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1
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les émeutes

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riots

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une bavure

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a police slip-up

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un(e) beur(ette)

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a person born in France whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from North Africa

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les cités

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housing estates

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une banlieue

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area around a large city, suburb

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le Maghreb

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area of North Africa comprising Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

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pieds-noirs

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native French (or European) people who had emigrated to French Algeria in the 1800s whose descendants had been living there ever since

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outre-mer

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overseas

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le regroupement familial

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family reunification

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un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

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le délit de faciès

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

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le malaise

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social unrest

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la délinquance

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crime, delinquency

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le chômage

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unemployment

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la main-d’oeuvre

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workforce

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les habitats de fortune

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makeshift dwellings

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les bidonvilles

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shantytowns

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les HLM (habitations à loyer modéré)

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low-cost accommodation, social housing, council housing

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les Grands Ensembles

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large housing estates

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les Trentes Glorieuses

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30 years of prosperity in France after the Second World War

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les cités-dortoirs

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dormitory estates

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les allocations

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benefits

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le baby boom

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period marked by a greatly increased birth rate after the Second World War

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les banlieues

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suburbs around large cities

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un banlieusard

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someone living in the suburbs

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un commissariat

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a police station

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une décennie

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a decade

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les Français de souche

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native French people

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gagner du terrain

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to spread

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insalubre

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squalid

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les Maghrébins

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people from the Maghreb countries in North Africa

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se plaindre de

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to complain about

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la politique nataliste

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government incentive to increase the birth rate

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une pancarte

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a sign, a poster

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les manifestants

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demonstrators

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la chute

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fall

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l’atterrissage

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landing

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le mécontentement

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discontent

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la promiscuité

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lack of privacy

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la bague

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ring

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un caïd

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a bad boy, a leader

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un aperçu

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a snapshot

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une vache

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a cow

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un pistolet

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a gun

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le personnage

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character

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se vanter de

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to boast about doing something

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le pote

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friend, mate

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un toit

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a roof

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convivial(e)

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friendly

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une merguez

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a spicy sausage

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un endroit

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a place

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une aire de jeux

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a play area

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l’ennui

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boredom

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Thiory

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a safari park near Paris

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les infos

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the news

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la caméra cachée

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a programme in which people are unknowingly filmed

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raconter une histoire

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to tell a story

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à l’arrière-plan

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in the background

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déambuler

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to wander about aimlessly

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le gros plan

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close up

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sombre

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dark

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un coup de feu

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a gunshot

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s’énerver

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to get annoyed

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la colère

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anger

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garder leur calme

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to keep calm

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au coeur

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at the heart

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les factures

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bills

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la pauvreté

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poverty

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voler

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to steal

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cynique

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cynical

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survoler

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to fly over

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les bâtiments

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buildings

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écrasant

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overwhelming, suffocating, crushing

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le CRS

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anti-riot police force

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le territoire

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territory

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frapper

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to hit

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une escapade

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a visit

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récupérer

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to collect

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odieux

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heinous

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se comporter

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to behave

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le point culminant

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climax

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une bagarre

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a quarrel, a fight

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se venger

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to take revenge

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attraper

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to catch

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tirer

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to shoot

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atterré(e)

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in total dismay

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le gyrophare

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flashing/revolving light on top of a police car

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une altercation

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a quarrel, an altercation

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anodin(e)

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banal

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bruler

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to burn

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craindre

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to fear

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dégénérer

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to worsen

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s’échapper

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to escape

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être témoin

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to witness

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l’exaspération

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annoyance

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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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gagner sa vie

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to earn one’s living

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un immeuble

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a block of flats

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les informations

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the news

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un labyrinthe

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a maze

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la mésaventure

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misadventure, misfortune

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molester

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to molest

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nocturne

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nocturnal

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outré(e)

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outraged

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le quotidien

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everyday life

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un rebelle

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a rebel

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une réplique

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a line (in a dialogue)

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rouler un joint

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to roll a joint

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le sang

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blood

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sinistre

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sinister

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un sous-sol

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a basement

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trainer

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to hang about

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la tristesse

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sadness

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la vie privée

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private life

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une poursuite

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a chase

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délabré(e)

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run down, dilapidated

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insalubre

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unhealthy, dirty, in bad condition, unsanitary

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incendié(e)

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burnt out

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flagrant(e)

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obvious

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enfreindre la loi

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to break the law

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le marché noir

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black market

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faire des bêtises

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to misbehave, to be up to no good

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la cage d’escaliers

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stairwell

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désapprobateur(-trice)

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disapproving

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dégouté(e)

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disgusted

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vouvoyer

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to address someone using vous

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un flic

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a police officer, a cop

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ce qui frappe

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what strikes, is striking

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un engrenage

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a vicious circle, spiral

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sauter aux yeux

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to strike, to be obvious

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le blageur, la blageuse

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the joker

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des propres règles

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own rules

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engendrer

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to lead to, to cause

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la fracture sociale

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social divide

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frustré(e)

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frustrated

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communiquer

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to communicate

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grossier(-ière)

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rude, impolite

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accentuer

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to emphasise

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brulé(e)

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burnt down, burnt out

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un cercle vicieux

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a vicious circle

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commettre un délit

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to commit an offence

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une échappatoire

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an escape

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engendrer la violence

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to generate violence

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les forces de l’ordre

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the police

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fumer des joints

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to smoke joints

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juvénile

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youth, young

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juxtaposé(e)

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next to

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la loi du plus fort

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the law of the strongest, survival of the fittest

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le manque de respect

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lack of respect

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opprimé(e)

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oppressed

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se sentir chez soi

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to feel at home

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témoigner

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to be a witness

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témoin

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a witness

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réfléchi(e)

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thoughtful, rational

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mûr

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mature

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se fâcher

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to get angry

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malpoli(e)

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rude

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foncer tête baissée

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to charge on without thinking

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un(e) vantard(e)

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a braggard

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frimer

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to brag, to show off

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le rigolo

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the joker

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les blagues

A

jokes

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égorger

A

to cut someone’s throat

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le hiérarchie

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hierarchy

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autoritaire

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authoritarian

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le droit chemin

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the right track, the straight and narrow

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un policier en civil

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a plainclothes police officer

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la gachette

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the trigger

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incarner

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to embody

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le désarroi

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disarray, dismay

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stéréotypé(e)

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stereotyped

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la tâche ménagère

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household chore

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être à l’aise

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to feel comfortable

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être mal à l’aise

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to feel uncomfortable

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appuyer sur la gachette

A

to pull the trigger

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l’archétype

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archetype

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en avoir marre

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to have had enough

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compréhensif(-ve)

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understanding

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déclencher

A

to trigger

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le fantasme

A

fantasy

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ferme

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firm

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impétueux(-euse)

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impetuous

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juif (juive)

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Jewish

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lucide

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clear-headed, realistic

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obéir

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to obey

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pacifique

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pacifist

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le personnage prinicpal

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main character

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le personnage secondaire

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secondary character

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la personnalité

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personality, traits

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posé(e)

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calm

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raconter des blagues

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to tell jokes

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rigoler

A

to have a laugh

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sage

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wise

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la sagesse

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wisdom

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s’en sortir

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to do well

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un tag

A

a piece of graffiti

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taguer

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to graffiti

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têtu(e)

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stubborn

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l’horloge

A

clock

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la scène finale

A

final scene

203
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le leitmotiv

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leitmotiv

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une séquence, un enregistrement

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footage

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l’intrigue

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plot

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une oeuvre d’art

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a work of art

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tourner

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to shoot (a film)

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dramatique

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dramatic

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les effets spéciaux

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special effects

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le travelling

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camera tracking, travelling

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le caméra

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camera

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les séquences longues

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long, continuous sequences

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les grands angles

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wide angles

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les plans panoramiques

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panoramic shot

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le réalisme

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realism

216
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la caméra à la main/ sur l’épaule

A

hand-held camera

217
Q

le ton

A

tone

218
Q

la bande sonore

A

soundtrack

219
Q

en mono

A

in mono

220
Q

en stéréo

A

in stereo

221
Q

l’atmosphère/l’ambiance

A

atmosphere

222
Q

à bon escient/sciemment

A

wisely; as it should be

223
Q

l’absence de

A

lack of

224
Q

le cadrage

A

framing

225
Q

le choix de

A

choice of/to

226
Q

la contre plongée

A

view from below

227
Q

dehors/à l’exterieur

A

outside, outdoors

228
Q

l’éclairage

A

lighting

229
Q

l’écran

A

screen

230
Q

les endroits

A

places, locations

231
Q

un enregistrement

A

footage

232
Q

filmer

A

to shoot

233
Q

la gravité

A

seriousness

234
Q

à l’interieur

A

inside, indoors

235
Q

la langue

A

language

236
Q

le lieu de tournage

A

location

237
Q

les lieux

A

places

238
Q

le manque de

A

lack of

239
Q

le montage

A

editing

240
Q

le mouvement de caméra

A

camera movement

241
Q

le mouvement panoramique

A

panning

242
Q

le noir et blanc

A

black and white

243
Q

l’obscurité

A

obscurity, darkness

244
Q

un plan/une prise de plan

A

a shot

245
Q

un plan d’ensemble/général

A

long shot

246
Q

le réalisateur

A

director

247
Q

recourir à

A

to use

248
Q

avoir recours à

A

to use

249
Q

les séquences

A

shots

250
Q

le son

A

sound

251
Q

les techniques cinématographiques

A

film techniques

252
Q

les techniques visuelles

A

visual techniques

253
Q

le tourné

A

shot

254
Q

tourner un film

A

to shoot a film

255
Q

une vue de dessus

A

a bird’s eye view

256
Q

un zoom

A

a zoom

257
Q

zoomer

A

to zoom in

258
Q

l’acteur/l’actrice

A

actor

259
Q

l’action

A

action

260
Q

la comédie

A

comedy

261
Q

le contexte (historique)

A

(historical) background

262
Q

le drame

A

tragedy

263
Q

le scénariste

A

screenwriter

264
Q

le (télé)spectateur

A

(television) viewer

265
Q

le thème (principal)

A

(main) theme

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