Vocabulaire Synopsis West
Side Story
to check =
limiter, freiner
a block = un pâté de maisons
a fight = une bagarre
to break out = se déclencher
to get rid of = se débarrasser de
a rumble = ** une baston
to grow away from = prendre ses distances
the neighborhood = le quartier
reluctantly = à contrecœur
frenzied dancing = une danse frénétique
a war council = un conseil de guerre
a weapon = une arme
a tenement roof = le toit d'un immeuble
much to Anita's annoyance = au grand dam d'Anita
a bridal shop = un magasin de robes de mariées
a mock- marriage = un simulacre de mariage
dress-dummies = des mannequins
wedding= la cérémonie de mariage
the highway = l'autoroute
a fist-fight = un combat à poings nus
to strike = frapper
a switchblade knife = un couteau à cran d'arrêt
to stab = poignarder
to beg sb's forgiveness = implorer le pardon
to vow = faire le vœu de
prejudice = préjugés (ici raciaux)
a back alley = une ruelle
to chide = gronder, réprimander
hiding in the basement = se dissimulant au sous-sol
to taunt = railler, torturer
to rape = violer
to curse = maudir
Find
out ...
where the scene is set :
when the action takes place
the name of the American gang :
the ethnic group the opposite gang belongs to :
the name of the whites' leader :
the name of the other gang's leader :
who interrupts the first fight :
Bernardo's girlfriend's name :
who co-founded the Jets :
the name of the drugstore :
where all the youngsters in the neighborhood
meet to dance :
who falls in love with whom at this dance :
who is Maria supposed to marry :
where the song 'America' is sung :
where Tony secretly meets Maria :
the name of the police officer the youth mock :
what the purpose of the rumble is :
who will represent the two gangs :
what Tony promises Maria :
where the deadly fight occurs :
who stabs Riff by accident :
who kills Bernardo with a knife :
who tells Maria her brother has just been
killed :
who becomes the new leader of the Jets after
Riff's death :
who the Jets want to catch and punish :
what Anita is asked to pass on to Tony:
why Anita lies about Chino :
who kills Tony :
who carries away Tony's dead body at the very
end: