Presse A divided america 2-5 Flashcards by Gauthier Galaud

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Devrait

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Ought to

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Règne

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Rule

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Citadins

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City-dwellers

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Draguer / Purger

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Dredging

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Opportuniste

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Self-serving

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Arriver au pouvoir

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To take office

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Noyau dur

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Core

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Instable

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Shakier

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L’effort/la pression

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The strain

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Rocade/périphérique

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Beltway

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Bouchon/impasse

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The gridlock

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Accuser qqun de

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To blame…on

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Alimenter

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Fuelled

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Rater

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Botched

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Vide juridique

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Loopholes

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Déroutant

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Blaffing

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Se chevaucher

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Overlapping

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Paperasser

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Red tape

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Détruire

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To wreck

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“Gendarme”

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Watchdog

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Jurer

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To vow

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Tiède/mou

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Half-hearted

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Démêler

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Disentangle

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Diminuer

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To belittle

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Fuites

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Leaks

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Catastrophique

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Dismal

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Mépris

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Disregard

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Ignare

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A benighted

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Accepter/S’accorder de

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To take sthg in its stride

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Puissance

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Clout

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N’importe quelle époque

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Any time

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Atténuer/réduire

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Mitigate

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Les plus capables

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The ablest

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Refuser

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To shun

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Ne sont pas à la hauteur

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Fall short

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Céder à

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Pandering to

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Brader

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To sell sthg short

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Durable

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Enduring

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Ancrer/établir

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Entrenched

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Renforcer

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Shored up

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Camaraderie

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Chumminess

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Immunisé contre

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Immune from

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Finalement

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Eventually

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Contre

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At odds

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Hypothèse

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The premise

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“Normal”

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Straight

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Lutter pour

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To vie for

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Soutenir

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To uphold

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A la veille de

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On the eve of

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Se vanter

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Boasted about

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Droits sociaux

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Entitlement

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Prendre du recul

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To step back

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Dette croissante

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Mounting debt

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Subventions

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Subsidies

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Faire payer

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To charge

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Diplomés

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Graduates

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Un déguisement

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A guise

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Ecarts grandissants

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Growing divides

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Pêcheurs

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Sinners

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Au pouvoir

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In office

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L’Amérique des campagnes

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Rural and small-town America

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L’Amérique des villes

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Urban America

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Totalement

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Utterly

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Retrouver/Localiser

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To track down

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Eparpillé

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Scarttered

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De manière inégale

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Unevenly

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A cheval sur

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Straddling

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A la périphérie

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The outskirts

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Fief/Bastion

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Stronghold

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Etat indécis

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Swing state

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Quand il s’agit de

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When it comes to

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Comme si

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As though

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Venir à l’esprit

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Came into their mind

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Ils ont cité

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They came up with