political life Flashcards

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un homme d’état

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a statesman/woman

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les qualités d’homme ou de femme d’état

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statesmanship

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un état-nation

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a nation-state

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un dirigeant

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a ruler

to rule a country

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reigner

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to reign

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qui a le sens du devoir

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dutiful

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le devoir

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duty

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responsable

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responsible

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la puissance

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might

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puissant

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powerful, mighty

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un état souverain

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a sovereign state

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un état policier

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a police state

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totalitaire

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totalitarian

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un chef d’état

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a head of state

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le pouvoir absolu

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absolute/supreme power

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accéder au pouvoir

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to come to power

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s’emparer de

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to seize, to take

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batailler pour obtenir

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to jostle for

to scramble for

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exercer

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to exercise

to exert

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usurper

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to usurp

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abuser du pouvoir

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to misuse power

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s’accrocher au/à

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to hold on to

to cling to

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to give up

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abandonner

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transmettre le pouvoir

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to hand over power to

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la passation des pouvoirs
the transfer of | the handover of
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les signes extérieurs du pouvoir
the trappings of power
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une grande maîtrise de l'art de gouverner
considerable statesmanship
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sous le règne de
in the reign of
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Le pouvoir corrompt.
Power corrupts.
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l'usure du pouvoir
the wear and tear of power
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un citoyen
a citizen
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la citoyenneté
citizenship
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une dictature
a dictatorship
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un despote
a despot
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la tyrannie
tyranny
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un régime fantoche
a puppet regime
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autonome
autonomous
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une république bananière
a banana republic
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constitutionnel
constitutional
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monarchie absolue
absolute monarchy (le ch se prononce k)
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renverser une monarchie
to overthrow (-threw, -thrown) a monarchy
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couronner
to crown
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déposer un roi
to depose a king
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la politique | les opinions politiques
politics
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une (ligne) politique
a policy
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un porte-parole
a spokesman/woman/person
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un conseiller
an adviser
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solliciter des voix
to canvass
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le démarchage
canvassing
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un agent électoral
a canvasser