29/10/13 Flashcards

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L’ascenseur social est en panne

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The engine of social mobility is no longer working

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L’incarnation de

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The embodiment of

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Se répandre dans, s’insinuer dans

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To pervade

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Sélection des fils d’anciens dans les universités US

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Legacy preferences

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Marquer une rupture avec

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To signal a departure from

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Constant

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Relentless

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Un rejet

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A dismissal

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Se moquer de qqn

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To jibe at sb

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Un réseau d’anciens

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An old school tie

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Courtiser des électeurs

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To woo voters

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Sans détour, de manière abrupte

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Bluntly

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Éloigne

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Remote

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Un écart

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A discrepancy

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Les membres de la famille royale

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The royals

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Miné par la conscience de la classe

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Class-bound

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Un paquet

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A bundle

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Non pertienent

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Irrelevant

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Appartenir à la classe ouvrière

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To be working class