● aboutir à = arriver quelque part (end in, end at)
● banal = commun (common, everyday) ● les justiciables = responsable devant la justice (person answerable to the law) ● aisé(e) = qui a les moyens (well-to-do, well-off) ● un patois = langue régionale minoritaire (dialect) ● un outil = instrument (tool) ● érigée en totem = s'attribuer un symbole (took on the role as the symbol of) ● se moquer de [qqn] = rire aux dépens de [qqn] (make fun of somebody) ● mépris = dédain (contempt, scorn, disdain) ● prôner = mettre en valeur (advocate) ● la raillerie = moquerie (ridicule) ● un logement = habitation (housing) ● méridional = relatif au Sud de la France (southern, from the south of France) ● grossier (grossière) = malpoli (rude, ill-mannered)