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Political Life Flashcards

1
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La politique

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Politics

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Entrer en politique, embrasser une carrière politique

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To go into politics

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Une ligne politique, une politique

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Policy

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La politique étrangère

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Foreign policy

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La politique intérieure

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Domestic policy

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La politique économique

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Economic policy

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Un homme ou une femme politique

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A politician

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Les milieux politiques

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Political circles

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Un retour au pouvoir

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A political comeback

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Le personnel politique

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Political personnel

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Un fonctionnaire

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a public servant

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Un élu

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An elected officer

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Un candidat sortant

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Un incumbent

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Un homme d’état

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A statesman

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Un chef d’état

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A head on state

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Un chef du gouvernement

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A Head of government

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Chambre des communs

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House of commons

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Chambre des lords

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House of lords

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Un membre du congrès

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A congressman

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Chambre des représentants

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House of Representatives

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Un sénateur

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A senator

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Un membre du parlement

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A member of parliament, an MP

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Un représentant (du peuple)

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A Representative

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Le conseil général

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Local authorities

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Un maire

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A mayor

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Libéral

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Liberal

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Conservateur

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Conservative

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Travailliste

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Labour

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Démocrate

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Democrat

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Expérimenté

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Practiced

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Extrémiste, radical

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Radical

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Modéré

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Moderate

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33
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La carrière politique

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The political career

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34
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Intriguer

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To scheme

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Un intriguant, un politicard

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Un political schemer

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36
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Avoir soif de pouvoir

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To be power-hungry

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S’emparer du pouvoir

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To seize power

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Tirer profit de, profiter de

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To capitalize on

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Récolter les lauriers de

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To get the kudos for

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40
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En baisse

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Flagging

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Éclabousser, salir

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To smear

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42
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Entamer, entacher la popularité de quelqu’un

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To make a dent in somebody’s popularity

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Chercher à gagner la faveur du public

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To curry popular favour

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44
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Une chute dans la confiance

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A dive in confidence

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Ternir son image

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To tarnish one’s image

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46
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Un sondage d’opinion

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An opinion poll

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Une personne interrogée

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A respondent

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48
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Un sondage à la sortie des urnes

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An exit poll

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Faire un sondage

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To take a poll

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50
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Un échantillon

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A sample

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Un spécialiste des sondages

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A pollster

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Une cote de confiance

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An approval rating

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Respirer la confiance, afficher une confiance

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To exude confidence

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Répondre aux attentes des gens

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To come up to the people’s expectations

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Qui s’exprime bien

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Articulate

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Intègre

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Upright

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Digne de confiance

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Dependable, trustworthy

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Bienveillant

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Humane

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A l’écoute

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Heedful of

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Le cran, l’audace

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Grit

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Dévoué

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Dedicated

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Audacieux

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Bold, daring

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Réaliste

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Hard-headed

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La perspicacité

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Insight

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Flou

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Hazy

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Disposer d’un certain prestige, en imposer

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To command influence

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Les partis politiques

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Political parties

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Un parti politique

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A mainstream party

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Un parti d’opposition

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An opposition party

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Un parti divisé

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A fractured party

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Un mouvement populaire (qui vient du peuple)

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a grassroots movement

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Tendre vers, pencher vers

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To lean towards, to swing to

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L’appareil du parti

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The party apparatus

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Un responsable du parti

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A party official

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Les membres du bureau du parti

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The party executives

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Une éminence grise

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A power broker

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La base d’un parti

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The rank and file, the grassroots

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Les militants

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The activists

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Restructurer un parti

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To overhaul, to Shake up a party, to disband

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La vie politique

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Political Life

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Une position

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A stance

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Souligner les succès, un bilan

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To highlight a record

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Un revers

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A setback

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Faire marche arrière

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To back-pedal

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Un Volte face

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A turnaround

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Opérer un revirement

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To undertake a switch

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Changer de parti, de camp

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To switch sides

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Renforcer une position

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To shore Up a position

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Un programme

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a manifesto, a platform

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un discours programme

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A keynote speech or keynote addess

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Ordre du jour

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An agenda

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Rassembler des arguments

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To drum up arguments

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Des formulations vagues

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A vague phraseology

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Modérer son discours

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To cool one’s rhetoric

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Nuancer une déclaration

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To qualify a statement

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Interpeller, rappeler à l’ordre

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To take to task

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Éviter un sujet

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To dodge an issue

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Refuser de se mouiller

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To sit on the fence

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Une contrevérité

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An untruth

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Une question en suspens

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A pending issue

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Des problèmes matériels

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Bread and butter issues

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Discutable

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Debatable

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Contester l’opinion

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To join issue with

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Une pomme de discorde

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A bone of contention

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Entrer dans l’arène

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To enter the fray

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Querelles internes

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Party warfare

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Aboutir à une impasse

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To come to a dreadlock

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Une division

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A cleavage, a rift

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Un groupe dissident

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A splinter group

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Former une coalition

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To put up a coalition

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Rassembler

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To rally

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Pratiquer l’ouverture

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To broaden the political base

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Rassembler au delà des partis

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To cut across the party lines

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La cohabitation

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Power sharing

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Cohabiter

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To Share power

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Les systèmes politiques

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Political system

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Le multipartisme

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A multi-party system

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Être de gauche

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To be left wing, leftist

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Être de droite

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Tu be right wing, rightist

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L’extrême droite

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The ultraright

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La lutte des classes

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Class warfare, class struggle

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Suivre la ligne du parti

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To toe the party line

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La bureaucratie, la paperasserie

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Red tape

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Appliquer des réformes

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To carry out reforms

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Réussir des réformes

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To pull off reforms

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