political vocabulary Flashcards

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défense des intérêts sans idéologie en fonction d’une évaluation des forces en présence (ex: tentative de Nevil Chamberlain, premier ministre britannique, avec Hitler)

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Appeasement:

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Procédure judiciaire visant à destituer un haut-fonctionnaire de sa fonction publique. (ex: Richard Nixon lors de l’affaire du Watergate en 1974)

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Impeachment

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: Procédure judiciaire qu’un groupe d’individu emploi pour poursuivre une société ou un parti politique.

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Class action

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syndicat

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Trade Union:

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Dissuasion

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Deterrence:

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représailles

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Retaliation

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Ensemble des forces de maintien au pouvoir et de l’ordre établi.

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Establishment

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Pot de vin

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Bribes

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TO encumber

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To wrap up, to cap

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To cut a phone call short

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To hung up on

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To criticize harshly

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To rail against

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To upset to unnerve

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To rattle

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Misled

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Dérouter

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To reduce

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To pare

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Confused, dumbfounded

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Reeling

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