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La democratie

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Democracy

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L’équilibre des pouvoirs

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Checks and balances

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La 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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What is generally considered as the first step in England’s long march towards modern democracy?

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Magna Carta

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What is the “Great Charter”?

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Magna Carta : King John agreed that his subjects had certain rights

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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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État de droit

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Rule of law

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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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Totalitarisme

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Totalitarianism

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What is the English Bill of Rights

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(1689)
An act which sets out certain basic rights
- freedom of speech
- right to elect members of parliament

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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

A coup d’état

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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

Le régime de Pinochet

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The Vichy regime

The Pinochet 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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When and where was the universal Déclaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations?

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10/12/1948 in Paris

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Avoir droit

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To be entitled to

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Prendre le pouvoir

S’emparer du pouvoir

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To take power

To 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 in power

To 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

Mal gérer

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To misrule

To 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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Accountability

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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 quelqu’un

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To bribe somebody

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What does the notion of accountability mean ?

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The principle that elected leaders are accountable to those who elected them

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Mauvaise conduite

Abus

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Misconduct

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What is the executive?

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The government

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Motion de censure

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Motion of no confidence

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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 fair 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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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 l’accès à internet

Restreindre l’accès à internet

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To block Internet access

To restrict internet access

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Contourner la censure

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To circumvent censorship

To 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

Human rights 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

The duty 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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Sans distinction de

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Regardless of

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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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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 un rassemblement

Participer à un rassemblement

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To hold a rally

To 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 petroleum 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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The book of Francis Fukuyama

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The end of history and the last man (1992)
Says that the collapse of communism and the end of Cold War shows that the western liberal democracy is the “final form of human government”

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L’effondrement

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The collapse

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Étape finale

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The end point

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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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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 rebel

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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 a dictator

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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The overthrow of a dictator

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Déposer un dirigeant

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A 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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How many years did it take to American democracy to abolish slavery?

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86 years

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How many years did it take to American democracy to enfranchise women ?

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144 years

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How many years did it take to American democracy to assure black people the vote?

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189 years

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Nécessiter

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To require

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Expliquer en détail

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To spell out

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L’équilibre des pouvoir

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Checks and balances

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Répression brutale

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Ruthless repression

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Réprimer une rébellion

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To suppress a rebellion

To put down 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 somebody up

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Tourner court

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To peter out

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