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Guns controle - The English Text Book Flashcards

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Controversé (une controverse, polémique)

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Controversial (a controversy)

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L’essentiel

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The bottom line

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Interdit d’acheter des armes à feu

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Prohibited from buying firearms

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Par exemple

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For instance

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Chercher, demander

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Seek (sought, sought)

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Guérir

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To cure

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vous auriez dû me le dire

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You ought to have told me

To ought : modal verb = indcating morally right/sensible/ advisable action

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Un sujet récurrent

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A recurring topic

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Sceptique

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Sceptical

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Le pour et le contre

Ce qui sont pour et ceux qui sont contre

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The Pros and cons of gun control

The pros and antis

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Avocat, partisan de

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Proponent of

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Adversaire, rival

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Opponent

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Priver

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To deprive sb of sthg

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A la merci de

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At the mercy of

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Les causes de la violence

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The roots of violence

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Les fortes inégalités divisant la société

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Stark inequalities dividing the society

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Film de M Moore sur le massacre aux US

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Michael Moore, Bowling for Columbine

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insufler (loyalty, courage, fear), inculquer (principles, ideals)

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To instill

The climate of fear instilled by

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Other issues dividing the nation :

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Abortion, creationism, gun ownership, same-sex marriage, death penalty

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retenir ses larmes

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To shed / weep tears

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porter une arme

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To bear a gun

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se sentir redevable envers

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To feel accountable to sb

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faire un discours partisan

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To deliver a partisan/biased speech

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être partial concernant

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To be biased in favor of

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lobby des armes

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NRA (National Rifle Association)
Gun Owners of america
The gun industry in general

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prendre des mesures executives

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To take executive action

To issue an executive order

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contourner, éviter le congrès

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to bypass Congress

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gouverner par décret

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To govern by decree

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être en campagne électorale

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To be on the campaign trail

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vérifier les antécédents de qn

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To screen sb for = To check sb (for criminal records, mental illness)

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UN VIDE JURIDIQUE

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A LOOPHOLE 
(no background check on the internet, if the background take too long – more than 3 days – the gune retailer is allowed to sell it)
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Un verrou biométric

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A biometric gun lock

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Une verrou à empreinte digitale sur la détente

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A fingerprint trigger lock

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Rassurer

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To reassure

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Faire partie intégrante de, être conservé pieusement, religieusement

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To be enshrined

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Prendre qqn en otage

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To hold sb hostage

  • -> « the gun lobby may be holding congress hostage but they can not hold america hostage »
  • -> A lot of congressman are bribed into voting down bills/law aiming at curbing gun violence
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Absurde, ridicule

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Ludicrous

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Il ne tourne pas autour du pot

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He doesnt beat about the bush

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critiquer sévèrement

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To lambast

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autre nom pour le Parti Républicain

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GOP

Grand old party

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Une pente glissante, une voie dangereuse

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A slippery slope

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être élu

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To be returned to office

–> If Marco Rubio is returned, he will scrap those measures

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Avoir des intentions cachées

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To have a hidden aganda

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un criminel

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a felon –> Someone who committed a major crime

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un crime, un délit

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a felony (felonies)

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devenir insensible à qc

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To becom numb (to gun violence)

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pour la nième fois

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For the umpteenth time,

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faire partie intégrante de

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to be part and parcel

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