Big Picture - Chap 22 Flashcards

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Monarchie

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Monarchy

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Un monarque de droit divin

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A monarch by divine right

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Souverain

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Sovereign

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L’aristocratie

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Aristocracy

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Oligarchie

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Oligarchy

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Un tyran

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A tyrant

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Un despote

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A despot

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Le despotisme

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Despotism

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Despotique

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Despotic

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Un despote éclairé

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An enlightened despot

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Un dictateur

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A dictator

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La dictature

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Dictatorship

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Autoritaire

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Authoritarian

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L’autoritarisme

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Authoritarianism

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Totalitaire

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Totalitarian

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Le totalitarisme

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Totalitarianism

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Une junte militaire

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A military junta

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Un coup d’Etat

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A coup d’état, a coup

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Un homme fort

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A strongman

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Un gouvernement autoritaire

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A regime

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Le régime de Vichy / de Pinochet

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The Vichy / Pinochet regime

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A repressive regime

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Un régime répressif

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Un régime politique

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A political system

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Se démocratiser

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To become more democratic

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Prendre le pouvoir, s’emparer du pouvoir

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To take, seize power

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Arriver au pouvoir

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To come to power

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Arriver au pouvoir (démocratiquement)

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To come into office

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Être au pouvoir

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To be in power

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Rester au pouvoir

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To remain, stay in power

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Quitter le pouvoir

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To live office

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S’accrocher au pouvoir

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To cling to power

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Les dirigeants du pays

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The country’s rulers

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La bonne gouvernance

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Good governance

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Mal administrer, mal gérer

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To misrule, mismanage

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Mauvaise administration

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Misrule

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Mauvaise gestion

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Mismanagement

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Tenir un dirigeant pour responsable

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To hold a leader to account

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Être responsable devant les électeurs

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To be accountable to the electorate

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39
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La responsabilité

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Accountabiltity

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40
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La corruption

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Corruption, sleaze, bribery

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Corrompu

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Corrupt

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42
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Un pot de vin

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A bribe

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Acheter, soudoyer qn

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To bribe sb

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L’état de droit, le règne de la loi

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The rule of law

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Le multipartisme

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Multi-party system

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Un système de parti unique

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Single-party system

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Des élections libres et régulières

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Free and faire elections

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La fraude électorale

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Vote rigging, ballot rigging, electoral fraud

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L’élection était truquée

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The election was rigged

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Un opposant politique

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A political opponent

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Un dissident

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A dissident

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Museler l’opposition

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The gag of opposition

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Déclarer l’état d’urgence

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To declare a state of emergency

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Bafouer la constitution

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To trample the constitution

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Censurer

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To censor

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La censure

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Censorship

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Bloquer / restreindre l’accès à internet

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To block / restrict internet access

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Contourner la censure

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To circumvent, bypass censorship

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Les droits de l’homme

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Human rights

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Des atteintes aux droits de l’homme

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Human rights abuses, violations

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Un crime contre l’humanité

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A crime against humanity

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Le devoir d’ingérence

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The duty to interfere, to intervene

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Association de défense des droits de l’homme

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Human-rights lobby

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Le passé de la Chine en matière de droits de l’homme

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China’s human rights record

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Mécontentement, malaise

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Discontent

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Provoquer des troubles

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To spark unrest

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De l’agitation

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Turmoil

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Un bouleversement

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An upheaval

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Fomenter des troubles

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To stir up trouble

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Un insurgé

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An insurgent

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Une insurrection

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An insurgency

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Une manifestation

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A demonstration, a protest march

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Un manifestant

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A demonstrator, a protester

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Organiser / participer à un rassemblement

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To hold / attend a rally

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Une émeute

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A riot

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Un émeutier, un casseur

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A rioter

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Des émeutes ont éclaté

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Riots broke out

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Les CRS

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Anti-riot police

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Un cocktail molotov

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A petrol bomb, a Molotov cocktail

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Du gaz lacrymogène

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Tear gas

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Un heurt, un affrontement

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A clash

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Une échaffourée

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A skirmish

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Un complot

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A plot

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Un comploteur

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A plotter

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Se révolter

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To revolt

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Se rebeller

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To rebel

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Un rebelle

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A revel

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Une rébellion, une révolte

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A rebellion

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Défier les autorités

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To defy the authorities

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Un soulèvement

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An uprising

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Se soulever contre

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To rise up against

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Renverser un dictateur

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To overthrow, to topple a dictator

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Évincer un dictateur

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To oust a dictator

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Le renversement d’un dictateur

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To overthrow of a dictator

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Déposer un dirigeant

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To depose a ruler

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S’effondrer

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Collapse

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Restaurer la démocratie

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To restore democracy

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La chute d’un gouvernement

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The downfall of a government

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Répression brutale

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Ruthless repression

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Réprimer une rébellion

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To put down, to suppress a rebellion

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Réprimer, étouffer la contestation

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To quell the protests

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Des mesures de répression

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Crackdown, clampdown

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Mettre les gens en prison

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To send people to prison

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Passer qn à tabac

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To beat sb up