La Politique/ Le Terrorisme Flashcards by Frederico Powell | Brainscape

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Political party

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Le parti politique

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Left/right/centre

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la gauche/la droite/centriste

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Labour party (UK)

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Travailliste

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Difference of opinion

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Désaccords

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bone of contention

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La pomme de discorde

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A conflict breaks out

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Un conflit éclate

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Discussions are getting nowhere

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Les discussions piétinent

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Confrontational atmosphere

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Le climate conflictuel

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To refuse to back down

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Ne pas en démordre

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To provoke vigorous protests

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Soulever de vives protestations

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NATO

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l’OTAN

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Human rights violation

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La violation des droits de l’homme

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Violation of territory (invasion)

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La violation territoriale

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Relationships are getting worse

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Les relations se détériorent

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Break off diplomatic relations

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Rompre les relations diplomatiques

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The breaking off of….

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La rupture des

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To decide on economic sanctions against a country

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Décider des sanctions économiques á l’encontre d’un pays

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Super powers

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Les super-puissances (f)

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Discussions behind the scenes

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Les discussions en coulisses

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Inflexibility

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L’intransigeance

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To be in talks with

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Être en pourparler

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To reach a formal agreement

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Conclure un accord formel

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Decrease in level of tension

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La détente

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Armed conflict

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Le conflit armé

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Political issues

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Les enjeux politiques

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Efforts at peaceful resolution have failed

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Les efforts pacifiques ont échoué

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To come up against a threat

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Se heurter à une menace

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To face …

A

Faire face à

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Ensure one’s national security

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Garantir sa propre sûreté national

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Truce/ cease fire

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Le trève

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Rocket launcher

A

Le lance-roquettes

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Bombing

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Le bombardement

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Terrorist attack

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L’attentat

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To be behind (command) a terror attack

A

Commanditer un attentat

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Fundamentalist

A

L’intégriste

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Hostage

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L’otage

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To weaken democracy

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Ébranler la démocratie

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To manipulate public opinion

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Manipuler l’opinion publique

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To stand firm against terrorism

A

Tenir bon face au terrorisme

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Tear/rip

To Tear/rip

A

La déchirure

Déchirer