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PROTEST AND PUNISHMENT  to demonstrate :

 to protest : manifester/protester 

manifester 

 to speak up (against) :

droit à

s’élever contre 

 to guarantee :

 to resist

/maltraiter

: resister

 to oppose

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: marche/manifestation  

a violation : une violation 

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social unrest

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: toubles sociaux 

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: s’impliquer

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violer 

 to allow :

 to feel concerned :

 to march :

resister à/s’opposer à

 to fight (for/against) :

 to violate :

: declarer coupable /condamner : ne pas être d’accord

 to support :

a demonstration : manif 

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a resistance : une résistance

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 an overthrow :

  fairly :

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équitablement

la violence engendre la violence 

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 to be entitled (to) :

: renverser

 to rally :

libérer

a demonstrator

: impliqué

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rassembler

 to abuse :

 to rule :

avoir

abuser

gouverner

: condamner

 to lynch

: lyncher

 to go on stike :

se mettre en grève  

a rally

an activist : un militant de la cause des droits de

a stuggle : lutte

une renversement

involved

 to free :

defendre

a protest protest song : chant contestataire /cde protestation 

Law Enforcement : les forces de l’ordre

concerned : concerné

soutenir

  to stand up (for):

autoriser/permettre

se sentir concerné

 to sentence

manifester /défiler 

se batter /lutter

 to overthrow ( irr. V : …………………………………………………………………… )

a commitment : engagement 

equally : en parts égales /tout aussi

Violence breeds violence  :

defendre

gender equality : égalité des sexes

a riot : une émeute

committed : engagé  

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priver 

a claim : une revendication

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s’engager 

 to object to

inequality : ingégalité

contestation sociale

 to deprive :

réclamer/exiger 

  to stand up (against) :

 to speak up (for) :

 to convict

: s’opposer à 

: un rassemblement 

revendiquer

 to get involved (in)

empêcher (de)

a march

l’homme

garantir 

 to commit (oneself) :

 to prevent :

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 to claim :

 to demand :

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: un manifestant

a battle : comba  

a strike : une grève 

an uprising : unsoulèvement

a streamer : une banderole    Trade Unions

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a social protest

( = Unons) : les Syndicats 

  fair : juste/équitable 

: une

 Learn new words and expressions  Read the following text and try to guess the meaning of the words in bold characters :

Expressions from the text a right / rights / the right to  vote  To speak up (against)  To march

Possible meaning

Translation

The Suffragettes believed it was time they had the same rights as men. Their leader, Emmeline Pankhurst, wrote pamphlets to encourage women to

speak up against male domination. They marched to the Parliament to protest against gender

inequalities and unfair laws . They demanded  the  To protest (against)

right to vote  so that their voices could be heard. Gender inequalities

Their claims were met with brutal police response. Unfair laws

Few women dared to commit to the cause  for fear

 To demand

of their husbands’ and neighbours reactions. The

 A claim / to claim

activists who got involved in civil disobedience disobedience

 To dare

were sent to prison. Some Suffragettes went on

 To commit to the cause

hunger strikes  to attract public attention but the

 An activist  To get involved Civil disobedience Hunger strike  To be force-fed

guards force-fed them to avoid scandal.