La Haine Flashcards
1
Q
Les allocations (f)
A
benefits
2
Q
le baby boom
A
period marked by a greatly increased birth rate after the second world war
3
Q
les banlieues (f)
A
suburbs around large cities
4
Q
un banlieusard
A
someone living in the banlieues
5
Q
une bauvre
A
a police slip-up
6
Q
un(e) beur(ette)
A
colloquial term to designate European-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from North Africa
7
Q
un bidonville
A
a shantytown
8
Q
un bouc emissaire
A
a scapegoat
9
Q
le chomage
A
unemployment
10
Q
la cite
A
housing estate
11
Q
une cite-dortoir
A
dormitory estate
12
Q
la delinquence
A
delinquency
13
Q
un commissariat
A
a police station
14
Q
une decennie
A
a decade
15
Q
le delit de facies
A
act by which someone is judged by their appearance and/or skin colour
