A La Une: Let's Learn French from Headline News: Le Francais dans l'actualite - DSK and the West African Manhattan Maid: Sex, Class, Power and Privileges

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Vocabulary – Vocabulaire
Ancien – former, old, ex
Voracious womanizer, playboy – dragueur, coureur de jupe
Libéré Sous Caution Mais Inculpé – set free on bond but indicted
l’ancien patron du FMI(Fonds Monétaire International) – Ex chief of IMF (international monetary funds)
Connu – known
Viol présumé – presumed violation
Femme de chambre – maid, cleaning lady
Le grand Jury Américain – The American Grand Jury
foulard de tête – hijab or head scarf
Lors de l’audience – During the court hearing, session
Coupable – guilty
Non-coupable – not guilty
Louer – to rent
Moyens financiers – financial means
La caution – the bond
la cour supreme – The supreme court