Politics #3 Flashcards

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L’éventail politique

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The political spectrum

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Le parti au pouvoir

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The ruling party

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Un parti marginal

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A fringe party

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L’appareil du parti

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The party machine

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Un chef de file du parti

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A party leader

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Un responsable du parti

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A party official

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Une eminence grise

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A power broker

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Evincer les anciens du parti

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To oust party veterans

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un programme

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a platform

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adhérer à / soutenir

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to endorse

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division politique

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Party division

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discuter de

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to debate about

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contestable

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debatable

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réprimer

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to suppress / to put down

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une lutte

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a contest

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une pomme de discorde

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a bone of contention

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les chamailleries

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bickering

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La rhétorique politique

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Political Rhetoric

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faire/prononcer un discours

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to give/deliver a speech

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un discours d’encouragement

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a pep talk

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faire une declaration

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to issue a statement

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defrayer la chronique

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to make headlines

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un problème

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an issue

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compliqué

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intricate

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s’attaquer à une question

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to tackle an issue

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éviter un sujet

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to dodge/ to evade an issue

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direct, simple / honnête

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Straightforward

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tiré par les cheveux

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Far-fetched

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un discours sans fin, intarissable

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Long-winded

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le parler-vrai

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Plain-speaking