Conflict Flashcards by Robin Piquet | Brainscape

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Une polémique

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A controversy

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Le souci, l’inquiétude

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A concern, a worry

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Reprocher qqch à qqn

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To reproach with/for sb

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Contrarier, fâcher, blesser

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To vex

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Blesser, froisser

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To offend

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Ennuyer

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To bother

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Se disputer (avec qqn)

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To quarrel (with sb) / To have an argument

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Se brouiller (avec)

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to fall out (with)

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La méchanceté, la cruauté (méchant, pervers)

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Wickedness (wicked)

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Railler qqn

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To jeer at sb

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Impitoyable

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Ruthless, pitiless

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La tromperie (tromper)

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Deception (to deceive)

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Faire semblant

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To pretend

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Indigne de confiance

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Untrustworthy

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L’orgueil

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Pride

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Le mépris (méprisant)

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Contempt, scorn (contemptuous, scornful)

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L’égoïsme

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Selfishness

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Un vantard (se vanter de)

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A boaster (to boast of, to brag about)

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Mépriser / regarder de haut

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To despise / To look down on

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L’envie, la jalousie

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Envy

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Une envie (de) / Désirer ardemment

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A craving (for) / to crave for

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Etre en colère contre

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To be angry/be mad with

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Perdre patience

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To lose one’s temper

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Un préjugé

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A prejudice

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Etre victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

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Rejeter, exclure

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To expel, to ban

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Harcèlement

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Harrasment

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Un délit

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An offence

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Un homicide involontaire

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A manslaughter

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Un assassinat

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An assassination

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Un complice

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An accomplice

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L’agression

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Assault, mugging

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L’enlèvement, le rapt

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Kidnapping, an abduction

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Le détournement d’avion

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Hijack

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Donner des coups, frapper

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To deal blows

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Donner des coups de poing/pied

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To punch/To kick

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Une femme battue – un mari violent

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A battered wife – a wife beater

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Une manifestation

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A demonstration, a protest

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Un défilé

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A march

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Une revendication

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A claim, a demand

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L’escalade de la violence

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The escalation of violence

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Un soulèvement, une crise

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An upheaval

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La prise d’otages

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Hostage-taking

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Déclencher

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To trigger off

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Prendre d’assaut

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To take by storm

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Un tyran, la tyrannie

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A tyrant, tyranny

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Un dictateur, une dictature

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A dictator, dictatorship

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La souffrance

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Suffering

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Violer (des droits)

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To abuse, to violate

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Réprimer

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To crack down (on)

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Totalitaire

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Totalitarian

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La purification ethnique

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Ethnic cleansing

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La déportation dans un camp

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Internment

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La déportation

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Transportation

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L’esclavage, l’asservissement

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Slavery, bondage

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Réduire à l’esclavage

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To reduce to slavery

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Le dernier cri (mode)

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The last word

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On dit que…

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Word has it that…