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english civi voc Flashcards

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régner

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to reign

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le souverain

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the sovereign

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le royaume ( littéraire)

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the realm

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le couronnement

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the coronation

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les décorations festives

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bunting

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parades

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pagemtry

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héritier

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an heir

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hériter

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to inherit

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la ligné

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line of succession

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an act ( ex succession of Crown Act 2013)

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une loi

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un projet de loi signé par la couronne

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a bill assented by the crown

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un aristocrate

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an aristrocrat

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un homme du commun/peuple

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a commoner

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classe dominante

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the Establishement

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nommer le premier ministre

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to appoint

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gracier

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to issue Pardons and Mercy

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évêque

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bishop

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la stabilité

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the stability/ constancy

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la continuité

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the continuity

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éternel

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ageless/timeless

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obsolète, daté

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backward, outdated, obsolete, out of date

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un consensus

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broad approval/ support/ agreement

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une figure de consensus

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a unifying figure

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ridicule

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ludicrous

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cri, mouvement de protestation

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an outcry

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place dans le droit anglais

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expensive Crown Estate

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les extrêmes

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opinion polls/ a pollster

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séduire les votants

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to woo voters

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aller vers les extrêmes

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to turn out/ to go to the polls

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bulletin de vote

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a ballot

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s’écraser en faveur de

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to stand down in favour of

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le résultat d’une éléction

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the outcome of an election

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une victoire large

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an overwhelming victory

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une défaite écrasante

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a crushing defeat

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le mandat

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the term of office

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la protection sociale

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the public welfare

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le niveau de vie

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the standard of living

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le coût de la vie

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the cost of living

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le mode de vie

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the way of life

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une manifestation

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demonstration/ march/ protest rally

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alimenter le mécontentement social/ les problèmes

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to fuel social unrest/ to stir up trouble

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brandir des pancartes

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to brandish placards

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chanter des slogans

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to chant slogans

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une révolte

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a riot, turmoil, upheaval, uprising

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débuter une rebellion

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to put down a rebellion/to crack down on the mob

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enjeux domestiques/ internationaux

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domestic/international issues / home office

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arnaquer, voler, ne pas respecter

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to loot/ to plunder

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une politique

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a policy

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un politique

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a politician

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politique

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political

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l’équilibre des pouvoirs

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the balance of power

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un engagement conservateur

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a commited Conservative/ Labour

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une division dans le parti

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a split in the party

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la république divisée du brexit

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the breakaway republique

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plaider/ s’engager pour

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to pledge

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endosser/ supporter une mesure/un projet de loi

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to endorse/ back a proposal/ a bill/ a measure

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poser un veto sur un projet

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to veto

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porter un discours d’accusation sur qqn

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to bring an indictement against sb

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démissionner

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to resign

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dictateur/ dictature impitoyable

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ruthless dictator/ dictatorship

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faire tomber/ renverser un gouv

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to bring down/ to overthrow/ to toople a government

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bipartisme, coalition, cohabitation

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bipartisanship

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flatter les voeux des votants

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to pander voters’ wishes

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prospérer sur qqch/ exploiter

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to thrive on sthg/to harness ( popular anger)

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les profiteurs, opportunistes

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the scroungers, free-loaders

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s’accrocher à une identité

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to cling to identity

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le manque d’un passé idéalisé

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the loss of an idealized past

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blamer les élites pour / reprocher aux élites d’être condescendant/ en décalage / méprisant

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to blame the elites for/ reproach the elites with being patronizing/ out of touch/ scornful

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théorie du complot

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theory of conspiracy

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le déclin

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decline, decay ( economic, demographic)

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désillusion, désenchantement, mécontentement

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disillusion, disappointment, discontent

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les gens se sentent désenchantés, aigris, mis de côté, déclassé, privés de leurs droits

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people feel disenchanted, embittered, left-out, relegated, disfranchised

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la perte du respect de soi

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the loss of self-respect

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les plus fauchés, défavorisés, désavantagés

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the most hard-up, destitute, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged

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ils ne bénéficient pas de la mondialisation

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theu do not benefit from/by globalization

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l’illusion a été brisée

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the illusion was shattered

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être le coup de marteau

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to be hammer blows to

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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démolir un consensus

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to demolish a consensus

80
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les vieilles certitudes s’émiettent

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the old certainties are crumbling

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ébranler

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to rock

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ignorer, faire fi, négliger les faits

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to ignore, overlook, disregard facts

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au nom du peuple

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in the name of the people

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s’isoler du monde ( politiquement, économiquement)

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to disengage from the world

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préparer le terrain pour

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to pave the way for

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laisser sa marque sur qqchose

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to stamp oneself on sthg

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repescter la loi

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to abide by/the law/ to obey the law= a law-abiding citizen

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une zone de non droit# état de droit

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a no-go area# the rule of law

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enfreindre

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to break a law= law breaker/ to flout the law

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illegal

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unlawful

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un délis

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an offense= an offender

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délinquence

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delinguency= a delinquent

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une infraction

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a misdemeanour

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un meurtre

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to murder= a murderer

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un vol

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a theft= a thief

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homicide involontaire

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manslaughter

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cambriolage

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robbery, burglary= a robber, burglar

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viol

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a rape= rapist

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blanchissement d’argent

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money-laundering, white-collar crime

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détournement de fond

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embezzlement

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agresser qqn

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to mug/ to attack sb

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voler qqn

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to steal/ to rob sb

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un tribunal

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a court

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avocat

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lawyer/ barrister/attorney

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procureur

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the prosecutor

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l’accusé

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the defendant, the culpit

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témoin

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a witness, testimony, to testify

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signaler/ dénoncer un crime/ qqn à la police

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to report a crime/ sb to the police

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traîner qqn en justice

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to bring sb to court, to bring a lawsuit against sb, to sue sb, to prosecute sb

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une procédure

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a case

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un procès

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a trial

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gagner le procès

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to win one’s case

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ê jugé

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to be tried/ to stand trial

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attendre un procès

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to await trial

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accuser qqn

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to charge sb with

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avouer

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to confess to, to admit to, to own up to

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non lieu

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to discharge

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aquitter

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to acquit sb

119
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déclarer coupable

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to find sb guilty

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donner une peine

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to sentence with death penalty,capital punishment, a life sentence

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être condamné à

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to be sentenced to 5 years imprisonment/ in jail

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être détenu provisoirement

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to be remanded in custody

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un prisonnier

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a prisoner, an inmate, a detanee, a convict

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une cellule

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a cell/ solitary confinement

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la surpopulation carcérale

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the prison over-crowding

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un sursis

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a suspended sentence

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une amende

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a fine

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un bon

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a boom

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augmenter/ s’élever ( en flèche)

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to rise, to soar, to skyrocket,to surge

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tomber, couler ( bourse)

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to drop, to plummet, to collapse, to tunble

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être en recession

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to be in the doldrums

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entrer en crise économique

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to down turn / to slump

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt, to go bust

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bulle immobilière

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housing bubble

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le dereglement économique

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the deregulation

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aider, renflouer

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to bai out a company/ a bail-out plan=a rescue plan

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stimuler la croissance

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to boost growth

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équilibrer un budget

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to balance a budget

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agence de crédit

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a credit-rating agency

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regénerer la production

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to streamline

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minimiser les effets

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to down-size

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licencier

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to lay off workers

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emprunter

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to borrow from

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prêter

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to lend to

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unn emprunt

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a loan

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rembourser

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to payback a mortgage/ to default a loan/ to foreclose a mortgage

147
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bon marché

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economical

148
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relancer l’économie/ une reprise

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to recover, a recovery

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la bourse

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the sotck-exchange

150
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les actions, un actionnaire

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the shares stocks, a shareholder

151
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un fond de spéculation

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a hedge fund

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la fraude fiscale

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the tax-evasion

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un évadé fiscal

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a tax-dodger

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax heaven

155
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la technique de Ponzi

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the Ponzi scheme

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