The Media Vocabulary Flashcards

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Lowbrow

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Peu intellectuel

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Keen

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Enthousiaste

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Hoax

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Intox

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A watchdog

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Une autorité de surveillance

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To curb

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Endiguer

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To implicate

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Impliquer

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Shed light on

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Éclairer

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Rampant

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Endémique

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High profile resignations

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Démissions de personnalités influentes

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A newspaper of record

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Un journal de référence

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The political leaning

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La tendance politique

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To endorse somebody / to advocate

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Apporter publiquement son soutien a quelqu’un

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Overwhelmingly

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A une écrasante majorité

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To whitewash / to hush up something

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Étouffer une affaire / blanchir quelqu’un

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Spurious

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Douteux

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Rightly

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A juste titre

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To dumb down something

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Abaisser le niveau de quelque chose

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To indulge in

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Se laisser aller a

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To lambast

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Critiquer violemment

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The then

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Celui qui était alors

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A general election

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Élections législatives

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To cater for somebody

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S’adresser a un public

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A happy medium

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Un juste milieu

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Pur et simple

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Downright

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Intervention réduite de l’état

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Small government

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L’emporter sur

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To prevail over

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Un article d’opinion

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An opinion column

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Obédience

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Persuasion

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Un conseil d’administration

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A broad of governors

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Responsable devant

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Answerable to

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Parti pris politique

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Political bias

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Disculper

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To exonerate

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L’exemple parfait de

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The epitome of