| Term | Definition |
|---|
| une campagne électorale | election campaign |
| un débat | debate |
| désigner/nommer | to appoint |
| discuter (de) | to discuss |
| un(e) électeur(-trice) | voter |
| élire | to elect |
| élu | past participle of to elect (élire) |
| se faire inscrire | to register (to vote) |
| la lutte (contre) | fight, struggle (against) |
| un mandat | term of office |
| la politique étrangère | foreign policy |
| la politique intérieure | internal (domestic) policy |
| un problème/une question | issue |
| un programme électoral | platform |
| se (re)présenter | to run (again) |
| soutenir | to support |
| voter | to vote |
| l'armée | army |
| attaquer | to attack |
| un attentat | attack |
| céder à | to give up; to give in |
| les combats | fighting |
| le conflit | conflict |
| une embuscade | ambush |
| les forces | forces |
| le front | front; front lines |
| intensé(e) | insane |
| libérer | to free |
| livrer | to deliver |
| la mort | death |
| les morts | the dead |
| la négociation | negotiation |
| la paix | peace |
| la peine de mort | death penalty |
| la polémique | controversy |
| les pourparlers | talks; negotiations |
| prendre on otage | to take hostage |
| se produire | to happen, take place |
| le soldat | soldier |
| le terrorisme | terrorism |
| tuer | to kill |
| la conception | design, plan |
| en verre/en métal/en terre battue | made of glass/metal/adobe |
| une oeuvre | work (of art) |
| rénover | to renovate |
| s'accoutumer à | to get used to |
| attirer | to attract |
| chouette | (familiar) neat, nice, great |
| convaincre | to convince |
| la guerre | war |
| un gâchis | mess, wasted materials |
| honteux(-se) | shameful |
| unsupportable | intolerable, unbearable |
| laid(e) | ugly |
| moche | (familiar) ugly, ghastly |
| passionnant(e) | exciting |
| réussi(e) | successful, well executed |
| supprimer | to do away with |
| s'accroître | to increase |
| l'accueil | welcome |
| acceuillant(e) | welcoming, friendly |
| s'aggraver | to get worse |
| la banlieue | the suburbs |
| blesser | to hurt |
| un bouc émissaire | scapegoat, fall guy |
| le chômage | unemployment |
| un(e) chômeur(-se) | unemployed person |
| croissant(e) | increasing, growing |
| éclairer | to enlighten |
| empirer | to worsen |
| un(e) immigrant(e) | newly arrived immigrant |
| un(e) immigré(e) | an immigrant well established in the foreign country |
| un incendie | fire |
| maghrébin(e) | from Northwest Africa (mahgreb) (morocco, algeria, tunisia) |
| la main-d'oeuvre | labor |
| une manifestation/manifester | demonstration, protest (organized/ to demonstrate, protest |
| une menace | threat |
| les quartiers défavorisés | slums |
| répandre | to spread |
| rouer quelqu'un de coups | to beat someone black and blue |
| la xénophobie | xenophobia: fear/hatred of foreigners |
| un sans-abri | homeless person |
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