01/10/18 Flashcards

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Une politique

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A policy

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La politique

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Politics

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Au delà/ par delà

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Beyond

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Un rôle secondaire/de figuration

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A bit part/ a spear carrier

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Une lance

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A spear

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Diriger/ orchestrer

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To run sth

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La chambre des communes

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The house of commons

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Convoquer qn

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T’as summon sb

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Les gens en vus les acteurs majeurs

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The great and the good

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N’avoir aucune idée

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To have no clue

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Soumettre qch

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To submit sth

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Un groupe

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A set

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Un journaliste

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A columnist

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Penser qch/ analyser

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To think sth out

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Trois X en un

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Three X rôles into one

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Une ambassade

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An embassy

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Démesuré

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Outsized

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Accueillir / héberger

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To be home to sth

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Comprendre qch

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To consist of sth

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En dessous de qch

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Beneath sth

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Mal + ADJ

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Ill + adj

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Mal éduqué

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Ill behaved

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Alimenter nourrir

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To Foster sth

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Sensé

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Sensé

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sensible
Sensitive
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Lamentable / catastrophique
Dismal
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Les entraves / les chaînes
Shackles
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Épouser qch
To embrace sth
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Expliquer qch
To account for sth
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Un système de privileges
A legacy system
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Candidats privilégiés en raisons de liens familiaux
Legacies
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fardeau
Burden
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Accabler qn de qlch
To burden sb with sth
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Un droit acquis/ un du
An entitlement
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Un chaudron
A cauldron
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Bouillonner
To bubble
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Reposer qq par
To rest somewhere
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S’appuyer sur qch (principe idée)
To rest on sth
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Empêcher qn de faire qch
To prevent sb from doing sth
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Florissant
Booming
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Crible de qch
Riddled with sth
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Avaler qch
To swallow sth
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Une dispute
A row
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Une fois / autrefois
Once
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Un huitre
An oyster
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Une perle
A pearl
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Disperser qch
To scatter sth
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Souligner
To point out sth
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Participatif
Bottom up
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Une réserve/une nuance/ un diplome
A qualification
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L’emporter sur qch
To trump sth
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Un atout
A trump card
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Compter/ s’appuyer sur qch
To rely on
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Concevoir qch
To design sthet
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Sautiller
To bounce
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S’étirer
To stretch
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Un inconvénient
A downside
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Quoique
Albeit
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Escrocs
Scammers
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La corruption est ancrée dans le système
The system entrenches corruption