VOCABULAIRE - 'La Haine' - Social and Historical Context Flashcards by Amy Anderson

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Benefits

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Les allocations (f)

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Period of increase in births

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Le baby-boom

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Subsurbs

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Les banlieues (f)

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Someone living in the suburbs

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Un banlieusard

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Police slip-up

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Une bavure

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French person of North African descent

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Un(e) beur(ette)

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Shantytown

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Un bidonville

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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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Police station

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Un commissariat

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Decade

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Une décennie

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Delinquency

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La délinquance

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Facial discrimination

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Le délit de faciès

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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 grands ensembles

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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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The Maghreb

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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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La main-d’œuvre

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Social unrest

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Le malaise

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Demonstration, protest, riot

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Une manifestation

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Overseas

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Outre-mer

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Algerian-born French people

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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 birth rate

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La politique nataliste

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Les allocations (f)

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Benefits

Q

Le baby-boom

A

Period of increase in births

Q

Les banlieues (f)

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Suburbs

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Un banlieusard

A

Someone living in the suburbs

Q

Une bavure

A

Police slip-up

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Un(e) beur(ette)

A

French person of North African descent

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Un bidonville

A

Shantytown

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Un bouc émissaire

A

Scapegoat

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Le chômage

A

Unemployment

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La cité

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Town

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Une cité-dortoir

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Dormitory estate

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Une émeute

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Riot

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Une décennie

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Decade

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La délinquance

A

Delinquency

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Le délit de faciès

A

Facial discrimination

Q

Les Français de souche

A

Native French people

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Les Grands Ensembles

A

Large housing estates

Q

Un habitat de fortune

A

Makeshift dwelling

Q

Le HLM

A

Social housing

Q

Insalubre

A

Squalid

Q

Le Maghreb

A

The Maghreb

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Les Maghrébins

A

People from the Maghreb

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La main-d’œuvre

A

Workforce

Q

Le malaise

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Social unrest

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Une manifestation

A

Demonstration, protest, riot

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Les pieds-noirs

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Algerian-born French people

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Se plaindre de

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To complain about