Gun Violence Flashcards by Léa-Marie Vitry

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Un massacre

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A slaughter

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Un carnage

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A carnage

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Être pris de folie meurtriere

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To go on a rampage

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Un contrôle des antécédents

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A background check

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Un porteur d’armes

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A Gun toter

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Abattre

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To mow down

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Faire un décret

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To issue executive action

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A la suite de

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In the wake of

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Les citoyens détenteurs d’armes

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Gun-toting citizens

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Contourner

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To bypass

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Blesser

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To injure

To wound

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Un camarade

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A fellow student

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Réprimander

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To chide

To blame

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Adopter, promulguer

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To enact

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Lancer

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To lob

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Ardent, fervent

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Staunch

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Un armurier

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A gun seller

A gunsmith

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Un vide juridique

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A loophole

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Un gilet pare-balles

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An armour

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Concourir pour

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To vie for

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Retarder, faire traîner les choses, bloquer

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To stall

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S’en prendre à

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To lash out at

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Le Congrès à majorité républicaine

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The Republican-led Congress

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Définir un décret

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To outline executive action

Priver qqn de qqch

To strip sb from sth

L'application de la loi

Law enforcement

Piétiner

To trample upon

Un croque-mitaine

A boogie-man

Une réfutation

A rebuttal

Publier un éditorial

To run an editorial

Prévenir | Empêcher

To forestall

Libéraliser l'accès aux armes

To unfetter access to guns

Flatter | Se plier à

To pander

Un déni

A denial of

Une matraque

A truncheon

Un bastion

A stronghold

Faite appliquer la loi

To enforce the law

Avoir la mainmise sur

To have a stronghold on

Le charbon

The coal

Une centrale à charbon

A coal-fired power plant

Toucher la corde sensible

To strike the chord

Un porte-parole de

A spokesman for

Paralyser le système

To create a gridlock

Se rendre aux urnes

To go to the polls

Un référendum

A ballot initiative

Une folie meurtrière

A shooting spree