Historical and Social background (2) Flashcards

1
Q

coffin

A

le cercueil

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2
Q

hearse

A

le corbillard

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3
Q

funeral procession

A

le cortège funèbre

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4
Q

to pass away

A

décéder

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5
Q

death

A

le décès

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6
Q

deceased

A

le/la défunt(e)

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7
Q

mourning

A

le deuil

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8
Q

undertaker

A

l’entrepreneur des pompes funèbres

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9
Q

to be in mourning

A

être en deuil

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10
Q

funeral

A

les obsèques (f)

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11
Q

to wear mourning

A

porter le deuil

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12
Q

wake

A

la veillée funèbre

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13
Q

defendant

A

l’accusé(e)

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14
Q

murder

A

l’assassinat (m)

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15
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confession

A

l’aveu (m)

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16
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lawyer

A

l’avocat (m)

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17
Q

diminished responsibility

A

les circonstances (f) atténuantes

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18
Q

hardened criminal

A

le criminel endurci

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19
Q

inquiry, investigation

A

l’enquête

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20
Q

to appeal

A

faire appel

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21
Q

pardon

A

la grâce

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22
Q

court clerk

A

le greffier

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23
Q

bailiff

A

l’huissier (m)

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24
Q

imprisonment

A

l’incarcération (f)

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25
Q

to charge

A

inculper

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26
Q

indictment

A

l’inculpation (f)

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27
Q

questioning

A

l’interrogatoire (m)

28
Q

juror

A

le / la juré (e)

29
Q

jury

A

le jury

30
Q

magistrate

A

le / la magistrat (e)

31
Q

murder

A

le meurtre

32
Q

to plead self-defence

A

plaider la légitime défense

33
Q

to appeal

A

se pourvoir

34
Q

proof, evidence

A

la preuve

35
Q

trial

A

le procès

36
Q

public prosecutor

A

le/la procureur(e)

37
Q

witness for the prosecution/defence

A

le témoin à charge/décharge

38
Q

a look

A

une allure

39
Q

to have sympathy

A

avoir de la peine

40
Q

an armband

A

un brassard

41
Q

a bump

A

un cahot

42
Q

to drop off to sleep

A

s’assoupir

43
Q

a hornet

A

un frelon

44
Q

to meet someone’s needs

A

subvenir aux besoins de qqn

45
Q

to stop talking

A

se taire

46
Q

whitewashed

A

blanchi à la chaux

47
Q

a screw

A

une vis

48
Q

to unscrew the coffin

A

dévisser la bière

49
Q

the light switch

A

le commutateur

50
Q

the hearse

A

le corbillard

51
Q

to knit

A

tricoter

52
Q

to snooze

A

somnoler

53
Q

a nest

A

un nid

54
Q

a wrinkle

A

une ride

55
Q

to nod

A

dodeliner (de la tête)

56
Q

to mumble

A

bredouiller

57
Q

to have backache

A

avoir mal aux reins

58
Q

a felt hat

A

un feutre

59
Q

the brim

A

la calotte

60
Q

pale

A

blafard

61
Q

to take off

A

ôter

62
Q

to limp

A

claudiquer

63
Q

the tar

A

le goudron

64
Q

a heat stroke

A

une insolation

65
Q

fainting

A

l’évanouissement

66
Q

to faint

A

s’évanouir