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La monarchie

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Monarchy

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L’équilibre des pouvoirs

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Checks and balances

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Le monarche 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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En particulier

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Not least

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Sans être inculpé

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Without charge

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Au dessus de

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Above

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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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Charte des droits

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Bill of rights

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Énoncer

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To Set out

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Une junte militaire

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A military junta

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Un coup d’état

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A coup

À coup d’état

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Un homme fort

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A strongman

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Un gvt autoritaire

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A regime

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Le regime de vichy

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The vichy regime

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Un régime répressif

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A repressive regime

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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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Déclaration des droits de l’homme

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Universal declaration of human rights

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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 leave 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/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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La responsabilité

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Accountabiltity

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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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Un pot de vin

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A bribe

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Acheter/soudoyer qlq1

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To bribe sbd

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Mauvaise conduite

Abus

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Misconduct

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Motion de censure

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Motion of no confidence

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Le multi-partisme

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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 fair elections

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La fraude électorale

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Vote rigging
Ballot rigging
Electoral fraud

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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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To gag the 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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Droit 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

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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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Croyance

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Creed

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S’efforcer

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To strive

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Patrimoine

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Heritage

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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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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 échauffourée

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A skirmish

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L’effondrement

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The collapse

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Laïc

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Secular

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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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De 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 rebel

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Une rébellion

Une révolte

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A rebellion

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Defier 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/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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The 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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To 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 quelqu’un à tabac

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To beat sb up

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Tourner court

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To Peter out

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