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1
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Témoigner sous serment

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To ‘testify under oath

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2
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Un procès pour fraude

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A fraud trial

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3
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To exagerate the value of

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To over’value

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Un bien/ un actif

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An a’sset

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5
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Obtenir

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To se’cure

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6
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Sans valeur

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Worthless

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7
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To reprimand/ to scold

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To ad’monish

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8
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Is the election in which people in a particular area vote to choose a candidate for the future presidential election.

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The ‘primary ‘ballot

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A survey of opinion has revealed (present perfect qd “recent”)

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A ‘recent poll has shown

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10
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Mener être en tête

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To lead

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Are states where the number of democratic and Republican voters is about the same and that have influence on the result of the presidential elections. These states include arizona georgia michigan pennsylvania Wisconsin and North carolina

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Six swing states (also called battleground states)

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12
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Suella braverman

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Home Secretary since 2022 (controversial positions)

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13
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Réfléchir

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To ‘ponder

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14
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Le ministre de l’intérieur

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The home ‘secretary

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15
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Défier l’autorité

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To de’fy au’thority

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16
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Number 10

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Is the official residence off the PM

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17
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Amender pour être moins radical

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To tone down

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18
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To have no mercy/pity for

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To give no quarter

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To take a knee

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Means to kneel on one knee in public in order to protest about the unfair treatment of black people.

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Means to kneel on one knee in public in order to protest about the unfair treatment of black people.

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To take a knee

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The mobs

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Large crowd of people, Especially one that may become violence or cause trouble.

22
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Large crowd of people, Especially one that may become violence or cause trouble.

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The mobs

23
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A favour to respect the protocol imposed on ministers

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A breach of the mini’sterial code of ‘conduct

24
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That justifies the loss of a job.

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‘Sackable

25
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Un remaniement

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A ‘reshuffle

26
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The commemo’ration at the ‘Cenotaph

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Refers to remembrance day that is celebrated every year on the sunday closest to 11 november. The Cenotaph is a war memorial, built on Whitehall, London, in memory of the soldiers killed in war but buried elsewhere.

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Refers to remembrance day that is celebrated every year on the sunday closest to 11 november. The Cenotaph is a war memorial, built on Whitehall, London, in memory of the soldiers killed in war but buried elsewhere.

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The commemo’ration at the ‘Cenotaph

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Sereinement sans entrave

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Unmo’lested

29
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To accept to give in

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To yield

30
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Mark Rowley

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Has been the British Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022.

31
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Has been the British Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since September 2022.

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Mark Rowley

32
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Des préjugés chez les policiers

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Police bias

33
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Qui est triste à lire

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Grim reading

34
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Du même coin

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From the same Nick of the woods.

35
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To learn a trade /a job

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To cut one’s teeth on something

36
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Nous avons atteint une maturité politique

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We came of age politically

37
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To criticize

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To ‘castigate

38
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Ébranler

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To under’mine

39
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Le réconfort d’un plat familier

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A ‘comforting bowl of grits ( Grits are a type of ground corn which is beloved and often used in southern cuisine.

40
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Ennemi juré

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Nemesis

41
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Une chaine

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A shackle

42
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Dans le sillage de qqn

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In someone’s wake

43
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Friendly

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Con’genial

44
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Poli affable

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Ur’bane

45
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Une philosophie

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An ‘ethos

46
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Le fanatisme

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Rien ‘zealotry

47
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Like Captain Ahab driven by his insane and blinding obsession with revenge over the white will whatever the cost to his sailors.

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Captain Ahab-like

48
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Faire progresser des idées religieuses

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To advance a religious a’genda

49
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Supercherie

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Rien de’ception

50
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Tromper duper

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To deceive

Anglais Cours 1 (13 decks)

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