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les émeutes (f)

riots

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un pied-noir

une personne d’origine européene qui a vécu en Algérie pendant la domination française (the French rule).

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Maghreb

une région du nord-ouest de l’Afrique. Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritiana, Tunisia.

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un bouc émissaire

scapegoat

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Les Grandes Ensembles

a series of huge housing projects

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la délinquance

delinquents

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une manifestation

protest

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la marginalisation

marginalisation

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les HLM ( habitation à loyer modéré)

tower blocks

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le chômage

unemployment

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les allocations (familiales)

benefits

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insalubre

dirty

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ruelles

alleyways

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serré

tightly packed/ compact

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le vernissage

preview of an art exhibition

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s’assessoir

to assist

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louche

dodgey

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téma

verlan for ‘look at’

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anodin

insignificant

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demeur

to remain

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les facteurs

bills

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la précarité

poverty

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un coup de feu

gunshot

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se vanter de

to boast about

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le pote

friend, mate (informal)

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lugubre

sinister

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survoler

to fly over

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une cave

basement

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désapprobation

disapproval

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stagiaire

trainee

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odieux

heinous

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à régler

to sort out

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le point culminant

climax

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une bagarre

fight

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se venger

to take revenge

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irréprochable

perfect, can’t be criticised.

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pertinemment

relevant

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écrasant

overwhelming, crushing

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la morosité

gloom

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étouffant

stifling, strangling

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sombre

dark

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sans âme

without soul

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un poursuite

a chase

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délabré

run down

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incendié

burnt down

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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

the black market

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faire des bêtises

to misbehave

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traîner

to hang about

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la cage d’escaliers

stairwell

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engrenage

vicious circle

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un cercle vicieux

a vicious circle

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une séringe

a syringe

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frustré

frustrated

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grossier

rude, impolite

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la fracture sociale

social divide

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engendrer

to lead to, to cause

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remarquer

to notice

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coincés

stuck

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dépeinte

depicted

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rappeler

to remind

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sauter aux yeux

to be obvious (to jump to your eyes).

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foncer tête baisée

to charge on without thinking

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un(e) vantard(e)

bragger

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frimer

to brag/show off

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égorger

to cut someone’s throat

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nonne

nun

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moine

monk

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échappatoire

an escape

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s’attendre

to expect

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Une séquence/ un enregistrement

footage

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incarner

to embody

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le désarroi

disarray/ dismay

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autoritaire

authoritarian

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le droit chemin

the right track

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un policier en civil

a plainclothes police officer (like Samir)

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la gachette

trigger

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un caïd

bad boy/ leader

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appuyer (la gachette)

to pull (the trigger)

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à bon escient

wisely

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sciemment

wisely/ knowingly/ consciously

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Afin de nous faire vivre l’action

to make us live the action

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milieu

environment

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la trame

frame

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un Autochtone

a native

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Le français de souche

French born and bred

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pousser

to push

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accentuer

to emphasise

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brulé(e)

burnt down

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commettre un délit

to commit an offence

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délabré(e)

dilapidated

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engendrer la violence

to create violence

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flagrant(e)

obvious

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les flics (m)

police officers (informal)

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les forces de l’ordre

the police

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fumer des joints

to smoke joints

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juvénile

youth, young

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juxtaposé(e)

next to

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la loi de plus fort

the law of the strongest/ survival of the fittest

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