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beneficial side-effects

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a veto may fuel a public backlash

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to be harder to grasp

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etre plus difficile a appréhender/comprendre)

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to come into the open

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at the expense of

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to sow divisions by…

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it is a radical turnaround

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to halt its momentum

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to slip into the mayhem

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to make inroads into

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to give form to its vision

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to make bid stride

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(faire de grands pas = avancés)

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to make hay out of the issue

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(to turn (something) to one’s advantage)

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to set the tone

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donner le ton

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to be the lone voice against

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to have global appeal

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there was little progress in the realm of racial equality.

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a new breed of global …

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a head-spinning reversal

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to be hard-to-reach

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to sting into action

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(to provoke someone to do)

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to unravel the sprawl of

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to fill the power vacuum

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to fall into the doldrums

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a benchmark =

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une reference, un niveau

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an upshot =

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un résultat, une consequence

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a receptacle for the hopes of Americans

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teething problems=

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des difficultés initiales

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today’s mix of nationalism and popular discontent

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would-be terrorists

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