Chapitre 1 : Politics in the UK Flashcards

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triste

A

bleak

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2
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pleurnicher

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to whinge

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s’avachir, d’affaler, se vautrer

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to slump

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4
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chuter

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to plummet

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5
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forcément, c’est obligé

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to be bound to

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6
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condamner

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to doom

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7
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Par conséquent

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therefor

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8
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la labeur

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toil

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9
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répercussion

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fallout

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10
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émouvant, vibrant

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stirring

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11
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prévisible

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predictable, foreseeable,

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12
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convenu, conventionnel, banal

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formulaic

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13
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renverser

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to overthrow, to topple

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14
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S’effondrer

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to topple (the tower toppled)

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15
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les pauvres

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the down-at-heel, the destitute

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16
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Les riches

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the comfortably off, the affluent

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17
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être méprisé

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to be patronised, to be condescended, to be looked down on

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18
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grossier, peu raffiné

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uncouth, coarse, oafish

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19
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exprimer son mépris

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to express one’s scorn for, to sniff about

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20
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insultes

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slurs

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21
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réfuté

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disproved, refuted

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22
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le sommeil

23
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écrit diffamatoire, diffamation

24
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rétrécir

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faner
to wither
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teinté
hued, tinged
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désinvolte
offhand
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visible
conspicuous
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controversé
controversial
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perplexe
bewildered
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étonné, stupéfait
astonished, astounded, stunned
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une gaffe
a blunder, a snafu
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une mésaventure
a mishap
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la colère
anger, ire
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ironique
ironic, wry
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rejeté, exclu
dismissed, written off
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une dispute
a quarrel, a spat
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rendre plus attractif (polir)
to burnish
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principal, le plus en vue
the foremost
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sans cesse, sans relâche
ceaselessly
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hostile à
hostile, inimical to
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quotidiennement
on a daily basis, on a day-to-day basis
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des mensonges
falsehoods, untruths
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les maux
the evils, the scourges
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à peine
hardly
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montrer, exhiber, étaler
to display, to flaunt, to show off
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punir, descendre en flamme, dénoncer ...
to lambast, to castigate, excoriate
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détester
to loathe
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répugnant
loathsome , repelling
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le cadre
the frame
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rédiger
to draft
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monter en flèche
to (sky)rocket
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fusionner avec
to merge with
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être à l'horizon
to be in the offing (offing=haute mer)