US Politics Flashcards
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N.R.A
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National Rifle Association
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PHD
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Professor / Doctor of philosophy
3
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To cast a ballot
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Voter
4
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Être destitué
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To be impeached
5
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Une foule
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A mob
6
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Curiosité de bz
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Nosiness
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Mettre les projecteurs sur
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To throw light on
8
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Ainsi
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Thus
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Seal
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Un phoque/ un sceau
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Amener la question
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To prompt the question
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Contenir, representer
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To feature
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Éthique, règles
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Policy
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S’attaquer au problème
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To tackle the issue
14
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Personnes âgées (politiquement correct)
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Elderly
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Grands électeurs
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Elector (electoral college)
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Université
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College
17
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Inadapté
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Unsuitable
18
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Les états où le vote est serré
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Battleground states
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Alliés, partisans
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Proponents
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Libraire
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Bookshop keeper
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Poste, position
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Office
22
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Faire du terrorisme
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To hijack
23
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Centre commercial
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Shopping mall
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Sous entendu
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Inuendo
25
Liaison
Affair
26
Stagiaire
Trainee
27
Les eaux troubles
These waters (chelou)
28
Levée de fonds
Fund raising
29
Les blancs (politiquement correct)
Caucasians
30
Surpoids
Overweighed
31
Admirer
To look up to
32
Porter les armes
Bear arms 🐻
33
Manches (t-shirt)
Sleeve
34
Détendu
Easy going / chilled
35
Débat houleux
Heated
36
Abordable
Affordable
37
S'abaisser
To stoop to
38
Agent immobiler
Real estate agent
39
Animal des démocrates
Donkey (âne)
40
Vice president of Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
41
Congress = ?
House of representatives+ senate
42
Animal des républicains
Elephant
43
Quartiers pauvres de Chicago
Southside
44
Vice president of Donald trump
Mike Pence
45
Laura Bush book festival
8 septembre - 3 days before terrorist attack who targeted the national mall where thousands of people could have died
46
Bill Clinton affair
With a trainee, Monica levinski
47
Donald trump destitution
2 procedures of impeachment (unsuccessful)
48
Proud boys
Group of white extremists men
49
Leader of proud boys
Enrique Tarrio
50
Who created the electoral system of the US
The Founders
51
How many electors to win
270/538
52
Un gros charo qui pécho v'là les femmes
Womanizer
53
National Mall
Near Washington monument and the congress : museums, memorials, etc
54
Franklin D Roosevelt parti
Democrats
55
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
56
Obama's joke
Bare arms / bear arms
57
Amendment for guns
2nd amendment ("to bear arms 🐻")
58
Obamacare
Program for free health care, criticized because impossible and don't want to pay for it
59
Remède
Cure
60
Médicaments
Medication
61
De pauvres a riches
From rags to riches
62
Faire avancer la législation
To push for legislation
63
Demander quelque chose
Ask / demand smth
64
Victimes (morts/blessés) d'une attaque
Casualties