Chapitre 6 Flashcards

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Un débat

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Debate

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Une campagne électorale

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Election campaign

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Désigner/nommer

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To appoint

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Discuter (de)

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To discuss

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Un électeur/une électrice

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Voter

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Élire

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To elect

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Être candidat(e) (à la présidence)

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To run (for president)

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Se faire inscrire

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To register (to vote)

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La lutte (contre)

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Fight, struggle (against)

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Un mandat

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Term of office

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La politique étrangère

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Foreign policy

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La politique intérieure

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Internal policy

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Un problème/une question

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Issue

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Un programme électoral

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Platform

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Se (re)présenter

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To run (again)

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Réélire

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To reelect

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Soutenir

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To support

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Un deuxième tour

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Run-off election

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Voter

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To vote

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L’armée

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Army

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Les armes de destruction massive (ADM)

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Weapons of mass destruction

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L’engin explosif improvisé (EEI)

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Improvised explosive device (IED)

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Les forces

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Forces

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Le front

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Front; front lines

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Le soldat

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Soldier

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Les combats

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Fighting

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Le conflit

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Conflict

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Une embuscade

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Ambush

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Libérer

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To free

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Livrer

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To deliver

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Se produire

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To happen, take place

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Prendre en otage

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To take hostage

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Attaquer

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To attack

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Un attentat

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Attack

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La mort

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Death

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Les morts

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The dead

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La peine de mort

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Death penalty

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Le terrorisme

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Terrorism

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Tuer

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To kill

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Céder à

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To give up; to give in

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La négociation

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Negotiation

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La paix

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Peace

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La polémique

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Controversy

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Les pourparlers

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Talks; negotiations

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Un sans-abri

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Homeless person

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La conception

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Design, plan

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En verre

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Made of glass

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En métal

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Made of metal

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En terre battue

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Made of adobe

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Une œuvre

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Work (of art)

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Rénover

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To renovate

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Chouette

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(Familiar) neat, nice, great

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Passionnant(e)

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Exciting

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Remarquable

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Remarkable

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Spectaculaire

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Spectacular

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Réussi(e)

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Successful, well executed

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Super

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(Familiar) super

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Honteux/honteuse

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Shameful

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Insupportable

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Intolerable, unbearable

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Laid(e)

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Ugly

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Moche

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(Familiar) ugly, ghastly

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S’accoutumer à

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To get used to

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Attirer

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To attract

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Convaincre

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To convince

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Supprimer

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To do away with

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Un(e) immigrant(e)

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Newly arrived immigrant

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Un(e) immigré(e)

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An immigrant well established in the foreign country

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Un bouc émissaire

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Scapegoat, fall guy

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La main-d’œuvre

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Labor

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Maghrébin(e)

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From the Maghreb (Northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)

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L’accueil

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Welcome

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Accueillant(e)

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Welcoming, friendly

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La banlieue

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The suburbs

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Les quartiers sensibles

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Slums

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S’accroître

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To increase

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S’aggraver

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To get worse

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Blesser

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To hurt

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Croissant(e)

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Increasing, growing

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Éclairer

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To enlighten

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Empirer

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To worsen

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Répandre

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To spread

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Rouer quelqu’un de coups

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To beat someone black and blue

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Le chômage

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Unemployment

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Un chômeur/une chômeuse

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Unemployed person

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Un incendie

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Fire

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Les émeutes

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Riots

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Une manifestation/manifester

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Demonstration, protest (organized) / to demonstrate, protest

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Une menace

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Threat

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La xénophobie

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Xenophobia