Politics This Week (2) Flashcards

1
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Être bloqué

A

To be stuck

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2
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Un procès

A

A lawsuit

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3
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Être mis en sourdine

A

To be muted, softened, hushed, to become indistinct

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4
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Invoquant deux partis politiques

A

Bipartisan

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5
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Réprimander

A

To rebuke, To castigate, To reprimand

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6
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Le ministre des finances

A

The chancellor of the exchequer

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7
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To make sb very angry

A

To incense sb

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8
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Confondre

A

To muddle, to confuse

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9
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Un supporter des politiques modernisantes de Tony Blair

A

A Blairite

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10
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Endiguer

A

To stem, To hold back, To restrain

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11
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Être obligatoire

A

To be binding, compulsory, mandatory, obligatory

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12
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Un groupe d’experts

A

A think tank

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13
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Couler , diminuer

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To dwindle, To sink, To decrease

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14
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Un mouvement, une action

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A shift

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15
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Être en déclin

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To be on the wane

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16
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Connaître une apogée

A

To be on the rise

17
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Coude à coude

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Neck and neck