Race and power Flashcards

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1
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formuler un message

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to articulate a message

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venir de loin

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to come a long way

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3
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se proposer pour

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to step up

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4
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optimiste

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sanguine (FA)

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5
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être hésitant à faire

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to be hesitant to do

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à l’étranger

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ON foreign soil

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diriger en arrière plan

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to lead from behind

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une subvention ou allocation destinée à un groupe de personnes

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a special handout

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faire une faveur à

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to hook one’s people up

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10
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prétentieux

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uppity

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11
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ne pas être libre

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to have ones hands tied

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12
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porter les espoirs de

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hopes are pegged to sb

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13
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culpabiliser qqun

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to guilt someone

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14
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s’accuser les uns les autres

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to indict one another

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15
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un militant

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an activist

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16
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convertir qql

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to turn sm

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être répugner à

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to be loath to do

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s’apitoyer sur son sort

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to cry in one’s beer

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reconnaitre

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to acknowledge

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un mode d’action

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a modus operandi

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ressentiment

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resentment

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manquer de respect

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to disrespect

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rejeter, éviter

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to shun

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se tenir à distance de

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to hold sth at arm’s length

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qui met de bonne humeur

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uplifting

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faire la morale à

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to lecture smb

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échapper à

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to elude sb

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principalement

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predominently

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apparement

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seemingly

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improviser

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to improvise (on the spot)

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être réticent à

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to be reticent to do

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remarquable

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outstanding

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faire des procès significatifs

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to make strides

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sans histoires

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uneventful

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au vu de

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in light of

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coopérer avec

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to play ball with sb

37
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disdain

A

le dédain

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sans précédent

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unprecendented

39
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aller de l’avant

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to move forward

40
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franchir un obstacle

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to clear a hurdle