Control, Authority and the Law Flashcards

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To manager, direct

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Diriger

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2
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To run (be in charge of something)

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Gérer

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3
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To coordinate

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Coordonner

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4
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To punish

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Discipliner

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5
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To dominate

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Dominer

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6
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To administer

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Administrer

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7
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To influence a person

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Influencer

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8
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To influence something other than a person

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Influer

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9
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To lead

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Mener

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10
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To control (literary)

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Régenter

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11
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Foreman

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Un contremaître (contremaîtresse)

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12
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Ticket collector

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Un contrôleur (contrôleuse)

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13
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A leader

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Un dirigeant

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14
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A manager

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Gérant

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15
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A jailer

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Un garde-chiourme

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16
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To pull the strings

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Tirer les ficelles

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17
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A company’s head office

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La maison à son siège

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18
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To legislate

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Légiférer

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19
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It’s an eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth

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C’est la loi du talion

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20
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In order (confirming to the law)

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En règle

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21
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I am under contract

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Je suis sous contract

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22
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Criminal law

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Le droit pénal

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23
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Civil law

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Le droit civil

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24
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A minor offence

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Une infraction

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A motoring fine
Une contravention
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An offence not invoking death or bodily harm
Un délit
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Special policemen - used to control crowds
Le CRS
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To check
Contrôler
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A cop
Un flic
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Secret police agent
Un barbouze
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To suspect
Soupçonner
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A suspicion
Un soupçon
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Custody
La garde à vue
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Police raid
Une descente de police
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A body search
Une fouille corporelle
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The Nick (prison)
La taule
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A prisoner
Un prisonnier, détenu
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Lawyers
Le parquet
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The bar
Le barreau
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A lawyer (who speaks in court)
Un avocat
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Solicitor
Un notaire
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The witness box
Le banc des témoins
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The defendant
L'accusé
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To charge
Accuser
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Bail
La caution
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To stand for trial
Être jugé
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To plead guilty
Plaider
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Trail
Le procès
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To prosecute sb
Poursuivre qqn en justice
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Evidence
La preuve
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Sentence
La peine
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To sentence
Condamner
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To release a prisoner
Relâcher
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To allow oneself
Se permettre
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To be entitled to
Avoir droit à
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He thinks he can get away with anything
Il se croit tout permis
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To outlaw
Prohiber
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To censure
Censurer
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Guilty
Coupable
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To be guilty of something
Porter la culpabilité de qqch
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Disapproval
Le blâme
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To blame
Blâmer
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A mistake
Un tort
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He is in the wrong
Il est dans son tort
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Original sin
Le péché originel
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To submit
Se soumettre
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Scapegoat
Un souffre-douleur
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A wimp
Une lavette
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To do as you're told
Obéir au doigt et à l'œil
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To grovel before sb
Courber la tête
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To cave in to sb
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