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la politique

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politics (singulier)

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politique (adj)

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political

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les opinions politiques de quelqu’un

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politics (pluriel)

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la ligne politique, l’approche d’un problème

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policy (dénombrable)

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un vote à bulletin secret

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a vote by ballot

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voter à main levée

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to vote by show of hand

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vote d’électeurs fictifs

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ballot rigging

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fraude électorale

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electoral fraud

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bourrage des urnes

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ballot box stuffing

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le clientélisme

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the vote catching

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un bulletin blanc

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a blank (or unmarked) ballot paper

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bulletin nul

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spoiled ballot paper

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avoir la double nationalité franco-norvégienne

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to hâve dual French and Norwegian citizenship

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l’ensemble des citoyens d’un pays

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the citizen (v.sq/pl)

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demander/obtenir la nationalité canadienne

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to apply for/acquire Canadian citizenship

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Vous avez vos papiers ?

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got lD?

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indien d’Amérique

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native American

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résultats d’une élection

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election returns

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être élu

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to be returned (GB)

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faire du porte-à-porte (avant une élection)

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to do door-to-door canvassing

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dissoudre l’Assemblée

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to call a general élection

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exercer son droit de vote

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to exercise one’s franchise

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mener dans les sondages

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to lead in the poils

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forte participation électorale

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high turnout at the poils

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se présenter à l’élection présidentielle

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to run for président

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une circonscription

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a constituency

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au premier tour, ne gâchez pas votre voix, votez utile !

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don’t waste your vote in the first round, make it court!

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distribuer des tracts

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to hand out leaflets

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le président sortant

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the outgoing président

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le président en fonction/ en exercice

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the incumbent président

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une marche blanche (citoyenne)

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a (citizen-run) white march

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un quinquennat

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a five-year term

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renouvelable une seule fois

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only renewable once

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une très nette majorité dès le premier tour

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an outright majority in the first round

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organiser un second tour

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hold a second round

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se comporter en bon citoyen

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to have the right attitude

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le citoyen moyen/lambda

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your average or ordinary citizen

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l’opinion publique

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public opinion

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les sondages d’opinion

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opinion poils

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procéder à un sondage d’opinion

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to take an opinion poil

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un sondage des tendances/ de sortie des urnes

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a straw poll/an exit poil

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sonder l’opinion des gens

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to poil people

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les personnes interrogées

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the people asked/polled

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une personne interrogée

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respondent

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les mauvais sondages d’un candidat

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a candidate’s low standings/ ratings in the poils

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s’en remettre les yeux fermés aux sondages

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to rely blindly on opinion poils

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sondage par quota/par zone/aléatoire

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quota/area/random poil

48
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un panel de téléspectateurs

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a television viewing panel

49
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se stabiliser, cesser de monter

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to level off/out

50
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se stabiliser. cesser de chuter

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to bottom out

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atteindre un sommet

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to peak

52
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monter en flèche

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to rocket

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descendre

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to drop

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s’effondrer

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to plunge, plummet, tumble

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la fracture sociale

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rich-poor divide/gap between rich and poor

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niveau de vie

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standard of living/living standard

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allocations (familiales) et aides (sociales)

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allowances and benefits

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les riches [comme classe socio-économique] ≠ les gens riches

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the rich ≠ rich people

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hériter d’une grosse somme d’argent

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to corne into a lot of money

60
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faire fortune

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to make a fortune

61
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la société d’abondance

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the affluent society

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avoir des biens

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to be wealthy

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posséder des objets de valeur

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to own valuables

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valeur (autre que pécuniaire)

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richness

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la principale richesse de mon université, c’est sa bibliothèque

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the richness of my umversity consist mainly of its library

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être propriétaire de biens immobiliers/propriétaire foncier/propriétaire terrien

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own property / real estate

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patrimoine personnel,

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private property

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jouer l’argent (au casione) durement gagne

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to gamble one’s hard-earned money

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boursicoter

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to gamble /dabble on the stock exchange

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jouer aux courses (de chevaux)

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to bet on horse-racing/ on horses

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ramasser 10 millions de Livres à la loterie nationale

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to scoop 10 million on the national lottery

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le poker en ligne/ sur internet

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online poker

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les pauvres [comme classe socio-économique] ≠ les gens pauvres/ dans le besoin

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the poor ≠ poor people

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dans le besoin

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needy

75
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sans abri

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homeless

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avoir un emploi précaire

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to hâve no job security

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vivre dans la précarité

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to live a precarious life

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Trente pour cent de la population vit/vivent en dessous du seuil de pauvreté.

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Thirty percent of the population live below the poverty line.

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les personnes peu rémunérées

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people on low job pay

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une région où les privations sur le plan social et économique sont extrêmes

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an area of acute social and économie deprivation

81
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se retrouver à court d’argent

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torun short/a run out of money

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devoir se priver/se passer de viande

se serrer la ceinture pour joindre les deux bouts

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to hâve to cut out meat

to tighten one’s belt to makes end meet

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les nourritures de base telles que sont le sucre, l’huile et les produits laitiers

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basic foodstuffs such as sugar, cooking oil and dairy products

84
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pénurie alimentaire, disette

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food shortage

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jouer de la musique (dans les rues ou le métro)

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to busk

86
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faire la manche

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beg/panhandle (US, informal)

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un clochard/un clodo (familier)

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a bum/a tramp (GB)/ a hobo (US)

88
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aller dormir sous les ponts

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to go on the bum/sleep rough/go on the streets

89
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quartier des sans-abris

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cardboard city

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du carton/un carton

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cardboard/cardboard box

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la mendicité/ la manche est interdite sur les Champs-Elysées

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there is a ban on begging on the Champs-Elysées

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les gens s’inquiètent des inégalités sociales

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people are concerned about social inequalities

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