La Haine Vocab Flashcards

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1
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benefits

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les allocations (f)

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the baby boom

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le baby boom

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suburbs around large cities

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les banlieues (f)

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someone living in the banlieues

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en banlieusard

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a police slip up

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une bavure

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colloquial term for European born of North African descent

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un(e) beur(ette)

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shantyville

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un bidonville

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a scapegoat

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un bouc émissaire

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unemployment

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le chômage

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housing estate

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la cité

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dormitory estate

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une cité-dortoir

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a police state

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un commissariat

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a decade

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une décennie

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delinquency

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la délinquance

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

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le délit de faciès

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a riot

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une émeute

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native French people

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les Français de souche

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to spread

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gagner du terrain

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large housing estates

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les Grand Ensembles

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a makeshift dwelling

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un habitat de fortune

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social housing

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le HLM

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squalid

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insalubre

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area of N. Africa containing: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

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le Maghreb

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people from the Maghreb

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les Maghrébins

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workforce

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le main-d’œuvre

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social unrest

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le malaise

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demonstration

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une manifestation

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overseas

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outre-mer

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French of European descent - emigrating to French Algeria in 1800s + whose descent has been living there ever since

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les pieds-noirs

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to complain about

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se plaindre de

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government incentive to increase birthrate

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la politique nataliste

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a play area

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une aire de jeux

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a quarrel, an altercation

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une altercation

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banal

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anondin(e)

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a snapshot

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un aperçu

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36
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in total dismay

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atteré(e)

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to catch

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attraper

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buildings

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les bâtiments (m)

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a police slip-up

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une bavure policière

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40
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to burn

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bruler

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41
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a programme in which people are unknowingly filmed

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“la caméra cachée”

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to behave

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se comporter

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friendly

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convival(e)

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a gunshot

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un coup de feu

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to fear

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craindre

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anti-riot police force

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les CRS (Compagnie Républicaine de Sécurité)

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to stroll

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déambuler

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to worsen

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dégénérer

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to escape

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s’échapper

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crushing, overwhelming

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écrasant(e)

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51
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boredom

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l’ennui (m)

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52
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a vist

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une escapade

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53
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to witness

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être témoin

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54
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annoyance

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l’exaspération

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55
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an aspect

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une facette

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56
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to be arrested

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se faire arrêter

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57
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to be expelled

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se faire expulser

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58
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to hit

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frapper

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59
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to earn one’s living

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gagner sa vie

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60
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flashing/revolving light on top of a police car

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le gyrophare

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a block of flats

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un immeuble

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62
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the news

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les informations

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63
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a maze

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un labyrinthe

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64
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demonstrators

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les manifestants (m)

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65
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to demonstrate

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manifester

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66
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discontent

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le mécontentement

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misadventure, misfortune

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la mésaventure

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to molest

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molester

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nocturnal

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nocturne

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outraged

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outré(e)

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71
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a sign, a poster

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une pancarte

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friends (informal)

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les potes (m)

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73
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lack of privacy

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la promiscuité

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74
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everyday life

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le quotidien

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75
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a rebel

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un rebelle

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76
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a line (in a dialogue)

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une réplique

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77
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to roll a joint

A

rouler un joint

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78
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blood

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la sang

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sinister

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sinistre

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80
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dark

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sombre

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81
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a basement

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un sous-sol

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82
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to fly over

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survoler

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83
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a safari park near Paris

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Thoiry

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to hang about (informal)

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trainer

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sadness

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la tristesse

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a cow

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une vache

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private life

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la vie privée

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to emphasise

A

accentuer

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a joker

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un blagueur, une blagueuse

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burnt down, burnt out

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brulé(e)

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stairwell

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la cage d’escaliers

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a vicious circle

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un cercle vicieux

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to commit an offence

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commetre un délit

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dilapidated

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délabré(e)

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an escape

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une échappatoire

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to break the law

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enfreindre la loi

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to generate violence

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engendrer la violence

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vicious circle, spiral

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l’engrenage (m)

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to misbehave

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faire des bêtises

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obvious

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flagrant(e)

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police officers (informal)

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les flics (m)

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the police

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les forces de l’ordre

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to smoke joints

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fumer des joints

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rude

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grossier (-ière)

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burnt

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incendié(e)

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unsanitary, dirty, in bad condition

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insalubre

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youth, young

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juvénile

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next to

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juxtaposé(e)

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the law of the strongest, survival of the fittest

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la loi du plus fort

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lack of respect

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le manque de respect

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the black market

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le marché noir

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oppressed

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opprimé(e)

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gun

A

le pistolet

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friend (informal)

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un pote

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chase

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la poursuite

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to feel at home

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se sentir chez soi

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to be a witness

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témoigner

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a witness

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témoin

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roofs

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les toits (m)

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to hang about (informal)

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trainer

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to use vous

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vouvoyer

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to feel comfortable

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être à l’aise

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to feel uncomfortable

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être mal à l’aise

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archetype

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l’archetype

125
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to have had enough

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en avoir marre

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a ring

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une bague

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a bad boy, a leader

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un caïd

128
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understanding

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compréhensif(-ive)

129
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to trigger

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déclencher

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the right track, the straight and narrow

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le droit chemin

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an escape, a way out

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une échappatoire

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to get angry

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se fâcher

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to be arrested

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se faire arrêter

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to misbehave

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faire des bêtises

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fantasy

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le fantasme

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firm

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ferme

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to brag, to show off

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frimer

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to smoke cannabis

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fumer du shit

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rude

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grossier(-ère)

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impetuous

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impétueux(-euse)

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Jewish

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juif(juive)

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cheer-headed, realistic

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lucide

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rude

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malpoli(e)

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grown up

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mûr (mure)

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to obey

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obéir

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pacifist

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pacifique

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main character

A

le personnage

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secondary character

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le personnage secondaire

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personality, traits

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la personnalité

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a plainclothes police officer

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un policier en civil

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calm

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posé(e)

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to tell jokes

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raconter des blagues

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rational

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réfléchi(e)

154
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to have a laugh

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rigoler

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joker

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le rigolo

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wise

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sage

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wisdom

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la sagesse

158
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cannabis

A

le shit

159
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to do well

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s’en sortir

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a piece of graffiti

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un tag

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stubborn

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têtu(e)

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a braggart

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un(e) vantard(e)

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to boast, to brag

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se vanter

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lack of

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l’absence (f) de

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soundtrack; sounds

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la bande sonore

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framing

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le cadrage

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choice of/to

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la choix de

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view from below

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la contre plongé

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outside, outdoors

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dehors / à l’exterieur

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lighting

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l’éclairage (m)

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screen

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l’écran (m)

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places, locations

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les endroits (m)

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footage

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un enregistrement

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to shoot

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filmer

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wide angle

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la grande angle

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seriousness

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la gravité

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a close-up

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un gros plan

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inside, indoors

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à l’interieur

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language

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la langue

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location

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le lieu de tournage

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places

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les lieux (m)

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long, continuous sequences

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les séquences longues

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lack of

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le manque de

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editing

A

le montage

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camera movement

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le mouvement de caméra

186
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panning

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le mouvement panoramique

187
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black and white

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le noir et blanc

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obscurity, darkness

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l’obscurité (f)

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a shot

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un plan, une prise de plan

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a panoramic shot

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un plan panoramique

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director

A

le réalisateur

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to use

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avoir recours à

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to use

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recourir à

194
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final scene

A

la scène finale

195
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shots

A

les séquences (f)

196
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sound

A

le son

197
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to fly over

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survoler

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film techniques

A

les techniques cinématographiques

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visual techniques

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les techniques visuelles

200
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shot

A

le tourné

201
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to shoot a film

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tourner un film

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camera tracking, travelling

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le travelling

203
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a birds-eye view

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une view dessus

204
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a zoom

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un zoom

205
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to zoom in

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zoomer