Les Mains Sales: Themes and Issues Vocab Flashcards

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La signification

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The meaning

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La pièce traite de

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The play deals with

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Le communisme

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Communism

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Le marxisme

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Marxism

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Le stalinisme

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Stalinism

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Prendre la pouvoir

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To take power

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Un assasinat politique

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A political assassination

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Un crime passionnel

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A crime of passion

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Une tactique politique

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A political approach/ strategy

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Le Parti est infaillible

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The party is infallble (always right)

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Le mensonge

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Lying/ a lie

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Préconiser une poitique

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To advocate a policy

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épargner le plus grand nombre de vies humaines

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To save the greatest number of human lives

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un projet de gouvernement tripartite

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A three-way plan of government

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il a été assassiné par erreur politique

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He has been assassinated through political error

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on reconnaît que sa tactique était bonne

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They realise that his strategy was good

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le retournement de Parti

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The Party’s U-turn

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se débarrasser de quelqu’un

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To get rid of someone

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pactiser avec l’ennemi

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To ally with the enemy

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L’occident

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The West

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Les pays occidentaux

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The western countries

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Staline

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Stalin

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La falsification du passé

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The rewriting of the past

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Remmetre (qch) en cause

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To challenge/question (something)

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La moralité de la politique

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Political morality

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Partager le pouvoir

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To share power

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L’homme est totalement libre

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Man is totally free

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Il faut choisir une conduite sous sa seule responsabilité

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One must choose how to act by oneself