Gun violence Flashcards

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un fléau social

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a social ill

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etre exclu de

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to be removed from

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etre prisonnier de

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to be trapped in

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avoir peu d’espoir de s’en sortir

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to have a little chance of opportunity

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soulager son ennui

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to relieve boredom

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une société permissive

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a permissive society

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un vide des valeurs

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a values vacuum

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le délabrement culturel

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cultural decay

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miner les normes sociales

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to erode norms of social behaviour

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la confusion des règles

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blurred roles

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depasser les limites

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to go over the lines

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pertuber l’ame de la nation

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to unsettle the nation’s soul

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la fibre morale

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moral fiber

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la jouissance immédiate

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instant gratification

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adopter une attitude de clémence envers

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to take a lenient attitude toward

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accorder des peines minimum

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to hand out minimal sentences

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fermer les yeux sur

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to condone

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faire valoir l’abus de la tolérance sur

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to let abuse of tolerance get the better of

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la veulerie

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weakness of will

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l’anarchie débridée

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unfettered libertarianism

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le materialisme stupide

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mindless materialisme

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l’exces de materialisme

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materialistic excess

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un climat d’affairisme anarchique

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a freewheeling business climate

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durcir les peines

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to stiffen law enforcement

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la crise morale

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moral crisis

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exercer une revenge

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to wreak revenge

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se venger de

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to get even with

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chercher réparation

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to seek redress

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réparer un tord

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to redress a grievance

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autodéfense

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self-defense

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le droit de porter une arme

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the right to bear arms

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L’association nationale pour la défense des armes à feu (un lobby americain)

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The National Rifle Association (NRA)

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se faire justice

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to take the law into one’s own hand

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rendre la justice

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to administer justice

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rendre la justice 2

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to mete out justice

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vengeur

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vengeful

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vengeur 2

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revengeful

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faire valoir

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to vindicate

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la justification

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vindication

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regler son compte

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to settle a score

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user de représailles

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to retaliate

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les représailles

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retaliation