Control, Authority and the Law Flashcards

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1
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To manager, direct

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Diriger

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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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To dominate

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Dominer

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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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To influence something other than a person

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Influer

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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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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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25
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A motoring fine

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Une contravention

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26
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An offence not invoking death or bodily harm

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Un délit

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27
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Special policemen - used to control crowds

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Le CRS

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28
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To check

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Contrôler

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29
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A cop

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Un flic

30
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Secret police agent

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Un barbouze

31
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To suspect

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Soupçonner

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A suspicion

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Un soupçon

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Custody

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La garde à vue

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Police raid

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Une descente de police

35
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A body search

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Une fouille corporelle

36
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The Nick (prison)

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La taule

37
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A prisoner

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Un prisonnier, détenu

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Lawyers

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Le parquet

39
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The bar

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Le barreau

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A lawyer (who speaks in court)

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Un avocat

41
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Solicitor

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Un notaire

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The witness box

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Le banc des témoins

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The defendant

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L’accusé

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To charge

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Accuser

45
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Bail

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La caution

46
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To stand for trial

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Être jugé

47
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To plead guilty

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Plaider

48
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Trail

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Le procès

49
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To prosecute sb

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Poursuivre qqn en justice

50
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Evidence

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La preuve

51
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Sentence

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La peine

52
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To sentence

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Condamner

53
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To release a prisoner

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Relâcher

54
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To allow oneself

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Se permettre

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To be entitled to

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Avoir droit à

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He thinks he can get away with anything

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Il se croit tout permis

57
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To outlaw

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Prohiber

58
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To censure

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Censurer

59
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Guilty

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Coupable

60
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To be guilty of something

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Porter la culpabilité de qqch

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Disapproval

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Le blâme

62
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To blame

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Blâmer

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A mistake

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Un tort

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He is in the wrong

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Il est dans son tort

65
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Original sin

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Le péché originel

66
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To submit

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Se soumettre

67
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Scapegoat

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Un souffre-douleur

68
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A wimp

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Une lavette

69
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To do as you’re told

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Obéir au doigt et à l’œil

70
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To grovel before sb

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Courber la tête

71
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To cave in to sb

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