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un coup d’Etat

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a coup

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accéder au pouvoir

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to come to power

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3
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succéder à qqn

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to suceed sb

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critiquer

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to criticize

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fonder

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to found

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une victoire écrasante

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an overwhelming victory

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7
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la participation (au vote)

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the turnout

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8
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la Chambres des communes

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the House of Commons

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une motion de censure

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a motion of no confidence

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huer

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to boo

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exercer le pouvoir

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to wield power

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puissant

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mighty

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la souveraineté

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sovereignty

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14
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une impasse

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a deadlock

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15
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la fraude électorale

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rigging

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16
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le résultat

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the outcome

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17
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aller voter

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to go to the polls

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18
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l’ordre du jour

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the agenda

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19
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rédiger un projet de loi

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to draft a bill

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20
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présider

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to chair

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21
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le totalitarisme

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totalitarianism

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22
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monter sur le trône

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to ascend the throne

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23
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s’accrocher au pouvoir

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to hold on to power

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24
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truquer

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to rig

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25
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impopulaire

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unpopular

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26
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une critique

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a criticism

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27
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voter par procuration

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to vote by proxy

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28
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la chambre des lords

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the House of Lords

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un porte-parole

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a spokesman

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30
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les délibération

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the proceedings

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un souverain

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sovereign

32
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mettre la démocratie en péril

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to jeopardize democracy

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un bureau de vote

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a polling station

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une étude

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a survey

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l’engagement

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commitment

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soutenir

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to back

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acclamer

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to cheer

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intègre

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upright

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être au pouvoir

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to be in power

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de droite

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right-wing

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financer

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to fund

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se présenter à des élections

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to run to office

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un panneau d’affichage

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a billboard

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un bulletin de vote

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a ballot

45
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les indemnités parlementaires

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parliamentary allowances

46
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le copinage

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cronyism

47
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l’échiquier politique

A

the political spectrum

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un jusqu’au-boutiste

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a hard-liner

49
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renverser

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to topple

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une querelle

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a row

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durcir une position

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to tougen a position

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un sondage

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a poll

53
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engagement

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involvement

54
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les conservateurs

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the Tories

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faire de l’obstruction

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to fillbuster

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abroger

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to repeal

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une dictature

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a dictatorship

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autoritaire

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authoritarian

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de gauche

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left-wing

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une polémique

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a controversy

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une affiche

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a poster

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une défaite cuisante

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a crushing defeat

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accorder le droit de vote

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to enfranchize

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un parlement

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a parliament

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le président du sénat (US)

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the speaker of the Senate

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passer outre à un véto

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to override a veto

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renverser

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to overthrow

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s’emparer du pouvoir

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to seize power

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une impasse

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a stalemate

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une élection partielle

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a by-election

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un programme électoral

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a platform

72
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préconiser

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to advocate

73
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la corruption

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bribery

74
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enterrer un projet de loi

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to scrap a bill

75
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la mise en accusation

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impeachment