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trafic d’influence

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influence peddling

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réaliser, élaborer

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to craft

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pressions directes

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arm-twisting

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un tollé

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an outcry

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les liens (trop) étoits

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the cosy ties between … and …

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les politiques

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Policy-makers

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qui ont des intérêts communs, étroitement liés

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interlocking

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le Président par intérim

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the President pro tempore

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le président du groupe parlementaire

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the Majority Floor Leader

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destitution

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removal

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garantir par la loi

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to enshrine sth in law

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le ministre de la Justice

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the Attorney General (Loretta Lynch)

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arriver en première position parmi

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to fall first among

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apporter son soutien à un candidat

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to endorse a candidate

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faire annuler

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to overturn

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l’avortement tardif

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partial-birth abortion

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passer outre

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to override

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le Congrès qui était alors dominé par les Républicains

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the then Republican-dominated Congress

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qui se chevauchent

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overlapping

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compétences communes

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concurrent powers

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transparent

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clear

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franc

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clear

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être reconnu non coupable

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to be cleared of a crime

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faire un bénéfice et

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to clear a profit

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à distance de
clear of
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rester à distance de qqn/qch
to keep clear of sbdy/sth, to steer clear of
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donner le feu vert à qqn
to give sbdy the all clear
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précis, évident
clear-cut
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lucide
clear-headed
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faire du rangement
to have a clear out
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perspicace, réaliste
clear-sighted
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clair comme de l'eau de roche
to be Crystal clear
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être en avance de 6 point
to be 6 points clear at the top
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être titulaire à un poste (en tant que prof à l'université, ministre à un ministère)
to have tenure
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demander conseil à qqn
to seek advice from sbdy
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demander de l'aide à qnn
to seek help from sbdy
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pratiquement
virtually
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bobard
a fib
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raconter des bobards
to tell fibs
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un fainéant
a slacker
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une bobine
a reel
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chanceler
to reel
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J'ai la tête qui tourne
My head is reeling
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ramener
to reel in
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énumérer
to reel off
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to be clumsy
to be heavy-handed (figurative)
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être autoritaire, brutal
to be heavy-handed
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autoritarisme, sévérité, brutalité
heavy-handedness
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cachette
hideout
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bandeau
a blindfold
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à l'aveugle, les yeux bandés
blindfold
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un petit somme
a snooze
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avantage, pot de vin, grosse prime de départ
a payoff
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Il pleut des cordes
The rain is bucketing down
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marque de fabrique
an hallmark
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continuer
to go on and on
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bien tourné, réussir
* to pan out
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bricoler
to tinker with
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faire marche arrière
to backtrack
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cousin issu de germain
second cousin
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éloge
a praise
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à la louange
in praise of
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ne pas tarir d'éloges pour
to have nothing but praise for
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se rappeler
to recall
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histoires
fuss
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faire des histoires
to make a fuss
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tapage
fuss
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être aux petits soins pour qqn
to make a fuss of sbdy
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petit placard
cabinet
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cas désepéré
to be a basket case*
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grondement, vrombissement
a rumble
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la forme et le fond
the form and content
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cela ne se fait pas de
it's bad form to
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revendiquer qqch
to stake a claim to sth
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rotule
kneecap
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barrière de sécurité
guard rail
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de temps en temps
now and again
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As tu vécu ici?
Did you happen to live herre?
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être perdu, bon pour la casse
to be write-off*
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rester discret
to lay low
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procéder à une mise en examen
to lay charges
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rejeter la faute sur qqn
to lay the blame on sbdy
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présenter les faits à qqn
to lay the facts before sbdy
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le profane
layperson
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donner sa vie pour qqn
to lay down one's life for sbdy
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frêne
a ash tree
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gastro
tummy bug*
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être plié de rire
to be in stitches*
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point de suture
a stitch
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rééditer (victoire)
to follow up
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donner suite
to follow up
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faire suivre qqch de qqch
to follow sth up with sth
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évaluer, anticiper une situation
to second-guess
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critiquer après coup
to second-guess
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gonflé, prétentieux
inflated
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aller à pied
to go on foot
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tout est permis
anything goes
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je n'ai plus de voix
my voice has gone
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être défavorable
to go against
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au fur et à mesure
as you go along

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