gun violence Flashcards

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1
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les armes à feu

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firearms

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une arme à feu

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a gun

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une arme de poing

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a handgun

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un revolver

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a revolver

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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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un fusil semi-automatique

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a semi-automatic rifle

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un fusil d’ assaut

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an assault rifle,an assault weapon

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des munitions

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ammunition, munitions

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une balle

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a bullet

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une cartouche

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a cartridge

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un étui

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a holster

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un propriétaire d’ arme à feu

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a gun-owner

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un passionné d’ arme à feu

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a gun enthousiast

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un champ de tir

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a rifle range, a shooting range

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porter une arme

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to bear,to carry, to wear a gun

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les ventes d’ armes à feu

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gun sales

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un permis de port d’ arrme

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a gun permit, a gun license

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se faire justice

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to take the law into one’s own hands

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la légitime défense

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self-defense

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agir en état de légitime défense

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to act in self-defence

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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 sucite de vives réactions

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a hot-button issue

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le lobby des armes à feu

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the gun lobby

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le droit de porter une arme

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the right to carry arms

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les défenseurs du droit de porter des armes

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gun-rights activists

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un fabricantd’ arrmes

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a gun maker, a gun manufacturer

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la réglementation du port d’ armes

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gun control

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avoir accès à des armes à feu

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to have acces to guns

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limiter l’ accès aux armes à feu

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to restrict acces to guns

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un contrôle des antécédents( d’ un acheteur d’ arme)

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a background check

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déclarer une arme

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to register a gun

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un casier judiciaire

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a criminal record

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interdire les armes à feu

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to outlaw to ban guns

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tirer

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to shoot

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tur sur qn

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to shoot at sb

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abbattre qn

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to shoot sb dead

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des coup de feu, une fusillade

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a shooting

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le meurtre d’ un policier

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the shooting of a policeman

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une fusillade

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a shoot-out

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un coup de feu

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a shot, a gunshot

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tirer un coup sur qn

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to fire a shot at sb

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être touché mortellement, être victime d’ un coup mortel

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to be fatally shot, mortally wounded

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coup de feu, fussillade

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gunfire, gunfight

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se suicider

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to commit suicide, to kill oneself

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se supprimer, se donner la mort

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to take one’s ( own) life

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il a retourné l’ arme contre lui même

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he turned the gun on himself

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le nombre de victime

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the death toll

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tuer qn sauvagement

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to slaughter somebody

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un massacre

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a slaughter,a massacre

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un carnage

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carnage

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une effusion de sang, un massacre

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a bloodshed

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appuyer sur la gachette

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to pull, to press, to squeeze the trigger

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avoir la gâchette facil

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to be trigger-happy

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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

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la criminalité

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crime, criminality

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le taux de criminalité

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crime rate

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un homme armé

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a gunman

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un meurtre

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a murder

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un meurtrier

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a murderer

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le nombre de victime

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the death toll

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blesser qn

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to injure sb, to wound sb

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une blessure

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a wound

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blessé

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injured, wounded

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un cadavre

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a corpse

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un tueur en série

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a serial killer

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un psychopathe

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a psychopath