Texte sur Charlottesville Flashcards by Noémie Sahuc

une éruption de violence

an outbreak of violence

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prendre parti

to take sides

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pittoresque

picturesque

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un but annoncé

an avowed aim

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des membres du Ku Klux Klan

Klansmen

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un Nazi

a Nazi [naitsi]

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sectarisme racial

racial bigotry

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des gens sectaires, intolérants, fanatiques (2)

bigoted people / racial bigots

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faire sécession

to secede

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problème épineux (2)

a vexed / thorny issue

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The US Capitol

= the Congress building

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faire un chant scindé

to chant

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adopter des rituels Nazis (2)

to adopt / embrace Nazi rituals

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un but sous-jacent

an underlying goal

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une signe avant-coureur

a harbinger

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être prêt à éclater

to burst / fall apart at its seams

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coutures

seams

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être victime d’une forme d’épuration ethnique

to be the victim of a form of ethnic cleansing

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résultat

outcome

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foncer sur la foule (en voiture)

to plough / ram into the crowd

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pour donner le bilan : ça a fait 1 mort et 19 blessés

it claimed (1 life and left 19 people injured)

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Condamner de facon univoque

To condemn unequivocally

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Persuader qn de faire qc (2)

To cajole/coax sb into doing sg

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Une citation courte

A soundbite

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Farine

Meal

Tourner autour du pot (2)

To beat around the bush To prevaricate To equivocate

A fusil

A rifle

Virginia est un état où on peut porter ouvertement une arme | -> opposé : il faut le cacher

Virginia is a open carry state | Opposé : a concealed carry state

Etre égocentrique / narcissique (2)

To be self-centered | To be self-congratulatory

Et meme ainsi

Even then

Changer d'avis

To make a u-turn

Retirer ses mots

To retract one's words

Avoir un permis de port d'arme

To be issued with a gun permit

Avoir une arme enregistrée

To have a gun registered

Les relations entre races ont toujours été tendues

Race relations have always been strained

Une société qui ignore les couleurs de peau

a colour-blind society

Qui tourne atour du pot | Alambiqué

mealy-mouthed

Trump a loupé une opportunité frappante

Trump missed a glaring opportunity

Réussir l'épreuve de vérité / de crédibilité

To pass the acid test

Faire une critique violente et amère sur qn

To launch into a bitter diatribe against sb

Critiquer fortement (3)

To lambast sb To castigate sb To lash out sb

une réponse faible

a feeble response

tolérer qc (2)

to condone sg | to turn a blind eye on sg

mettre dans le même panier des personnes

to lump people together

ligne de touche

the sidelines

d'un ton/air abattu

to be dejected

ingérable

unmanageable

ne pas être à la hauteur des attentes

to fall short of expectations

nickname of US (liberty)

the land of the free

un phare guidant le monde libre

a beacon for the free world

il ne peut s'en empêcher

he can't help himself

tiède (2)

tepid | lukewarm

exposer, exhiber

to display

garder ses distances | reculer devant

to shy away

Ça ne lui ressemble pas de...

It's not like him to do...

Trump est célèbre pour ses réactions impulsives

Trump is well know for his impulsiveness

une personne impulsive

a rash person

dans un moment d'emballement

in a rash moment

être à cheval sur (l'exactitude, la justesse)

to be a stickler for (accuracy)

dissoudre

to disband

ouvrir à voie à une nouvelle ère

to usher in a new era

on ne peut pas blâmer qn en particulier pour ca (2)

it cannot be blamed on anubody | it is not down to anybody

c'est profondément encré dans l'imaginaire américain

to be deeply rooted in the Am psyche

il n'y a pas moyen de l'éradiquer

there is no stamping it out ....

précéder

predated

the Jim Crow Laws

1873 : the "equal but separate" doctrine → institutionalized segregation and racism → disenfranchise black people

priver qn du droit de vote

to disenfranchise sn

end of segregation :

The Civil Rights Act 1964 | The voting rights act 1965

racism persistant, latent (2) | exemples

lingering racims / latent racism - increase of act of police violence against black people - criminalization of young black Am - "driving while Black" : more likely to be stop and undergo an ID check => racial profiling - "Redlining" : a discriminatory practice

segregation non explicite

unacknowledged segregation

aller à la rue pour manifester

to take to the streets

stimuler

to energize

enhardir qn (donner du courage)

to embolden sb

courageux

bold | brave

revigorer

to reinvigorate

avoir un fort besoin de, désirer

to crave for to long for to yearn for

prendre de l'ampleur (2)

to gain momentum / strength

une banlieue a problème

inner city

désavouer, renier le soutien de

to disavow the support of...

un groupe marginal

a fringe group

Soi disant

Purportedly