ARTS ET DÉBATS D’IDÉES Flashcards

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Une Poursuite judiciaire

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A prosecution

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Une loi

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An act

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Un amendement

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An amendment

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Un coupable

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A culprit

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Une sentence

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A penalty

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Défendre

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To defend

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Plaider, défendre (2 réponses)

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To plead / to advocate

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Un défenseur (2 réponses)

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An advocate / a defendor

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La Défense

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The defense

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Une devise

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A motto

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Abroger / révoquer / retirer

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To repeal

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Réticent

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Reluctant

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Un législateur

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A lawmaker

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Mettre en pratique / appliquer / exécuter (loi)

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To implement

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Le discours de La Défense

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The defense speech

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Fervent / engagé / passionné (discours) (2 réponses)

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Fervent / impassioned

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Percutant

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Forceful

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Inspirant / exaltant

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Inspirational / uplifting

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S’adresser à la cour

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To address the court

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Prendre position sur

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To take a stance on

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Prôner / argumenter (une idée (3 réponses)

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To promote / to argue / to advance

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Renverser une affaire

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To overturn a case

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23
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Réclamer justice

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To seek justice

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Changer l’opinion de qlq (2 réponses)

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To change one’s mind / sb’s opinion

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25
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Légal

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Lawful

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Illegal

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Unlawful

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Défendre / lutter pour (4 réponses)

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To plead for / to stand up for / to defend / to fight for

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Lutter contre

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To struggle against

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29
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Un crime

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A felony

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30
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Un délit

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A crime

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31
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Vol à l’étalage

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A shoplifting

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32
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Poursuivre qlq en justice

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To sue sb

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Accuser qlq (2 réponses)

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To charge sb with / to accuse sb of

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Le prévenu

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The defendant

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L’avocat

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The lawyer / the attorney

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Le plaignant

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The plaintiff

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Le procureur (magistrat) / l’avocat général

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The prosecutor

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Indulgent

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Lenient

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Clément

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Merciful

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Impitoyable

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Merciless

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assister à un procès

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To attend a trial

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Entendre une affaire

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To hear a case

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Prononcer un verdict (2 réponses)

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To make a ruling / to rule a judgment

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Condamner à

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To sentence sb to

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Présomption de culpabilité

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Presumption of guilt

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Discriminant / injuste

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Discriminatory / unfair

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Partial (3 réponses)

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Partial / biased / prejudiced against

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Impartial (2 réponses)

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Impartial / unbiased

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S’affirmer

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To assert oneself

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L’audience / le public

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The audience

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Souhait (5 réponses)

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To wish / to yearn for / to desire to / to hope to / to be eager to

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Plus (plus jamais)

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Any more

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Faussement accusé

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Wrongly condemned

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Le témoin principal

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The prosecution witness

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Témoigner (contre)

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To testify (against)

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Un casier judiciaire

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A criminal record

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Discréditer

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To discredit

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Indigne de confiance

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Untrustworthy

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Les charges qui pèsent contre lui doivent être abandonnées (2 réponses)

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His charges must be dropped / abandoned

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Une avancée

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A breakthrough

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La court de justice

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The Court

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Voter un bulletin secret

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To vote on a ballot

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Bavard

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Talkative

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Froncer les sourcils / lancer un regard noir

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To frown (at sb)

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Se confier

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To confide

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Avoir de l’assurance

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To be assertive

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Tendu / stressé

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Tensed

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Déverser

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To blurt out

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La confiance

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The confidence

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Sale / immonde (2 réponses)

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Filthy / dirty

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Un bandeau

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A blindfold

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Le box des jurés

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The jury box

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Allégorique

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Allegorical

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Entreprenant / dynamique

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Enterprising

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Imaginer / concevoir (2 réponses)

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To envision / to picture

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Acquitté

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Acquitted

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Furieux (4 réponses)

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Infuriated / furious / upset / mad at

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Susceptible

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Touchy

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Un procureur général

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A chief attorney

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Un huissier de justice

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A bailiff

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Abandon de charges

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A mistrial

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Aborder une idée (2 réponses)

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To come up to / to approach an idea

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Reformuler

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To rephrase