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1
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Faire polémique

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To arouse controversy

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Polémique

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Controversy

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Être polémique

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To be controversial

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Être aux antipodes

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To be poles apart

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Syndicat et direction

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Labour and management

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Un défaut

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A flaw = a defect

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Abandonner

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To scrap = to abandon

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De deux maux il faut choisir le moindre

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The lesser of two evils

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Entrer en vigueur

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To come into a force

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Commencer de 0

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To start from scratch

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Fusionner

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To merge

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Être au point mort

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To be at a standstill

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N’avoir rien à voir avec

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To be besides the point

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De même

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By the same token = similarly

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Dans le court/moyen/long terme

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In the short term, medium term, long term

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N’est pas la priorité

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To put in the back burner

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Être sur le point de/être au bord de

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To be on the brink of = to be on the verge of

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Sièges sociaux

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Headquarters

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Être médiatisé

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To be hype(d up) = to be publicized

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Être médiatisé

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To be great (media) coverage

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Faire semblant de s’intéresser, apporter un soutien de façade

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To pay lip service = to pretend to back up

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Être à la base de, soutendre

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Underpin

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Faire les frais de

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To bear the brunt

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S’atteler au problème

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To come to grips = to tackle = to address an issue

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Abandonner

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To jettison = to scrap a plan = to get rid of

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Dernier en date, plus récent

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Latest

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Un journaliste indépendant

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A freelance journalist

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Preface

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Foreword

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29
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Côte de popularité

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An approval rating

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Taux de participation

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A turnout

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Démagogie

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Grandstanding

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Être informé

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To be informed

To be apprised (+ formel)

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Un débat (problématique)

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À vexed/thorny issue

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Where the congress is located

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Capitol

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Sondage

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Opinion polls

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Aller voter

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To go to the polls

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Mener une campagne

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To fight a campaign

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être candidat à

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To stand for office/election

To run for office …

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Conseillers

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Advisers

Aids

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Paradoxal

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Counter-intuitive

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Couvrir un événement

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To cover an event

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Avoir un écho médiatique

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To be given (great) media coverage

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Audience

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Audience ratings

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Media de l’audiovisuel

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Broadcast media

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Être un sujet de grosse audience, “moneyable”

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To be bankable

Source of high ratings

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tourner (au cinema)

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to make off

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monter un film

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to edit

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scène brutale, grossière

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grossly violent scene

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générique

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credits

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séance de prise de photos

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photo shoots

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se maquiller

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to make up

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censure

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censorship

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paroles de chansons à caractère choquant

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explicit lyrics

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une critique

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a critic

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critiquer

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to criticize

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zapper

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to flick

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critiques

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criticism

58
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une critique journalistique

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a review

59
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un critique

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a reviewer

60
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feuilleton télévisé

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soap opera

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une info

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a news item

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liberté d’expression

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freedom of speech

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une information

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a piece of information

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liberté de presse

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freedom of the press

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audimat

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audience ratings

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un amateur d’art dramatique

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a theatre goer

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un téléspectateur

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a TV viewer

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un cinéphile

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a movie goer

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faire les gros titres

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to grab the headlines

70
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Un affichage, un étalage

une vitrine

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a display

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producteur

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a Producer

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un chef d’œuvre

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a masterpiece

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prix anglais de littérature

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the Bookerprize

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prix américain de la littérature et journalisme

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Pulitzer

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le film à l’écran

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the film which is on

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equipage/equipe de tournage

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crew

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un parolier

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a lyricist

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auteur dramatique (de pièces)

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a playwright

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Mélange d’information et de divertissement

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Infotainment

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Journalisme d’enquête

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Investigative journalism

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Creuser (information …)

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To dig (up) (information ..)
To unearth/uncover scandals 
To delve into an issue
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Editorial

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Op eds (USA) 
Opinion column (U.K.)
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Un journaliste sur le terrain

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a on the spot journalist

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les gens médiatisés, célébrités

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the glitterati

85
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un conseiller en communication

Expert en relation publiques

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a spin doctor

a spin doctor’s job is t o spin (tisser, raconter) tales/stories
they tell politicians what to say or not to say

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