Unité Trois - Faits divers Flashcards

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un antivol

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(n) Anti-theft device

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Habillés

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(n) clothes

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cuire noire

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(n) Black leather jacket

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Démarrer

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(v) to start up, to get moving
Cette bagnole ne veut pas démarrer.

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Sacré(e)

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(adj) Sacred
Also: light cuss word - Cette Sacreé bagnole

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une bagnole

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(n) a car

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le journal

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(n) news paper

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La Disparition

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(n) Disappearance
la disparition d’une personne - kidnapping

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Marchand(e)

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(n) vendor, shopkeeper

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Foncé(e)

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(adj) Dark (colors)

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Souhaiter

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(v) to wish (for)

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Tenir

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(v) to hold
Also in reflexive: to stand - Il se tenait prés de la porte

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Paisable

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(adj) peaceful

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Retraité

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(adj) retired

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la frayeur

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(n) a fright

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la banilieue

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(n) suburbs

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Pavillion

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House

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faire des Bêtises

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to do stupid things

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Menacer

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(v) threaten

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un pistolet

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pistol/gun

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malgré

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(prep) in spite of

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une arme

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(n) a weapon

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malfaiteur(e)

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(n) criminal

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Profiter

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(v) to take advantage

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S’enfuir

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escape/run off

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Coupable

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(adj) Guilty
(n) Culprit

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il s’agit de

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It’s a matter of / it’s about

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les placards des cuisine

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(n - masc) the kitchen cupboards

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fouiller

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(v) to rummage

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le drame

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(n) drama/tragedy

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signaler

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(v) to report

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Selon

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(prep) according to

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inquiétant

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(adj) Worrying/disturbing

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une thèse

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(n) theory or thesis

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d’abord

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first (as in sequence or preference)
Tout d’abord - first of all

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Ainsi que

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as well as

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D’ autre part

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On the other hand

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Témoin

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(n-masc) witness
Être témoin de - to witness something

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Traiter

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(v) to treat
bien traiter - to treat well
maltraiter - to treat badly

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faire preuve de

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(v) to demonstrate/show

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Menacer

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(v) to threaten to (do something)

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voir ce qu’il en est

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see what’s going on

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photographe

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(n) photographer

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Formation

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(n-fem) training/forming
Être en formation - undergo training

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Consacrer

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(v) to consecrate or dedicate
consacrer quelque chose à - to devote something to

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Réaliser

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(v) to carry out, accomplish, fulfill

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réaliser un film

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to direct a film

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un/une cinéaste

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a film-maker

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Suivre

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(v) to follow
suivant - following

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Sur le terrain

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In the field
ils sont appelés sur le terrain

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Une Bagarre

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(n-Fem) a fight

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Allant du

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Ranging from

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Une tentative

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(n-Fem) attempt

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un Délit

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(N-masc) a crime

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un vol

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(n-masc) theft or flight
un vol à main armée - an armed robbery
à vol d’oiseau - as the crow flies

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Un Fait Divers

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a news item

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Désigner

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(v) to point out, denote, refer to

ALSO: to appoint/choose
On l’a désignée pour remettre le prix. she was appointed to present to prize

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Crime

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(N-masc) murder or crime
Un crime de… - a crime of
Un crime a été commis - there was a murder

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un meurtre

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(n-masc) a murder or assassination

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femme de ménage

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(n-fem) Cleaning lady

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le mobile du crime

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motive for the crime

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Relâché

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(adj) loose or lax

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une carte bleue

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(n-Fem) a credit card

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un cambriolage

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(n-masc) a burglery

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cambrioleur / cambrioleuse

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(n) Burglar

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Violer

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(v) to rape
Elle été violée: She was raped
elle à éte’victime d’un viol: she was a victim of rape

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le/la milliardaire

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(n-fem) Millionaire

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Enlever

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(v) to Kidnap
ALSO: To take off Enlève son manteau

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Le ravisseur / La ravisseuse

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(n) Kidapper

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Blesser

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(v) - to injure, hurt or wound

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Exclure

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(v) to exclude, leave out or expel

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Le voleur / La voleuse

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Affreux (euse)

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(Adj) - awful, dreadful

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Sousciter

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(v) - to arouse, elicit or create
- susciter la curiosité - to arouse curiosity
- susciter une réaction - elicit a reaction
- susciter la controverse - to create a controversy

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Roman

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(n) - novel
un roman policier

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Également

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(adv) - equally, also, as well

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Lui

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(pronoun) Him, Her, it (a thing)

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Ceci

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(Pronoun) This

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Cela

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(Pronoun) it or that
Cela dépend
Je n’aime pas cela

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Agir

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(v) to act
Il a agit par vegence