Society - Social Unrest, Collective Violence Flashcards

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une banderole

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a banner

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une pancarte

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a placard

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une revendication

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a claim, a demand

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une occupation (d’usine)

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a sit-in

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la foule (en colère)

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the mob

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être le détonateur

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to ignite {ai}

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déclencher

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to trigger / spark off

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un meneur

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a ringleader

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saccager

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to wreck / to vandalize

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les décombres

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the wreckage

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se déchaîner / tout saccager

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to rampage about / around

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une prise d’otages

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hostage taking

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13
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renforcer les contrôles

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to tighten controls

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un couvre-feu

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a curfew

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descendre dans la rue

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to take to the street

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une alerte à la bombe

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a bomb scare

17
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un colis piégé

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a parcel bomb

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renforcer les effectifs de police

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to bolster the police lines

19
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prendre des mesures répressives

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to crack / clamp down on

20
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gaz lacrymogène

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tear gas