La Haine specific vocab Flashcards by Naomi Kingston | Brainscape

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les allocations (f)

A

benefits

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une bavure

A

police slip up

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un banlieusards

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someone living in the banlieue

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un bidonville

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shanty town

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un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

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une cité-dortoir

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dormitory estate

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un commissariat

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police custody

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le délit de faciès

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act by which someone is judged by their appearance and/or skin colour

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une émeute

A

riot

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gagner du terrain

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to spread

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le malaise

A

social unrest

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se plaindre de

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to complain about

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une aire de jeux

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a play area

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une altercation

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a quarrel

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anodin(e)

A

banal

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un aperçu

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a snapshot

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atterré(e)

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in total dismay

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attraper

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to catch

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craindre

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fear

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les CRS (compagnie républicaine de sécurité)

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anti-riot police force

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dégénérer

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to worsen

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un coup de feu

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gunshot

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convivial(e)

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friendly

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écrasant(e)

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crushing/overwhelming

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l’ennui (m)

A

boredom

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une facette

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an aspect

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se faire arrêter

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to be arrested

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se faire expulser

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to be expelled

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outré(e)

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outraged

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une pancarte

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sign/poster

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la promiscuité

A

lack of privacy

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rouler un joint

A

roll a joint

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survoler

A

to fly over

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accentuer

A

to emphasise

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un blageur(euse)

A

joker

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la cage d’escaliers

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stairwell

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un cercle vicieux

A

vicious circle

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engendrer la violence

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to generate violence

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faire des bêtises

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to misbehave

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le marché noir

A

black market

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la poursuite

A

chase

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se sentir chez soi

A

to feel at home

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les toits (m)

A

roofs

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appuyer sur la gachette

A

to pull the trigger

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être mal à l’aise

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to feel uncomfortable

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une échappatoire

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escape/way out

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frimer

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to brag/show off

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lucide

A

clear headed/realistic

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raconter des blagues

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to tell jokes

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taguer

A

to graffiti

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se vanter

A

to boast/brag

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têtu(e)

A

stubborn

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l’absence (f) de

A

the lack of

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le cadrage

A

framing

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la contre plongée

A

view from below

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l’éclairage (m)

A

lighting

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filmer

A

to shoot

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la grand angle

A

wide angle

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la gravité

A

seriousness

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un gros plan

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close up

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les séquences longues

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long, continuous sequences

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le manque de

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lack of

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le mouvement panoramique

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panning

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l’obscurité (f)

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obscurity/darkness

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un plan d’ensemble

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a long shot

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le réalisateur

A

director

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le tourné

A

shot

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une vue de dessus

A

bird’s eye view

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zoomer

A

to zoom in