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être à l'aise

to feel comfortable

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être mal à l'aise

to feel uncomfortable

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appuyer sur la gachette

to pull the trigger

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4

l'archétype (m)

archetype

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en avoir marre

to have had enough

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la bague

ring

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le caïd

leader

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compréhensif(-ive)

understanding

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déclencher

to trigger

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le droit chemin

the right track, the straight and narrow

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l'échappatoire (f)

escape, way out

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se fâcher

to get angry

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se faire arrêter

to be arrested

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faire des bêtises

to misbehave

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le fantasme

fantasy

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ferme

firm

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frimer

to brag, to show off

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fumer du shit

to smoke cannabis

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grossier(-ère)

rude

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impétueux(-euse)

impetuous

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juif, juive

Jewish

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lucide

clear-headed, realistic

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malpoli(e)

rude

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mûr(e)

mature

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obéir

to obey

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pacifique

pacifist

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le personnage principal

main character

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le personnage secondaire

secondary character

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la personnalité

personality traits

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le policier en civil

plain-clothes policeman

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posé(e)

calm

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raconter des blagues

to tell jokes

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réfléchi(e)

rational

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rigoler

to have a laugh

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le rigolo

joker

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sage

wise

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la sagesse

wisdom

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le shit

cannabis

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s'en sortir

to do well

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le tag

piece of graffiti

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taguer

to graffiti

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têtu(e)

stubborn

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le / la vantard(e)

braggard

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se vanter

to boast, brag

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capricieux(-euse)

temperamental

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fiable

trustworthy

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manifester

to demonstrate

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le mécontentement

discontent

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la mésaventure

misadventure, misfortune

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molester

to molest

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nocturne

nocturnal

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outré(e)

outraged

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une pancarte

a sign, a poster

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les potes (mpl)

friends

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la promiscuité

lack of privacy

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le quotidien

everyday life

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un rebelle

a rebel

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une réplique

a line (in a dialogue)

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rouler un joint

to roll a joint

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le sang

blood

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sinistre

sinister

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sombre

dark

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un sous-sol

a basement

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survoler

to fly over

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Thoiry

a safari park near Paris

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trainer

to hang about (informal)

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la tristesse

sadness

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une vache

a cow

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la vie privée

private life

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le toit

roof

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le témoin

witness

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la poursuite

chase

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délabré(e)

dilapidated, run down

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insalubre

unhealthy

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incendié(e)

burnt out

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flagrant(e)

obvious

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enfreindre la loi

to break the law

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le marché noir

black market

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les cages d'escaliers

stairwells

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la bavure policière

police brutality

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désapprobateur

disapproving

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dégouté

disgusted

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vouvoyer

to use "vous"

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le flic

cop

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l'engrenage (m)

spiral, vicious circle

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sauter aux yeux

to strike, to be obvious

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le blageur

joker

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la fracture sociale

social divide

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grossier(-ière)

rude

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90

l'horloge (f)

clock

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le leitmotiv

leitmotiv

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la séquence, l'enregistrement (m)

footage

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l'intrigue (f)

plot

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l'œuvre d'art

work of art

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tourner

to shoot (a film)

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le travelling

travelling

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la caméra

camera

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les séquences longues (fpl)

long sequences

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les grands angles (mpl)

wide angles

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les plans panoramiques

panoramic shot

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