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PDS AP Fr vocab 2
AP French society vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| une agglomération | populated area |
| les cites-dortoirs (f) | bedroom communities |
| le foyer | home |
| un grand ensemble | apartment complex |
| une HLM (habitation à loyer modéré) | subsidized housing |
| un immeuble collectif | multi-family housing (apartment) |
| un locataire | renter |
| un logement social | public housing |
| une maison individuelle | single family house |
| un ménage | household |
| un propriétaire | owner |
| le rez-de-chaussée | ground floor |
| les pauvres | the poor |
| les sans-abris | homeless |
| un clochard | bum/homeless |
| manquer de | to lack |
| le quartier populaire | low-income neighborhood/area |
| être au chômage | to be unemployed |
| le chômeur/la chômeuse | unemployed person |
| le grogne | discontent (slang) |
| la zone | the hood slang (slang) |
| le tiers-monde | 3rd world |
| la famine | famine |
| la sécheresse | drought |
| la surpopulation | overpopulation |
| les casseurs | vandals |
| blesser | to hurt |
| faire mal à | to hurt |
| faire un crime | to commit a crime |
| faire un délit | to commit a crime |
| la victime (always f) | victim |
| tuer | to kill |
| commettre un meurtre | to murder |
| le/la meurtrier/ière | murderer |
| pendre | to hang |
| la pendaison | hanging |
| noyer | to drown |
| la noyade | drowning |
| cambrioler/faire du cambriolage | breaking and entering |
| la délinquance | delinquency |
| terroriser | to terrorize |
| le terrorisme | to terrorize |
| une bande/un gang | gang |
| la drogue | drugs |
| une émeute | riot |
| l’insécurité (f) | lack of safety |
| le cadavre | body, corpse |
| le/la criminel(le) | the criminal |
| détourner | to embezzle, to hijack |
| l'empreinte digitale | the fingerprint |
| enlever | to kidnap |
| l’exécution | the execution |
| l'homicide involontaire | involuntary manslaughter |
| l'otage | the hostage |
| le/la suspect/e | the suspect |
| le vol | robbery |
| le voleur/la voleuse | thief |
| voler | to rob/steal |
| bachoter | to prepare for exams |
| bouquiner | to read (slang) |
| bûcher | to cram (slang) |
| se débrouiller | to manage/get along |
| passer un examen | to take a test |
| présenter sa candidature | to be a candidate |
| rater | to fail (slang) |
| échouer | to fail |
| redoubler | to repeat a year of school |
| réussir à | to succeed, pass an exam |
| le bac/le baccalauréat | exam and diploma at the end of high school |
| le bachotage | studying for an exam (slang) |
| avoir du boulot | to have work (slang) |
| un bouquin | a book (slang) |
| une carrière | a career |
| un cours | a course |
| un diplôme | a diploma |
| une dissertation | an essay |
| un exposé | an oral presentation |
| le fac/la faculté | a university department |
| le collège | junior high/middle school |
| le lycée | high school (lasts 3 years in France) |
| la seconde | 1st year of high school (11th grade) |
| la première | 2nd year of high school (12th grade) |
| la terminale | 3rd year of high school (13th grade) |
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