L'Etranger vocab Flashcards
A quoi bon…?
What is the point of….?
de toute façon
in any case
le récit
account
prise de conscience
moment of becoming aware of something
le cercueil
coffin
le corbilliard
hearse (funeral vehicle)
le cortege funerbre
funeral procession
deceder
to pass away
le deces
death
le/la defunt
deceased
le deuil
mourning
l’enterpreneur des pompes funebres
undertaker
être en deuil
to be in mourning
les obseques
funeral
porter le deuil
to wear mourning
la veillée funèbre
wake
l’accuse
defendant (accused party)
l’assassinat
murder
l’aveu
confession
l’avocat
lawyer
les circonstances attenuantes
diminished responsibility
le criminel endurci
hardened criminal
l’enquete
inquiry, investigation
faire appel
to appeal
la grace
pardon
le greffier
court clerk
l’incarceration
imprisonment
inculper
to charge
l’incupation
indictement (charge of serious crime)
l’interrogatoire
questioning
le meurtre
murder
plaider la légitime defense
to plead self-defence
se pourvoir
to appeal
la preuve
evidence, proof
le proces
trial
le temoin
witness
adosse
with one’s back to something
l’affaire de meours
vice case