18 Flashcards

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un héritage

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a legacy

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couper en dés

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to dice

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3
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suivi psychologique

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counselling

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copain

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pal*

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a nutty

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a kook

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bayou

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bras, étendu d’eau, marécage en Lousianne constitué de bras ou d’anciens bras du Mississippi

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7
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agir au nom de qqn

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to act on sb’s behalf

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8
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les élections législatives

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a general election

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un parlement sans majorité

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a hung Parliament

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10
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de cette façon

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thereby

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11
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la Grace Royal

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the Royal Pardon

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12
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se faire entendre

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to be vocal

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13
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les membres de la famille royale

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the royals

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14
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the Civil List

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somme allouée au chef de l’Etat pour les dépenses qu’occasionne sa fonction

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15
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attitude distante

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aloofness

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16
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être indigné de

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to resent sth

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un déferlement d’émotion

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an outpouring of emotion

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18
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faire partie intégrante

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an integral part of

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19
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le processus législatif

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the law-making process

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20
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examiner minutieusement

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to scutinise

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21
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la séance de question au gouvernement

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Question Time

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le Président de la Chambre des Communes

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the Speaker

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un ministre (ou un membre du cabinet fantôme)

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a frontbencher

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un député sans porte-feuille ministériel

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a backbencher

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25
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ambiguité sémantique

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a double-entendre

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un député chargé de la discipline de vote de son groupe

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a whip

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27
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un ministre de haut rang

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a senior minister

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28
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empiéter sur

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to encroach upon

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29
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le ministre de l’Intérieur

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the Home Secretary (Theresa May)

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30
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la Garde des Sceaux

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the Lord Chancellor (Michael Gove)

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31
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le ministre des Finances

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the Chancellor of the Exchequer (George Osborne)

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32
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le ministre des affaires étrangères

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the Foreign Secretary (Philipp Hammond)

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33
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le ministre de la Défense

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the Defence Secretary (Micheal Fallon)

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34
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l’ensemble de la classe politique

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the whole political spectrum

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35
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la majorité sortante

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the incumbent majority

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36
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la plupart du temps

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more often than not

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37
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avoir le dernier mot

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to have the final say

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38
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un médiateur

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an ombudsman

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39
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un conseiller en communication

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a spin doctor

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40
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bien maîtriser qch

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to be conversant with sth

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41
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ampoulé, grandiloquent

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bombastic

42
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digne de foi, qui fait autorité

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authoritative

43
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l’escalade vers la guerre

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the run-up to war

44
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un enquête au sujet de qqch

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an inquiry into sth

45
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un fusible

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a fall guy

46
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de cela

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thereof

47
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sous l’impulsion de

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at the behest of

48
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faire partie des priorités

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to be high on the agenda

49
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une mesure-phare

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a flagship policy

50
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une note de frais

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an expenses claim

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taire des informations

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to withhold information

52
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un versement

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an instalment

53
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une tempête de protestations

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an uproar

54
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une circonscription électorale

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a constituency

55
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un service public

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a utility

56
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demander à être rembourser d’une dépense

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to claim for sth

57
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remise à neuf

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a refurbishment

58
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au moment où

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even as

59
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un impôt sur les plus values

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a capital gains tax

60
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les électeurs, les administrés

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constituents

61
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démissionner

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to step down

62
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la corruption

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sleaze

63
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un programme électoral

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a political platform

64
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être compétent pour

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to have juridiction over

65
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en suspens

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pending

66
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comme le prouve

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as evidenced by

67
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une tentative

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a bid

68
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au motif que

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on the grounds that

69
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un flou idéologique

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an ideological fuzziness

70
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invariablement

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consistently

71
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être en désaccord avec

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to be at odds with

72
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un prix élevé

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a steep price

73
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être une exception, rester à l’écart

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to be the odd one out

74
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à tort ou a raison

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rightly or wrongly

75
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épargner qqch à qqn

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to spare sbdy from sth

76
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renoncer à qch

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to relinquish sth

77
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mettre un point d’honneur

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to make a point of + ing

78
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un référendum sur l’appartenance à l’union européenne

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an in/out EU referendum

79
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qui comprend des membres issus de plusieurs partis

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cross-party (adj)

80
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reprendre une activité

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to resume sth

81
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l’emporter dans une élection

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to top the polls

82
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un symbole, un témoignage de

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a token of

83
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invoquer qqch

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to call on / upon sth

84
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la Guerre de Sécession

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the Civil War

85
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résider au cœur de

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to lie at the core of

86
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le fonctionnement de

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the workings of

87
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d’où

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hence + nom

88
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l’équilibre des pouvoirs

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the system of “checks and balances”

89
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investir qqn de qqch

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to vest sth in sb

90
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mettre au point / résoudre

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to work sth out

91
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une relance

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a follow-up

92
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l’obstruction parlementaire

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filibustering

93
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qui se neutralisent

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countervailing

94
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qu’il s’agisse de … ou de …

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be they … or…

95
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rivaliser

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to vie with each other

96
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la main verte

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a green thumb

97
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règle générale

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as a rule of thumb

98
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recevoir le feu vert de qqn

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to get the thumbs up from sbdy

99
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se tourner les pouces

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to be twiddling one’s thumbs

100
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être sous la coupe de qqn

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to be Under sbdy’s thumb