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Cette question a suscité un débat houleux

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This question has ignited a fiery debate

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Le coeur du problème, c’est

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The Heart/ Crux of the matter is…

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Orientation politique du The Times

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Conservateur (Centre droit, droite)

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Orientation politique du The Guardian

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Travailliste (gauche)

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Orientation politique du The Independent

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Libéral démocrate et travailliste (Centre et Gauche)

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Orientation politique du The Daily Telegraph

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Conservateur (centre droit, droite)

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Orientation politique du The Economist

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Se définit centre : Libéral en économie (à droite) et libéral en Société (centre)

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Orientation politique du The Observer

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Travailliste (Gauche)

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Orientation politique du Washington Post

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Républicain (droite)

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Orientation politique du New York Times

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Démocrates (Centre droit Fr/ Gauche aux US)

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Orientation politique du Washington Times

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Républicains

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Orientation politique du Time

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Républicains

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Orientation politique du Newsweek

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Démocrates

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Un enregistrement

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a recording

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Une emission à la radio

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a radio programme

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un commentateur, un expert

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a pundit

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Prendre des mesures drastiques contre

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to clamp down on/ to crack down on

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céder à

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to pander (un caprice)/ to cave in to

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faire un peu de

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to dabble in/with

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évoquer

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to conjure up

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s’opposer avec force à

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to cry out against

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toucher/ affecter sans distinction

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to cut across

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fouiller dans (la vie de qqn)

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to delve into

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être voué à

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to be doomed to

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s’éterniser

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to drag on

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imposer à

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to foist on

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dissimuler

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to gloss over

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équilibrer, aplanir

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to even out

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revenir inlassablement sur

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to hammer away at

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se prémunir contre

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to hedge against

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être réticent à

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to hang back from

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recourir à

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to resort to

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distinguer, prendre pour cible

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to single out

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en revenir à

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to revert to

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résulter de

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to spring/stem from

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être à l’origine/ introduire

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to usher in

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friser/froler

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to verge on/upon

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atténuer / edulcorer

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to tone down/ to water down

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présenter de façon positive

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to talk up

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affaiblir, s’affaiblir

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to wear down

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comparer/ mettre en balance

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to weigh against

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rivaliser pour…

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to vie for

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saper, miner, ébranler

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to undermine

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attiser

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to stoke

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raviver

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to rekindle

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appliquer/ exécuter

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to implement

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contrarier, contrecarrer

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to thwart

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connaitre, éprouver, rencontrer

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to undergo

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litigieux

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contentious

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sensible

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sensitive

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épineux

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Knotty/thorny

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controversé

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vexed

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déconcertant

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unnerving

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très éprouvant

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nerve-racking

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effroyable

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hair-raising

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acharné

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bitter

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hâtif (conclusion)

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hasty

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sinistre

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dire

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riche (analyse)

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seminal

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acerbe

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scathing

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Une faute flagrante

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a glaring mistake

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une expérience poignante

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a harrowing mistake

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une description saisissante

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a lurid description