Jeremy Corbyn Flashcards

1
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Remanier

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To overhaul

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2
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Étouffer/éteindre

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To Smother

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3
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Démissionner

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To step down, to resign

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4
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Rivaliser

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Vying

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5
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Contre toutes attentes

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Against all odds, quite surprisingly

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6
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Un perdant/opprimé

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An underdog/an outsider

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7
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Invétéré

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Deep-rooted

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8
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Abandonner (sans être vaincu)

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To give up

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9
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Abandonner (en étant vaincu)

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To surrender

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10
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Recueillir

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To garner

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11
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Le soutien

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The support

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12
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Un auditoire âgé

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An ageing audience

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13
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Il va droit au but

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To go straight to the point

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14
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Carrément

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Straightforwardly

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15
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Surpasser, éclipser

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To outdo, to outshine

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16
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Pétiller

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Fizz

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17
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Périphérie

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Eccentric fringes

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18
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Tentative à prendre la tête du parti

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A bid

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19
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Revenir sur la scène de manière agitée

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To bustle up

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20
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Essuyer les verres

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To wip glasses

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21
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Traîner quelque chose de lourd avec effort

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To heave

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22
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Être voûté

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To be stooped

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23
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Froissé

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Crumpled

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24
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Une personne qui ne boit jamais d’alcool

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A teetotaller

25
Q

Perplexe

A

Bemused

26
Q

Approuver

A

To endorse

27
Q

Un professeur d’université à Cambridge et Oxford

A

A don

28
Q

Groupes d’intérêt

A

Stakeholders

29
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Perturber

A

To roil

30
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Désenchanté

A

Wistful

31
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Avant garde

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Vanguard

32
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Se plaindre comme un enfant

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To grizzle

33
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A homme

A

A bloke

34
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Consolider

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To shore up

35
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Forte influence

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Sway

36
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Discerner

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To Sift

37
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Une passoire

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A sift

38
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Audacieux

A

Bold

39
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Énergie

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Fizz, vim

40
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Lier très fortement

A

To yoke

41
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Essayer d’expliquer

A

To grapple

42
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Ennuyeux, morne, lugubre

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Dreary

43
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Soutenir

A

To throw support

44
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S’étendre

A

To catch on, to spread

45
Q

Plus apte à être élu

A

Electable

46
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De ramener le parti en arrière

A

To take the party backwards

47
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Considérer

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To deem

48
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Virant

A

Veering

49
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Chaos

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Mayhem

50
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Complètement

A

Wholly

51
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Franc

A

Outspoken

52
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désordre

A

Turmoil

53
Q

Frais de scolarité

A

Tuition fees

54
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Insurgé

A

Insurgent

55
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Marge de manœuvre

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Leverage

56
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Passéiste

A

Backwards looking

57
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Contrecoup

A

Backlash

58
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Un élan de (dépréciatif)

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A smack of