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un mandat

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a term (of office)

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IDE

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foreign direct investment

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le président (d’une oraganisation)

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the chairman

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être à l’ordre du jour

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to be on the agenda

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sur la scène internationale

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on the international stage

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pouvoir diplomatique

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diplomatic clout

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la paperasse, la démocratie

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the red tape

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cour supreme

  • confirmer un jugement
  • infirmer
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to uphold

to strike

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Un retrait de l’Europe

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A withdrawal from The EU

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laïque, laïcisation

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secular

secularization

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la politique (science)

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politics

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une politique

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a policy

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politique étrangère

politique intérieure

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foreign policy

domestic policy

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démocratie

démocratique

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democracy

democratic

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dictature

un dictateur

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a dictatorship

a dictator

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un régime autoritaire

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an authoritarian regime

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une monarchie

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a monarchy

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renverser un régime (2)

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to bring down / overthrow a regime

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un décideur (2)

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a policy maker

a decision maker

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un élu

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an office holder

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le candidat sortant

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the incumbent

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chef d’état

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the head of state / government

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les pouvoirs publics (locaux)

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(local) authorities

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l’équilibre entre les pouvoirs

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checks and balances

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un parlement

pour USA un parlement d’étar

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a legislature

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les deux chambres aux USA

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Congress

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les deux chambres au RU

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Parliament

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un parlementaire (2)

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a lawmaker

a member of Parliament/Congress

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le travail parlementaire

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lawmaking

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faire une proposition de loi (2)

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to introduce / present a bill

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faire voter (et amender) une loi

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to pass a bill through parliament

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rejeter une proposition de loi

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to defeat a bill

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voter une loi

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to pass a law

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opposer son véto

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to veto a law

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promulguer une loi

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to enact a law

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appliquer une loi

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to enforce a law

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un membre du gouvernement (UK)

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a government member (cabinet member)

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un ministère (3)

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a ministry, a department, an office

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mettre en oeuvre une politique

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to implement a policy

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restructurer, réorganiser

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to reshape

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un remaniement ministériel

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a cabinet reshuffle

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dépasser les oppositions droite-gauche

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to cut across the left-right divide

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trouver un accord entre partis opposés

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to reach a bipartisan agreement

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sur l’ensemble de l’échiquier politque

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across the political spectrum

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exercer le pouvoir

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to exercise power

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parvenir à un accord (2)

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to work out an agreement

to hammer out an agreement

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arriver aux affaires

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to come to power

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prendre la succession de

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to take over from sb

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être en fonction

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to be in office

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prendre ses fonctions

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to take office

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quitter le pouvoir (2)

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to leave power

to step down

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réaliser un sondage

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to conduct an opinion poll

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enquête d’opinion

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an opinion survey

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une personne interrogée

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a respondent

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un sondage au sortir des urnes

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an exit poll

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un sondeur

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a pollster

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un échantillon

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a sample

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être à la traine dans les sondages (2)

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to trail in polls

to lag in polls

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être en tête

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to be in the lead

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s’effondrer dans les sondages

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to slump in the polls

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un indice de satisfaction

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approval ratings

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les élections legislatives/ locales (UK)

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a general election

local elections

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une élection partielle

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a by-election

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un referendum d’initiative populaire

un référendum

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a voter initiative

a referendum

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se présenter à une élection

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to run for office

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un maire

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a mayor

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le conseil municipal

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a town council

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élection à deux tours

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a two-round system

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circonscription électorale (2)

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a ward

a constituency

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un électeur (2)

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a voter

a constituent

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l’âge de voter

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voting age

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participation électorale (2)

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electoral / poll turnout

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provoquer une élection en dissolvant l’assemblée

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to call an election

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organiser une élection

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to hold elections

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élections truquées

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rigged elections

to rig an election

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un grand électeru

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an elector

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un bureau de vote

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a polling station

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isolorr

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a polling booth

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faire campagne

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to campaign

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lever des fonds

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to raise money/funds

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soutenir financièrement à la campagne de qqun

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to contribute to sb’s campaign

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une caisse noire

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a slush fund

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se créer et entretenir une image

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to build and cultivate an image

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être en phase avec

ne pas être en phase avec

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to be in sync with

to be out of sync with

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profiter de sa popularité pour

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to capitalize on one’s popularity to

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montrer l’exemple

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to set an example

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avoir/manquer de charisme

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to have /lack charisma

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répondre aux attentes de l’opinion (2)

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to come to the public’s expectations

to live up to …

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tenir ses promesses

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to keep one’s campaign promises

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décevoir

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to fall short of the public’s expectations

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un glissement de l’électorat à

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a swing to (right/left)

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état qui peut faire basculer les élections (USA)

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a swing state

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une victoire écrasante

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a landslide victory

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diffamation

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a smear

veut aussi dire étaler et une tâche

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ternir son image

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to tarnish one’s image

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perdre l’estime du public

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to lose public esteem

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un militant

le militantisme

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an activist

activism

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adhérer à un parti

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to join a party

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les membres d’un parti

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party membership

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une position (2)

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a stand

a stance

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prendre position sur (2)

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a assume a stance on

to take a stance on

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changer de direction

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to change tack

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faire marche arrière

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to back-pedal

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prendre parti pour (2)

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to take sides with

to side with

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changer de bord

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to switch sides

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appliquer son programme

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to carry through one’s program

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subir un (sévère) échec

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to suffer a (major) setback

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adopter (une idée, une politique)

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to endorse st

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délicat, compliqué

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intricate

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un problème très discuté

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a hotly debated issue

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s’attaquer à un problème

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to tackle an issue

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s’attaquer/défier qqun

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to take on sb

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une diatribe

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a broadside

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sujet polémique

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a polemical subject

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une controverse

controversé

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a controversy

controversial

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se chamailler

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to squabble about

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aboutir à une impasse

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to come to a deadlock

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s’allier avec

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to ally with

to make an alliance with

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former une a coalition

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to form a coalition government

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Dire sa position sur un sujet, la rendre publique

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To be vocal

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Partisan defenseur

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Proponent

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Poids , influence

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