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La politique

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Politics

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L’équilibre du pouvoir

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The balance of power

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Un parti engagé

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A comitted party

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Une scission dans le parti

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A split in the party

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Promettre solennellement

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To pledge

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Appuyer un projet de loi

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To endorse a proposal

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Soutenir un projet de loi

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To back a bill

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Opposer son veto

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To veto a proposal

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Appliquer un réquisitoire contre quelqu’un

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To bring an indictment against sb

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Une politique

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A policy

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Un homme politique

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A politician

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Politique (adj)

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Political

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Provoquer l’agitation sociale

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To fuel social unrest

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Faire augmenter la discorde

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To stir up trouble

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Manifestation (3)

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Démonstration, march, protest rally

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Réprimer une rébellion

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To put down a rebellion

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Brandir des pancartes

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To brandish placards

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Émeute (4)

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Riot, turmoil, upheaval, uprising

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Les problemes nationaux internationaux et

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Domestic and international issues

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Ministère de l’intérieur (GB)

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Home Office

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La foule

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The mob

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Piller (2)

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To loot, to plunder

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Démissionner

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To resign

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Sans pitié

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Ruthless

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Renverser un gouvernement

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To bring down, to overthrow, to topple

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Bipartisme

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Bipartisanship

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Les sondages

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Opinion polls

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Un institut de sondage

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A pollster

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Enquêtes

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Surveys

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Courtiser les voteurs

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To woo voters

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La circonscription électorale

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Constituency, constituents

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Se présenter

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To turn out

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Une faible participation

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A low turn out

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Aller aux urnes

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To go to the polls

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Premier et deuxième tour

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First and second ballot

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Se désister en faveur de

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To stand down in favour of

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Le résultat d’une élection

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The outcome of an election

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Une victoire écrasante (2)

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An overwhelming victory, a crushing victory

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Un mandat

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Term of office

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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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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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À military junta

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Un coup d’etat

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A coup d’etat

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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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Un regime répressif

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A repressive regime‪

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Un regime 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, saisir le pouvoir

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To take, 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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Etre 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

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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 bonnes gouvernance

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Good governance

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Un regime répressif

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A repressive regime‪

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Un regime 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, saisir le pouvoir

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To take, 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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Etre 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

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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 bonnes gouvernance

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Good governance

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Mal administrer

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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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Etre responsable devant les électeurs

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To be accountable to the électorate

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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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Acheter qqn

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To bribe sb

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L’état de droit

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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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Parti unique

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Single party system

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Élections libres et régulières

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Free and fair elections

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La fraude électorale

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Electoral fraud, vote rigging, ballot riging

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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 déclare the state of emergency

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To trample the constitution

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Bafouer la constitution

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To censor

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Censurer

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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/ré strict the internet access

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Contourner la censure

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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, 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 intervene, 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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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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Agitation

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Turmoil

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Un bouleversement

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Upheaval

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Formenter 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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Organiser un rassemblement

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To hold a rally

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Participer à un rassemblement

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Attend a rally

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Un émeutier

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A rioter

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Des émeutes ont eclaté

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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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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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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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Une rébellion

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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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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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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 rebellion

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To put down, to supress 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 repression

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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 qqn à tabac

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To beat sb up

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