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Vocabulary-1 : Politics Flashcards

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La politique

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Politics

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Un parti politique

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A political party

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Une ligne d’action

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A policy

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Politique intérieure

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Domestic policy

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Politique étrangère

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Foreign policy

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Un responsable politique

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A policy-maker/A law-maker

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Un chef d’état/de gouvernement

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A head of state

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La démocratie

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Democracy

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Un parti e droite/de gauche

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a right-wing/left-wing party

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L’échequier/le paysage politique

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The political spectrum/landscape

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Influence politique

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Political clout

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Un conservateur

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A conservative

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Centriste

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Middle of the road

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De tout bord/ de toutes les allégences politiques

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Of all stripes

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Pur et dur, intrangisant, radical

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Hard-Line

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Un jusqu’au-boutiste/irréductible

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A hard-liner

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Diriger un pays

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To lead/read/run a country

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Le président en exercice/sortant

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The incumbant president

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Se présenter à des élections

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To run for office

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Des élections libres et régulières

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Free and fair elections

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Truquer une élection

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To rig an election

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La dictature

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A dictatorship

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Un coup d’état

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A coup

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S’emparer du pouvoir

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To take/seize the power

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Aller aux urnes

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To go to the polls

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Un électeur

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A voter/A constituent [UK]

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Une circonscription

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constituency

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Un abstentionniste

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A stay-away voter

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Une urne électorale/Un bulletin de vote

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A ballot box/A ballot paper

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La participation

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The turnout

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Soutenir

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To back/To support

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Une côte de popularité

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An approval/popularity rating

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Elire qq1

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To elect sb

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Une primaire

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A primary election

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Le candidat du parti répiblicain/démocrate

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The républican/democratic nominee

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Un/le favori

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A/the front runner

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Celui qui est donné perdant

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An underdog

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Se retirer

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To drop out

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Un militant/candidat en campagne

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A campaigner

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La démarchage électoral

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Canvassing

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Un programe électoral

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A platform

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La liste électorale P/vice/P

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The ticket (US)

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Un état clef

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A swing state

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Remporter une élection

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To win an election

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Une victoire écrasante

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A landslide victory

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Une défaite

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A defeat

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Arriver au pouvoir

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To come into office/power

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Démissionner

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To resign from office

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Faire un discours

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To make a speech

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Un porte-parole

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A spokesperson

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Un opposant/adversaire politique

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A political opponent

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Un conseiller en communication

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A spin doctor

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Fausser/biaiser l’opinion de qq1

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To skew sb’s opinion

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Relations publiques

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PR (public relation)

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Vérification des faits/sources

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Fact checking

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Revérifier qqc

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To double check sth

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Médias colporteurs de fausses infos

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Fake news media outlet

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Titre bidon/faux

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A bogus/fabricated headline

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Partial/partisan/tendancieux

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Biased/partisan/one-sided

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Narration d’évènements sans aucun fond de vérité

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Fact-free retelling of events

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Etre déconnecté

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To be out of touch

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Préconiser qqc

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To advocate

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Avoir une place à la table des négociations

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To have a seat at the table

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Avoir son mot à sire sur qqc

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To have a say in sth

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Fixer/poser une limite ‘à)

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To draw a line

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Aller trop loin/franchir une limite

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To cross a line

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Faire pression pour obtenir qqc

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To lobby for sth

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Un groupe de reflection

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A thinktank

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Soutenir, consolider le soutien

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To shorre up support for sb/sth

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Hésiter, faiblir (soutien)

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To waver

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Passer un accord

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To strike a deal

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Etre à la haiteur des attentes

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To live up to sb’s expectations

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Tenur/ne pas tenir ses promesses envers qq1

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To keep/break one’s promises

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Un voeu pieux

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Wishful thinking

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Une chimère

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A pipe dream

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Qch qui assure de courir à la catastrophe/ mener droit au désastre

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A recipe for disaster

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Ne plus être du ressort de qq1

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To be out of sb’s hands

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Accomplir son devoir

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To fulfill one’s duty

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Apporter sa contribution, jouer son rôle

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To do one’s bit

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Un écart de conduite

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A misdemeanour

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L’enrichissement personnel

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Self-enrichment

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Copinage, népotisme

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Cronysm

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Corrompre

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To bribe

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La corruption

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(bribery and) corruption/sleaze

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Se racheter une conduite

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To mend one’s ways

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Rester impuni

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To go unpunished(of a crime)

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Ternir une réputation

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To tarnish a reputation

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Une solide reputation

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A stellar reputation

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C’est un terrain glissant

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It’s a slippery slope

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Pratiquer la langue de bois

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To stonewall

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Esquiver un problème/ éluder une question

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To dodge an issue

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Occulter qch

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To sweep sth under the rug

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Un organisme de contrôle/vigilance

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A watchdog group

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Tenir qq1 pour responsable pour qch

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To hold db accountable (for sth)

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Faire amande honrable/reconnaître son erreur

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To eat humble pie [US]

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Se dit de qch de perfectible

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There’s room for improvement

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Etre en tête des préoccupations

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To be at the top of the agenda

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Ne pas être à l’ordre du jour

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To be off the agenda

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Mettre en place des rééformes

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To carry out reforms

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Emettre des directives sur qch

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To issue guidelines on sth

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Présenter un projet de loi

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To introduce a bill

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Voter/adopter une loi

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To vote a law

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Un vide juridique

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A legal loophole

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Selon le droit français

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Under french law

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Reléguer qch au second plan

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To put sth on the back burner

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Etre prêt à/ diposer à faire qch

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To be willing to do sth

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Donner le feu vert à qq1

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To give sb the go-ahead

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Aller à l’encontre de, faire fi de contredire

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To fly in the face of sth

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Mettre une loi en application

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To implement a law

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Entrer en vigueur

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To come into effect

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Abroger une loi

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To repeal a law

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Changer les choses

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To make a difference

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Changer/redresser une situation

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To turn a situation around

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Contribution/héritage

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Legacy

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Décentralisation

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Devolution

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Organiser un referendum

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To hold a referendum (on)

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Un remaniement

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A resheffle

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Une attaque terrorist

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A terrorist attack

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Le niveau d’alerte

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The threat level

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Un attack terroriste isolé

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A lone-wolf (terrorist) attack

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Le 11 septemble 2001

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9/11

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Les attentats de Londre du 7 juillet 2005

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7/7

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Les suites/les conséquences de qch

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The aftermath

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Le fanatisme

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Fanaticism

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L’intégrisme

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Fundamentalism

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Un etat-voyou

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A rogue state

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La force de dissuasion nucléaire

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The nuclear deterrent

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Cautionner le terrorisme

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To condone torrorism

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Soutenir qch

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To sponsor sth

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Financer qqch

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To bankroll sth

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Avoir recours à qch

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To resort to sth

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Le terrorisme psychologique

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Scare tactics

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Violence aveugle

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Indiscriminate violence

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L’auteur d’un attentat suicide

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A suicide bomber

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Une menace d’attentat à la bombe

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A bomb threat

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Une alerte à la bombe

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A bomb scarce

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Une fausse alerte à la bombe

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a bomb hoax

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Terrorisme de l’intérieur

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Home-grown terrorism

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Menacer

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To threaten

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Mettre une menace à exécution

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To carry out a threat

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Céder à la menace

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To give in to/yield to a threat

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Détourner un avion

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To hijack a plane

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Prendre en otage

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To take sb hostage

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Un massacre

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A slaughter/massacre

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Un carnage

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A bloodshed

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Une victime

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A casualty

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Etre blessé

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To be injured/hurt

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Etre mutilé

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To be maimed

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Déjouer un attentat terroriste

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To thwart

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Une réaction impulsive/ irréfléchie

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A knee-jerk response

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Faire un effet d’annonce/paroles en l’air

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To pay lipservice to

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Déclarer l’éta d’urgence

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To declare a state of emergency

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Prolonger l’état d’urgence

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To extend the state of emergency

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Combattre le terrorisme

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To fight terrorism

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Faire la guerre contre

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To wage war against

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Etre traumatisé par la guerre

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To be shell-shocked

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SSPT

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PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

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Une agence de renseignement

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An intelligence agency

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La surveillance électronique

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Electronic surveillance

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Renforcer la sécurité

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To tighten security

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Suivre qq1 à la trace sur internet

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To track sb’s online activity

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2roder les liberté individuelles

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To erode individual freedoms

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Respecter les droits des citoyens

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To respect citizens’rights

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