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Être le détonateur

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To ignite

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7
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Déclencher

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To trigger/ spark off

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8
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S’affronter

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To clash

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9
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Renverser (des voitures)

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To overturn (cars)

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10
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Saccager

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To wreck/ to vandalize

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11
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Les décombres

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Wreckage

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12
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Se déchaîner

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To rampage about/around

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13
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Le grabuge

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Mayhem

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14
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Piller

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To loot/ to plunder

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15
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Le pillage

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Looting

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16
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Un pillard

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A looter

17
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Lyncher qqun

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To lynch sby

18
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Les lyncheurs

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The lynch mob

19
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Faire sauter

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To blow up

20
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S’insurger contre

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To rise up aigainst

21
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Un soulèvement

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An uprising

22
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Un insurgé

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An insurgent

23
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Dur/ répressif

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Heavy-handed

24
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Matraquer

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To club - to bludgeon

25
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Une matraque

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A truncheon/ a bludgeon

26
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Boucler (un quartier)

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To seal/ to cordon off

27
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Renforcer les contrôles

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To tighten controls

28
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Un couvre-feu

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A curfew