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Deck 26: Gun Violence Flashcards

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Les armes à feu

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Firearms

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Une arme à feu

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A gun

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Une arme de poing

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A handgun

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Un revolver

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A revolver

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Un pistolet

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A pistol

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Un fusil de chasse

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A shotgun

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Un fusil semi-automatique

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A semi-automatic rifle

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Un fusil d’assaut

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An assault rifle, an assault weapon

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Des munitions

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Ammunition, munitions

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Une balle

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A bullet

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Une cartouche

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A cartridge

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Un étui (de revolver)

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A holster

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Propriétaire d’armes à feu

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A gun-owner

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Un passionné d’armes à feu

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A gun enthusiast

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Un champ de tir

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A rifle range, a shooting range

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Porter une arme

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To bear, to carry, to wear a gun

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Les ventes d’armes à feu

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Gun sales

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Un permis de port d’arme

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A gun permit, a gun license

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Se faire justice

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To take the law into one’s own hands

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La légitime défense

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Self-defence

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Agir en état de légitime défense

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To act in self-defense

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Un membre d’un groupe d’autodéfense

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A vigilante

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Un problème controversé

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A controversial, contentious issue

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Un problème sensible, qui suscite de vives réactions

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A hot-button issue

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Le lobby des armes à feu
The gun lobby
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Le droit de porter une arme
The right to carry arms
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Les défenseurs du droit de porter des armes
Gun-rights activists
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Un fabricant d’armes
A gun maker, a gun manufacturer
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La réglementation du port d’armes
Gun control
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Avoir accès aux armes à feu
To have access to guns
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Limiter l’accès aux armes
To restrict access to gun
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Un contrôle des antécédents (d’un acheteur d’armes)
A background check
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Déclarer une arme
To register a gun
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Un casier judiciaire
A criminal record
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Interdire les armes à feu
To outlaw, to ban guns
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Tirer
To shoot
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Tirer sur qqn
To shoot at somebody
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Tirer un coup sur qqn
To fire a shot at sb
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Abattre qqn
To shoot sb (dead)
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Des coups de feu, une fusillade
A shooting
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Le meurtre d’un policier
The shooting of a policeman
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Une fusillade
A shoot-out
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Un coup de feu
A shoot, a gunshot
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Être touché mortellement, victime d’un coup de feu mortel
To be fatally shot, mortally wounded
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Coups de feu, fusillade
Gunfire, gunfight
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Se suicider
To commit suicide, to kill oneself
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Se supprimer, se donner la mort
To take one’s (own) life
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Il a retourné l’arme contre lui-même
He turned the gun on himself
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Le nombre de victimes
The death toll
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Tuer qqn sauvagement
To slaughter sb
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Un massacre
A slaughter, a massacre
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Un carnage
Carnage
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Une effusion de sang, un massacre
Bloodshed
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Appuyer sur la gâchette
To pull, to press, to squeeze the trigger
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Avoir la gâchette facile
To be trigger-happy
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Être pris d’un accès de folie meurtrière
To go on a killing spree, a shooting spree, a shooting rampage
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La criminalité
Crime, criminality
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Les taux de criminalité
Crime rate
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Un homme armé
A gunman
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Un meurtre
A murder
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Un meurtrier
A murderer
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Blessé qqn
To injure sb, to wound sb
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Une blessure
A wound
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Blessé
Injured, wounded
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Un cadavre
A corpse
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Un tuteur en série
A serial killer
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Un psychopathe
A psychopath
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Mettre le couteau sous la gorge de qqn
To hold a gun to sb’s head
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Camper sur ses positions
To stick to your guns
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Agir prématurément, aller vite en besogne
To jump the gun

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