Watergate Scandal Flashcards

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Émailler de, disperser par

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Peppered with

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Matériel d’écoute, micros

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Bugging devices

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Une punaise

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A bug

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Exclamations

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Ejaculations

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Grave, sale, laid

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Sally

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Battre son plein

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To be in full swing

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Le président sortant

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The incumbent president

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De 3ème zone

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Third-rate

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Dûment

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Duly

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Raz-de marée, éboulement

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A landslide

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Être mis en examen

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To be indicted

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Être condamné

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To be convicted

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Un détenu

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A convict

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14
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On a découvert ensuite que

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It later emerged that

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15
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Des magouilles, trafics

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Dirty tricks , skullduggery

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Un procureur général

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An attorney general

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Pulluler

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To swarm

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Le tribunal

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The court

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Un escroc

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A crook

20
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Poursuivre en justice

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To sue

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Surnommer

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To dubb

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Une quinzaine de jours

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A fortnight

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Une audition

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A hearing

24
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Se dérouler

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To unravel

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Être acculer, pris au piège

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To be cornered

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Un fil

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A vire

27
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Une mise sur écoute

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Vire taping

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Virer qqun (fam)

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To sack

29
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Entacher encore plus la réputation de

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To bring sb into further disrepute

30
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Une altercation, dispute

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A wrangle over smg

31
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A contre coeur, de mauvaise grâce

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Grudgingly

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Garder rancune contre qqun

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To bear a grudge against sb

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Prolonger

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To protract

34
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Traîner

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To drag

35
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S’accrocher

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To cling

36
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On ne change pas les hommes

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Men will be men

37
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Sur motif de

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On grounds of