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The Big Picture > Deck 26: Gun Violence > Flashcards

Deck 26: Gun Violence Flashcards

1
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Les armes à feu

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Firearms

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2
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Une arme à feu

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A gun

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3
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Une arme de poing

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A handgun

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4
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Un revolver

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A revolver

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5
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Un pistolet

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A pistol

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Un fusil de chasse

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A shotgun

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7
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Un fusil semi-automatique

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A semi-automatic rifle

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8
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Un fusil d’assaut

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An assault rifle, an assault weapon

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9
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Des munitions

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Ammunition, munitions

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10
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Une balle

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A bullet

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11
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Une cartouche

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A cartridge

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12
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Un étui (de revolver)

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A holster

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13
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Propriétaire d’armes à feu

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A gun-owner

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14
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Un passionné d’armes à feu

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A gun enthusiast

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15
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Un champ de tir

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A rifle range, a shooting range

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16
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Porter une arme

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To bear, to carry, to wear a gun

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17
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Les ventes d’armes à feu

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Gun sales

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18
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Un permis de port d’arme

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A gun permit, a gun license

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19
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Se faire justice

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To take the law into one’s own hands

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20
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La légitime défense

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Self-defence

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21
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Agir en état de légitime défense

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To act in self-defense

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22
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Un membre d’un groupe d’autodéfense

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A vigilante

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23
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Un problème controversé

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A controversial, contentious issue

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Un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions

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A hot-button issue

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25
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Le lobby des armes à feu

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The gun lobby

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26
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Le droit de porter une arme

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The right to carry arms

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27
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Les défenseurs du droit de porter des armes

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Gun-rights activists

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28
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Un fabricant d’armes

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A gun maker, a gun manufacturer

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29
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La réglementation du port d’armes

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Gun control

30
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Avoir accès aux armes à feu

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To have access to guns

31
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Limiter l’accès aux armes

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To restrict access to gun

32
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Un contrôle des antécédents (d’un acheteur d’armes)

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A background check

33
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Déclarer une arme

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To register a gun

34
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Un casier judiciaire

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A criminal record

35
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Interdire les armes à feu

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To outlaw, to ban guns

36
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Tirer

A

To shoot

37
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Tirer sur qqn

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To shoot at somebody

38
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Tirer un coup sur qqn

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To fire a shot at sb

39
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Abattre qqn

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To shoot sb (dead)

40
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Des coups de feu, une fusillade

A

A shooting

41
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Le meurtre d’un policier

A

The shooting of a policeman

42
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Une fusillade

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A shoot-out

43
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Un coup de feu

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A shoot, a gunshot

44
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Être touché mortellement, victime d’un coup de feu mortel

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To be fatally shot, mortally wounded

45
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Coups de feu, fusillade

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Gunfire, gunfight

46
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Se suicider

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To commit suicide, to kill oneself

47
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Se supprimer, se donner la mort

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To take one’s (own) life

48
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Il a retourné l’arme contre lui-même

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He turned the gun on himself

49
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Le nombre de victimes

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The death toll

50
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Tuer qqn sauvagement

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To slaughter sb

51
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Un massacre

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A slaughter, a massacre

52
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Un carnage

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Carnage

53
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Une effusion de sang, un massacre

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Bloodshed

54
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Appuyer sur la gâchette

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To pull, to press, to squeeze the trigger

55
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Avoir la gâchette facile

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To be trigger-happy

56
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Être pris d’un accès de folie meurtrière

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To go on a killing spree, a shooting spree, a shooting rampage

57
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La criminalité

A

Crime, criminality

58
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Les taux de criminalité

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Crime rate

59
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Un homme armé

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A gunman

60
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Un meurtre

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A murder

61
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Un meurtrier

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A murderer

62
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Blessé qqn

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To injure sb, to wound sb

63
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Une blessure

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A wound

64
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Blessé

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Injured, wounded

65
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Un cadavre

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A corpse

66
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Un tuteur en série

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A serial killer

67
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Un psychopathe

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A psychopath

68
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Mettre le couteau sous la gorge de qqn

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To hold a gun to sb’s head

69
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Camper sur ses positions

A

To stick to your guns

70
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Agir prématurément, aller vite en besogne

A

To jump the gun

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