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
escape/run off
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Coupable
(adj) Guilty (n) Culprit
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il s’agit de
It's a matter of / it's about
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les placards des cuisine
(n - masc) the kitchen cupboards
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fouiller
(v) to rummage
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le drame
(n) drama/tragedy
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signaler
(v) to report
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Selon
(prep) according to
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inquiétant
(adj) Worrying/disturbing
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une thèse
(n) theory or thesis
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d'abord
first (as in sequence or preference) Tout d'abord - first of all
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Ainsi que
as well as
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D' autre part
On the other hand
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Témoin
(n-masc) witness Être témoin de - to witness something
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Traiter
(v) to treat bien traiter - to treat well maltraiter - to treat badly
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faire preuve de
(v) to demonstrate/show
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Menacer
(v) to threaten to (do something)
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voir ce qu'il en est
see what's going on
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photographe
(n) photographer
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Formation
(n-fem) training/forming Être en formation - undergo training
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Consacrer
(v) to consecrate or dedicate consacrer quelque chose à - to devote something to
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Réaliser
(v) to carry out, accomplish, fulfill
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réaliser un film
to direct a film
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un/une cinéaste
a film-maker
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Suivre
(v) to follow suivant - following
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Sur le terrain
In the field ils sont appelés sur le terrain
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Une Bagarre
(n-Fem) a fight
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Allant du
Ranging from
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Une tentative
(n-Fem) attempt
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un Délit
(N-masc) a crime
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un vol
(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
a news item
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Désigner
(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
(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
(n-masc) a murder or assassination
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femme de ménage
(n-fem) Cleaning lady
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le mobile du crime
motive for the crime
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Relâché
(adj) loose or lax
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une carte bleue
(n-Fem) a credit card
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un cambriolage
(n-masc) a burglery
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cambrioleur / cambrioleuse
(n) Burglar
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Violer
(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
(n-fem) Millionaire
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Enlever
(v) to Kidnap ALSO: To take off Enlève son manteau
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Le ravisseur / La ravisseuse
(n) Kidapper
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Blesser
(v) - to injure, hurt or wound
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Exclure
(v) to exclude, leave out or expel
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Le voleur / La voleuse
(n) thief
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Affreux (euse)
(Adj) - awful, dreadful
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Sousciter
(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
(n) - novel un roman policier
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Également
(adv) - equally, also, as well
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Lui
(pronoun) Him, Her, it (a thing)
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Ceci
(Pronoun) This
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Cela
(Pronoun) it or that Cela dépend Je n'aime pas cela
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Agir
(v) to act Il a agit par vegence