Gun Violence Flashcards

1
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Un massacre

A

A slaughter

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2
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Un carnage

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A carnage

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3
Q

Être pris de folie meurtriere

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To go on a rampage

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4
Q

Un contrôle des antécédents

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A background check

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5
Q

Un porteur d’armes

A

A Gun toter

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6
Q

Abattre

A

To mow down

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7
Q

Faire un décret

A

To issue executive action

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8
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A la suite de

A

In the wake of

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9
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Les citoyens détenteurs d’armes

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Gun-toting citizens

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10
Q

Contourner

A

To bypass

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11
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Blesser

A

To injure

To wound

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12
Q

Un camarade

A

A fellow student

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13
Q

Réprimander

A

To chide

To blame

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14
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Adopter, promulguer

A

To enact

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15
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Lancer

A

To lob

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16
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Ardent, fervent

A

Staunch

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17
Q

Un armurier

A

A gun seller

A gunsmith

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18
Q

Un vide juridique

A

A loophole

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19
Q

Un gilet pare-balles

A

An armour

20
Q

Concourir pour

A

To vie for

21
Q

Retarder, faire traîner les choses, bloquer

A

To stall

22
Q

S’en prendre à

A

To lash out at

23
Q

Le Congrès à majorité républicaine

A

The Republican-led Congress

24
Q

Définir un décret

A

To outline executive action

25
Q

Priver qqn de qqch

A

To strip sb from sth

26
Q

L’application de la loi

A

Law enforcement

27
Q

Piétiner

A

To trample upon

28
Q

Un croque-mitaine

A

A boogie-man

29
Q

Une réfutation

A

A rebuttal

30
Q

Publier un éditorial

A

To run an editorial

31
Q

Prévenir

Empêcher

A

To forestall

32
Q

Libéraliser l’accès aux armes

A

To unfetter access to guns

33
Q

Flatter

Se plier à

A

To pander

34
Q

Un déni

A

A denial of

35
Q

Une matraque

A

A truncheon

36
Q

Un bastion

A

A stronghold

37
Q

Faite appliquer la loi

A

To enforce the law

38
Q

Avoir la mainmise sur

A

To have a stronghold on

39
Q

Le charbon

A

The coal

40
Q

Une centrale à charbon

A

A coal-fired power plant

41
Q

Toucher la corde sensible

A

To strike the chord

42
Q

Un porte-parole de

A

A spokesman for

43
Q

Paralyser le système

A

To create a gridlock

44
Q

Se rendre aux urnes

A

To go to the polls

45
Q

Un référendum

A

A ballot initiative

46
Q

Une folie meurtrière

A

A shooting spree