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The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

In District 12, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister Prim's place in the dreaded Hunger Games. Alongside Peeta Mellark, she journeys to the Capitol, navigating the lap of luxury and forming a strategic alliance. At the Training Center, they impress the GameMakers and play on a romantic angle to gain public support. In the arena, Katniss uses her survival skills to stay alive, befriends Rue, and faces betrayal and loss. A rule change allows for two victors to emerge, and Katniss reunites with and nurses Peeta back to health. In the final showdown, they defy Capitol rules by threatening mutual suicide with poisoned berries, forcing the Capitol to declare them both victors. Back home, they face the reality of their challenge, realizing that their actions have sparked a potential rebellion against the Capitol's tyranny.

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ramène / ʁamɛn /verb

brings back

la réalité de leur situation les ramène rapidement à la dure vérité

the reality of their situation quickly brings them back to the harsh truth

le combat / lə kɔ̃.ba /noun

combat

Peeta pratique le combat corps à corps.

Peeta practices hand-to-hand combat.

bataillelutteaffrontement

éblouissante / eblisɑ̃t /adjective

dazzling

La ville est éblouissante.

The city is dazzling.

magnifiquesplendide

impitoyable / sɑ̃ pitwa /adjective

ruthless

Katniss Everdeen vit dans le District 12, une région pauvre minière de charbon qui lutte sous la règle impitoyable du Capitole.

Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12, a poor coal mining region that struggles under the ruthless rule of the Capitol.

cruelsévèreimplacable

le serment / lə sɛʁ.mɑ̃ /noun

vow

Elle fait le serment de rester forte.

She makes a vow to stay strong.

promessevoeu

l'haltérophilie / laltɛʁɔfile /noun

weightlifting

Peeta pratique le combat corps à corps et l'haltérophilie.

Peeta practices hand-to-hand combat and weightlifting.

avoue / a.vwa /verb

admits

il avoue qu'il nourrit des sentiments amoureux.

he admits that he has romantic feelings.

la chasse / la ʃas /noun

hunting

Elle doit compter sur ses compétences de chasse.

She must rely on her hunting skills.

conçoit / kɔ̃.sɛ̃ /verb

designs

Cinna conçoit des tenues.

Cinna designs outfits.

éloigner / e.lwa.ɲe /verb

take away

Gale doit éloigner Prim.

Gale must take Prim away.

envahissent / ɛ̃.va.is /verb

engulf

Un choc et une horreur envahissent Katniss.

Shock and horror engulf Katniss.

emmenés / ɑ̃mne /verb

taken

Katniss et Peeta sont emmenés au Bâtiment de la Justice.

Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Justice Building.

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