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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une offre, une tentative

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un clivage

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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
to lure back
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un parti de gauche/de droite
a left-wing (right-wing) party
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un eurosceptique tempéré
a mild-eurosceptic
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un fervent adversaire
a staunch opponent
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un porte-parole
a spokesman
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légitime
legitimate
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les tendances politiques
political leanings | political trends
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l'altermondialisme
alter-globalization
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l'approbation
the approval
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préconiser
to advocate
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l'ordre du jour
the agenda
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s'opposer à un projet de loi
to oppose a bill
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un chef d'Etat
a head of state
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totalitaire
totalitarian
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le procureur
the public prosecutor
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le maintien de l'ordre
law enforcement
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maintenir qqn en garde à vue
to keep sb. in custody
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l'impôt sur le revenu
the income tax
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l'abrogation d'une loi
the repeal of a law
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le conseil municipal
the town council
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frauder le fisc
to dodge taxes | to evade taxes
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le taux de participation (aux élections)
the turn out rate
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arriver au pouvoir
to come into power
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critiquer
to criticize
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un remaniement
a reshuffle