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1
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une éruption de violence

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an outbreak of violence

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prendre parti

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to take sides

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pittoresque

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picturesque

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un but annoncé

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an avowed aim

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des membres du Ku Klux Klan

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Klansmen

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un Nazi

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a Nazi [naitsi]

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sectarisme racial

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racial bigotry

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des gens sectaires, intolérants, fanatiques (2)

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bigoted people / racial bigots

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faire sécession

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to secede

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problème épineux (2)

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a vexed / thorny issue

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The US Capitol

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= the Congress building

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faire un chant scindé

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to chant

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adopter des rituels Nazis (2)

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to adopt / embrace Nazi rituals

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un but sous-jacent

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an underlying goal

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une signe avant-coureur

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a harbinger

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être prêt à éclater

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to burst / fall apart at its seams

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coutures

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seams

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être victime d’une forme d’épuration ethnique

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to be the victim of a form of ethnic cleansing

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résultat

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outcome

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foncer sur la foule (en voiture)

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to plough / ram into the crowd

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pour donner le bilan : ça a fait 1 mort et 19 blessés

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it claimed (1 life and left 19 people injured)

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Condamner de facon univoque

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To condemn unequivocally

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Persuader qn de faire qc (2)

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To cajole/coax sb into doing sg

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Une citation courte

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A soundbite

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Farine

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Meal

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Tourner autour du pot (2)

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To beat around the bush
To prevaricate
To equivocate

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A fusil

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A rifle

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Virginia est un état où on peut porter ouvertement une arme

-> opposé : il faut le cacher

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Virginia is a open carry state

Opposé : a concealed carry state

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Etre égocentrique / narcissique (2)

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To be self-centered

To be self-congratulatory

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Et meme ainsi

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Even then

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Changer d’avis

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To make a u-turn

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Retirer ses mots

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To retract one’s words

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Avoir un permis de port d’arme

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To be issued with a gun permit

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Avoir une arme enregistrée

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To have a gun registered

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Les relations entre races ont toujours été tendues

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Race relations have always been strained

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Une société qui ignore les couleurs de peau

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a colour-blind society

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Qui tourne atour du pot

Alambiqué

A

mealy-mouthed

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Trump a loupé une opportunité frappante

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Trump missed a glaring opportunity

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Réussir l’épreuve de vérité / de crédibilité

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To pass the acid test

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Faire une critique violente et amère sur qn

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To launch into a bitter diatribe against sb

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Critiquer fortement (3)

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To lambast sb
To castigate sb
To lash out sb

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une réponse faible

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a feeble response

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tolérer qc (2)

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to condone sg

to turn a blind eye on sg

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mettre dans le même panier des personnes

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to lump people together

45
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ligne de touche

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the sidelines

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d’un ton/air abattu

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to be dejected

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ingérable

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unmanageable

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ne pas être à la hauteur des attentes

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to fall short of expectations

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nickname of US (liberty)

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the land of the free

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un phare guidant le monde libre

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a beacon for the free world

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il ne peut s’en empêcher

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he can’t help himself

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tiède (2)

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tepid

lukewarm

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exposer, exhiber

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to display

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garder ses distances

reculer devant

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to shy away

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Ça ne lui ressemble pas de…

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It’s not like him to do…

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Trump est célèbre pour ses réactions impulsives

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Trump is well know for his impulsiveness

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une personne impulsive

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a rash person

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dans un moment d’emballement

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in a rash moment

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être à cheval sur (l’exactitude, la justesse)

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to be a stickler for (accuracy)

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dissoudre

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to disband

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ouvrir à voie à une nouvelle ère

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to usher in a new era

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on ne peut pas blâmer qn en particulier pour ca (2)

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it cannot be blamed on anubody

it is not down to anybody

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c’est profondément encré dans l’imaginaire américain

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to be deeply rooted in the Am psyche

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il n’y a pas moyen de l’éradiquer

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there is no stamping it out ….

65
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précéder

A

predated

66
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the Jim Crow Laws

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1873 :
the “equal but separate” doctrine
→ institutionalized segregation and racism
→ disenfranchise black people

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priver qn du droit de vote

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to disenfranchise sn

68
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end of segregation :

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The Civil Rights Act 1964

The voting rights act 1965

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racism persistant, latent (2)

exemples

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lingering racims / latent racism

  • increase of act of police violence against black people
  • criminalization of young black Am
  • “driving while Black” : more likely to be stop and undergo an ID check => racial profiling
  • “Redlining” : a discriminatory practice
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segregation non explicite

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unacknowledged segregation

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aller à la rue pour manifester

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to take to the streets

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stimuler

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to energize

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enhardir qn (donner du courage)

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to embolden sb

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courageux

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bold

brave

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revigorer

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to reinvigorate

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avoir un fort besoin de, désirer

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to crave for
to long for
to yearn for

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prendre de l’ampleur (2)

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to gain momentum / strength

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une banlieue a problème

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inner city

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désavouer, renier le soutien de

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to disavow the support of…

80
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un groupe marginal

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a fringe group

81
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Soi disant

A

Purportedly

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