Politics Flashcards

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une personnalité politique

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a politician

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un expert

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a pundit

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qqn dans un pub

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a pub-goer

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avantages sociaux

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benefits

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5
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qqn qui fraude

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a scrounger

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présider

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to preside

to chair

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un gouvernement décentralisé

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a devolved government

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système judiciaire

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juciary

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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un amendement

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an amendment

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une loi qui a été votée, promulguée (officielle) (UK)

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an Act of Parliament (UK)

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une victoire écrasante

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a landslide

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évincer

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to oust

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chanceler

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to stagger on

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souffler, avaler, vider

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to chug on

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plonger, chuter, précipiter

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to plunge over

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rebelle

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mutinous

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un ensb, un lot

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a bundle

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renvoyer

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to sack

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monter, organiser

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to mount

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une offre, une tentative

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a bid

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un clivage

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a divide

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un mandat

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a mandate, a term

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s’assurer d’une majorité suffisante

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to secure a sufficient majority

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attirer de nouveau

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to lure back

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un parti de gauche/de droite

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a left-wing (right-wing) party

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un eurosceptique tempéré

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a mild-eurosceptic

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un fervent adversaire

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a staunch opponent

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un porte-parole

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a spokesman

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légitime

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legitimate

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les tendances politiques

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political leanings

political trends

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l’altermondialisme

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alter-globalization

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l’approbation

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the approval

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préconiser

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to advocate

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l’ordre du jour

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the agenda

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s’opposer à un projet de loi

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to oppose a bill

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un chef d’Etat

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a head of state

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totalitaire

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totalitarian

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le procureur

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the public prosecutor

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le maintien de l’ordre

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law enforcement

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maintenir qqn en garde à vue

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to keep sb. in custody

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l’impôt sur le revenu

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the income tax

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l’abrogation d’une loi

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the repeal of a law

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le conseil municipal

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the town council

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frauder le fisc

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to dodge taxes

to evade taxes

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le taux de participation (aux élections)

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the turn out rate

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arriver au pouvoir

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to come into power

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critiquer

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to criticize

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un remaniement

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a reshuffle