Jeremy Corbyn Flashcards by Mathieu Ali | Brainscape

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Remanier

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To overhaul

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Étouffer/éteindre

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To Smother

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Démissionner

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To step down, to resign

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Rivaliser

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Vying

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Contre toutes attentes

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Against all odds, quite surprisingly

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Un perdant/opprimé

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An underdog/an outsider

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Invétéré

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Deep-rooted

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Abandonner (sans être vaincu)

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To give up

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Abandonner (en étant vaincu)

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To surrender

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Recueillir

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To garner

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Le soutien

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The support

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Un auditoire âgé

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An ageing audience

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Il va droit au but

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To go straight to the point

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Carrément

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Straightforwardly

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Surpasser, éclipser

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To outdo, to outshine

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Pétiller

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Fizz

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Périphérie

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Eccentric fringes

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Tentative à prendre la tête du parti

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A bid

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Revenir sur la scène de manière agitée

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To bustle up

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Essuyer les verres

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To wip glasses

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Traîner quelque chose de lourd avec effort

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To heave

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Être voûté

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To be stooped

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Froissé

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Crumpled

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Une personne qui ne boit jamais d’alcool

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A teetotaller

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Perplexe

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Bemused

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Approuver

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To endorse

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Un professeur d’université à Cambridge et Oxford

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A don

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Groupes d’intérêt

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Stakeholders

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Perturber

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To roil

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Désenchanté

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Wistful

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Avant garde

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Vanguard

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Se plaindre comme un enfant

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To grizzle

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A homme

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A bloke

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Consolider

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To shore up

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Forte influence

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Sway

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Discerner

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To Sift

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Une passoire

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A sift

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Audacieux

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Bold

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Énergie

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Fizz, vim

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Lier très fortement

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To yoke

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Essayer d’expliquer

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To grapple

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Ennuyeux, morne, lugubre

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Dreary

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Soutenir

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To throw support

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S’étendre

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To catch on, to spread

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Plus apte à être élu

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Electable

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De ramener le parti en arrière

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To take the party backwards

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Considérer

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To deem

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Virant

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Veering

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Chaos

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Mayhem

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Complètement

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Wholly

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Franc

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Outspoken

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désordre

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Turmoil

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Frais de scolarité

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Tuition fees

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Insurgé

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Insurgent

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Marge de manœuvre

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Leverage

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Passéiste

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Backwards looking

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Contrecoup

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Backlash

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Un élan de (dépréciatif)

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A smack of