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L’actualité Flashcards

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on the front page

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à la une

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panic buying

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les achats de précaution

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news

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l’actualité, les actualités

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panic-stricken

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affolé (adj)

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assailant

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un aggresseur

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alleged

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allégué (adj)

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in my/his opinion

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à mon / son avis

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appeal, call

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un appel

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weapon, gun

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une arme

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knife

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une arme blanche

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WMDs

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les armes de destruction massive

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to murder

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assassiner

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asylum

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asile (m)

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assault, attack

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un assaut

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attack

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une attaque

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attack on a person or building

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une attentat

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suicide bombing

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un attentat-suicide

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perpetrator

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un auteur, une auteur

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abortion

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l’avortement

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bullet

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une balle

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suburb

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la banlieue

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appraisal, assessment, death toll

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un bilan

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to exonerate, clear

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blanchir

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injured, wounded

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blessé (adj)

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bomb

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une bombe

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traffic jam

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un bouchon

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stickup

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un braquage

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to hold up, point a gun at

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braquer

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face mask, balaclava

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la cagoule

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break-in, burglary

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le cambriolage

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heat wave

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la canicule

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disaster (natural or manmade)

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un cas de force majeure

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UN peacekeeping forces

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les Casques bleus

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rioter

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un casseur

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air disaster

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une catastrophe aérienne

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environmental disaster

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une catastrophe écologique

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natural disaster

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une catastrophe naturelle

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to censure, suppress

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censurer

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cease-fire

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un cessez-le-feu

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public TV station

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une chaîne publique

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two-way traffic jam

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un chassé-croisé

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unemployment

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le chômage

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target

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une cible

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traffic

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la circulation

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to cite, quote

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citer

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disaster fund

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un collecte au profit des sinistrés

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47
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appearance in court

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la comparution

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condemn

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condamner

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guilty

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coupable

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power outage

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une coupure de courant

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crime

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le crime

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criminal

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un criminel, une criminelle

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crisis

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une crise

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cyclone, hurricane

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un cyclone

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to break out (e.g., a fire)

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se déclarer

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to launch, start, set-off

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déclencher

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to declare, decree

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décréter

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damage

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des dégâts

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misdemeanor

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un délit

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asylum seeker

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un demandeur d’asile

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to lament

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déplorer

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financial disaster

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un désastre financier

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political disaster

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un désastre politique

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to detain, hold

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détenir

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prisoner

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un détenu

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bereavement, mourning

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le deuil

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plan of action

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un dispositif

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special report, program

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un dossier spécial

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drugs

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les drogues (fem)

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economy, economics

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l’économie

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election

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une élection

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traffic jam

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un embouteillage

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riot

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une émeute

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at half mast

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en berne

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live (broadcast)

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en direct

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investigation

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une enquête

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epidemic

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une épidémie

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state of emergency

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un état d’urgence

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to extradite

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extrader

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fire

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un feu

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cop (informal)

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un flic

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military strike

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une frappe

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airstrike

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une frappe aérienne

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rifle, shotgun

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un fusil

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gunfire, shooting

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une fusillade

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police custody

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la garde à vue

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to keep in custody, to be held for questioning

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être mis/placé en garde à vue

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tear gas

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le gaz lacrymogène

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strike

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une grève

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bird flu

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la grippe aviaire

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war

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la guerre

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weekly

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hebdomadaire
hebdo (informal)
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French

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hexagonal (adj)

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tribute

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un hommage

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immigrant

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un immigrant, un immigré

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taxes

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les impôts (masc)

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fire

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un incendie

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unknown

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inconnu (adj)

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unknown (wo)man

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un(e) inconnu(e)

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flood

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une inondation

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to flood

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inonder

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insurgent

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un insurgé

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bad weather

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des intempéries

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ban

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une interdiction

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to take in for questioning

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interpeller

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abortion

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IVG

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newspaper, news program

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le journal

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suicide bomber

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le kamikaze

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secular

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laïque (adj)

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located, confined

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localisé (adj)

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law

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la loi

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struggle, fight (literal or figurative)

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la lutte

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demonstration

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une manifestation

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vigil

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une manifestation silencieuse

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monthly

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mensuel (adj)

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weather report

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la météo

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Metropolitan France

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la Métropole

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murder

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le meurtre

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globalization

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la mondialisation

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death

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la mort

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dead man

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le mort

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dead woman

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la morte

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space shuttle

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une navette spatiale

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news

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les nouvelles

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explosive shell

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un obus

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rolling blockade

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opération escargot

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hostage

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un otage

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hurricane

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un ouragan

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sign, placard

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une pancarte

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blackout, powercut

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une panne d’électricité

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District Attorney’s office, public prosecutors department

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le parquet

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death penalty

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la peine de mort

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shortage, lack

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la pénurie

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classified ad, small ad

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une petite annonce

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police

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la police

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police officer

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un policier

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politics, policy

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la politique

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politician

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le politique

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legal proceedings

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des poursuites

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to sue

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poursuivre en justice

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buying power

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le pouvoir d’achat

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to specify, clarify

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préciser

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alleged

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présumé (adj)

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defendant, accused

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un/e prévenu/e

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hostage taking

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la prise d’otages

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trial

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un procès

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daily

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quotidien (adj)

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gust (of wind), burst (of bullets)

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une rafale

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global warming

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le rechauffement de la planète

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wanted dead or alive

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Recherchés, morts ou vifs

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asylum

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le refuge

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refugee

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un réfugié, une réfugiée

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disaster area

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la région sinistrée

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to spot, locate, pinpoint

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répérer

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aftershock, counter attack

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une réplique

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French

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républicain (adj)

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surviving, survivor

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rescapé

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retirement

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la retraite

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to claim responsibility

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revendiquer

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ballot, election

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un scrutin

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according to

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selon (preposition)

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he/she will survive

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ses jours ne sont pas en danger

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disaster victim

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un sinistré, une sinistrée

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soldier

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un soldat

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summary

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un sommaire

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political summit

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un sommet

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poll

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un sondage

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to suspect

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soupçonner

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aftermath

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les suites

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surviving, survivor

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survivant

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suspect

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un suspect, une suspecte

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union

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un syndicat

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health care system

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le système de santé publique

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testimony

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un témoignage

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witness

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un témoin (always masculine)

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terrorism

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le terrorisme

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terrorist

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un terroriste

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to shoot (at)

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tirer (sur)

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headlines, headline news

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les titres

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everywhere, all-out, wide-ranging

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tous azimuts

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public transit

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les transports en commun

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to track/hunt down

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traquer

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truce

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une trêve

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to kill

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tuer

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slaughter, carnage

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une tuerie

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emergency doctor, EMT

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un(e) urgentiste

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vaccine

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un vaccin

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victim

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une victime (always feminine)

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to target

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viser

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to vote

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voter

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