The State Flashcards by Harini Mardaye | Brainscape

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un homme / femme d’Etat

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a Statesman / woman

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les qualités d’homme / de femme d’Etat

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statesmanship

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une nation

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a nation

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national

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national

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le nationalisme

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nationalism

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un nationaliste

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a nationalist

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un état-nation

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a nation-state

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diriger un pays

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to rule a country

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un dirigeant

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a ruler

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le devoir

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duty

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qui a le sens du devoir

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dutiful

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régner

un règne

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to reign

a reign

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responsable

responsabilité

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responsible

responsibility

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le pouvoir

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power

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la puissance

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might

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puissant/e

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powerful

mighty

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un état souverain

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a sovereign state

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un état policier

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a police state

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un état totalitaire

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a totalitarian state

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un chef d’Etat

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a head of state

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le pouvoir absolu

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absolute/ supreme power

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le pouvoir politique

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political power

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accéder au pouvoir

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to come to power

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s’emparer du pouvoir

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to seize = to take power

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revenir au pouvoir

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to return to power

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batailler pour obtenir

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to jostle for / scramble for power

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exercer / usurper le pouvoir

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to exercice = exert / usurp power

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abuser du pouvoir

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to misuse power

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s’accrocher au pouvoir

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to hold on to / to cling to power

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abandonner le pouvoir

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to give up power

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transmettre le pouvoir à

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to hand over power to

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la passation des pouvoirs

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the transfer / the handover of power

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les signes extérieurs du pouvoir

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the trappings of power

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sa décision a révélé une grande maitrise de l’art de gouverner

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her decision showed considerable statesmanship

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sous / pendant le règne de

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in the reign of

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le pouvoir corrompt

A

power corrupts

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l’usure du pouvoir

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the wear and tear of power