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Mise en scene Chapter 1 vocab (Salut Cousin)
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Language - French
Undergraduate 4
09/14/2009
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Term
un/e Arabe
 Definition
an Arab or person of Arab heritage
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un flic
 Definition
cop
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un/une Beur
 Definition
French resident whose parents immigrated to France from North Africa
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gonflé/e
 Definition
full of oneself; Tu es gonflé/e! You have a lot of nerve!
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branché/e
 Definition
in the know; with it
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un/une immigré/e
 Definition
immigrant
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un/e camé/e
 Definition
drug addict
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un intello
 Definition
intellectual
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une cabine téléphonique
 Definition
phone booth
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un/une mythomane
 Definition
pathological liar
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une carte téléphonique
 Definition
phone card
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naïf/ve
 Definition
naïve, innocent
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un chauffeur de taxi
 Definition
taxi driver
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un pote
 Definition
pal, friend
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un/e clando
 Definition
illegal alien (immigrant)
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un quartier
 Definition
neighborhood
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une convocation/ être convoqué au tribunal
 Definition
summons; to be summoned to court
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un répondeur
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answering machine
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une crise d’identité
 Definition
identity crisis
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les skin (m/f)
 Definition
skin heads
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décontract décontracté/e
 Definition
relaxed
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un/e tordu/e
 Definition
sicko
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l’expulsion (f.)
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deportation
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une mosquée
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mosque
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une moto; une grosse moto
 Definition
(big) motorcycle
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la nostalgie
 Definition
nostalgia, homesickness
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la cité
 Definition
housing project, in this context
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un pari
 Definition
bet
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le fric
 Definition
cash
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un karaoké
 Definition
karaoke bar
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un tuyau
 Definition
tip (as in a piece of useful information)
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bosser = travailler
 Definition
to work
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déposer quelqu’un
 Definition
drop someone off, give someone a ride
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bouffer = manger
 Definition
to eat
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se grouiller = se dépêcher
 Definition
to hurry
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cartonner
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to be very successful
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jouer
 Definition
to gamble (in this context)
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clamser = mourir
 Definition
to die
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piger = comprendre
 Definition
to understand
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se casser = se tirer, se barrer, s’en aller
 Definition
to clear off; to go away
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pioncer = dormir
 Definition
to sleep
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se débrouiller
 Definition
to manage
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se serrer les coudes
 Definition
to stick together
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J’ai les boules.
 Definition
I’m anxious, upset, worried.
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R.M.I.
 Definition
Revenu minimum d’insertion: a kind of welfare
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Dégage!
 Definition
Get out of here!
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Ça ne tourne pas rond dans sa tête.
 Definition
He’s crazy.
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un keuf = un flic (un policier)
 Definition
cop
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Arrête de faire du cinéma!
 Definition
Stop being so dramatic!
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laisse-béton = laisse tomber, oublions-le
 Definition
Skip it.
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Il est spécial.
 Definition
He’s a little strange.
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une meuf = une femme
 Definition
woman
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[Ne] T’inquiète pas.
 Definition
Don’t worry.
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un ripou = une personne pourrie = un sale type
 Definition
a creep
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[Ne] T’énerve pas!
 Definition
Don’t get upset!
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le trabendo la contrebande
 Definition
contraband, illegal traffic of goods
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un bled
 Definition
small town in nowhereseville; may also be said to refer to Algeria as hicksville by Algerian mmigrants or people of Algerian origin
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le blé
 Definition
dough, cash
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le chomdu = le chômage
 Definition
unemployment
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cramé/e = brûlé/e
 Definition
burned
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le mal du pays
 Definition
homesickness
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une valise
 Definition
luggage
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la taule
 Definition
the slammer, prison
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