Big Picture - Chap 22 Flashcards

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Monarchie

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Monarchy

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Un monarque de droit divin

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A monarch by divine right

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Souverain

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Sovereign

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L’aristocratie

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Aristocracy

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Oligarchie

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Oligarchy

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Un tyran

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A tyrant

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Un despote

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A despot

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Le despotisme

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Despotism

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Despotique

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Despotic

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Un despote éclairé

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An enlightened despot

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Un dictateur

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A dictator

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La dictature

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Dictatorship

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Autoritaire

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Authoritarian

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L’autoritarisme

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Authoritarianism

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Totalitaire

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Totalitarian

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Le totalitarisme

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Totalitarianism

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Une junte militaire

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A military junta

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Un coup d’Etat

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A coup d’état, a coup

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Un homme fort

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A strongman

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Un gouvernement autoritaire

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A regime

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Le régime de Vichy / de Pinochet

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The Vichy / Pinochet regime

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A repressive regime

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Un régime répressif

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Un régime politique

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A political system

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Se démocratiser

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To become more democratic

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Prendre le pouvoir, s'emparer du pouvoir
To take, seize power
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Arriver au pouvoir
To come to power
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Arriver au pouvoir (démocratiquement)
To come into office
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Être au pouvoir
To be in power
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Rester au pouvoir
To remain, stay in power
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Quitter le pouvoir
To live office
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S'accrocher au pouvoir
To cling to power
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Les dirigeants du pays
The country's rulers
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La bonne gouvernance
Good governance
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Mal administrer, mal gérer
To misrule, mismanage
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Mauvaise administration
Misrule
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Mauvaise gestion
Mismanagement
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Tenir un dirigeant pour responsable
To hold a leader to account
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Être responsable devant les électeurs
To be accountable to the electorate
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La responsabilité
Accountabiltity
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La corruption
Corruption, sleaze, bribery
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Corrompu
Corrupt
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Un pot de vin
A bribe
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Acheter, soudoyer qn
To bribe sb
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L'état de droit, le règne de la loi
The rule of law
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Le multipartisme
Multi-party system
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Un système de parti unique
Single-party system
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Des élections libres et régulières
Free and faire elections
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La fraude électorale
Vote rigging, ballot rigging, electoral fraud
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L'élection était truquée
The election was rigged
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Un opposant politique
A political opponent
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Un dissident
A dissident
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Museler l'opposition
The gag of opposition
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Déclarer l'état d'urgence
To declare a state of emergency
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Bafouer la constitution
To trample the constitution
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Censurer
To censor
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La censure
Censorship
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Bloquer / restreindre l'accès à internet
To block / restrict internet access
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Contourner la censure
To circumvent, bypass censorship
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Les droits de l'homme
Human rights
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Des atteintes aux droits de l'homme
Human rights abuses, violations
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Un crime contre l'humanité
A crime against humanity
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Le devoir d'ingérence
The duty to interfere, to intervene
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Association de défense des droits de l'homme
Human-rights lobby
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Le passé de la Chine en matière de droits de l'homme
China's human rights record
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Mécontentement, malaise
Discontent
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Provoquer des troubles
To spark unrest
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De l'agitation
Turmoil
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Un bouleversement
An upheaval
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Fomenter des troubles
To stir up trouble
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Un insurgé
An insurgent
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Une insurrection
An insurgency
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Une manifestation
A demonstration, a protest march
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Un manifestant
A demonstrator, a protester
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Organiser / participer à un rassemblement
To hold / attend a rally
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Une émeute
A riot
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Un émeutier, un casseur
A rioter
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Des émeutes ont éclaté
Riots broke out
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Les CRS
Anti-riot police
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Un cocktail molotov
A petrol bomb, a Molotov cocktail
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Du gaz lacrymogène
Tear gas
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Un heurt, un affrontement
A clash
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Une échaffourée
A skirmish
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Un complot
A plot
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Un comploteur
A plotter
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Se révolter
To revolt
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Se rebeller
To rebel
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Un rebelle
A revel
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Une rébellion, une révolte
A rebellion
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Défier les autorités
To defy the authorities
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Un soulèvement
An uprising
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Se soulever contre
To rise up against
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Renverser un dictateur
To overthrow, to topple a dictator
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Évincer un dictateur
To oust a dictator
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Le renversement d'un dictateur
To overthrow of a dictator
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Déposer un dirigeant
To depose a ruler
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S'effondrer
Collapse
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Restaurer la démocratie
To restore democracy
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La chute d'un gouvernement
The downfall of a government
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Répression brutale
Ruthless repression
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Réprimer une rébellion
To put down, to suppress a rebellion
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Réprimer, étouffer la contestation
To quell the protests
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Des mesures de répression
Crackdown, clampdown
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Mettre les gens en prison
To send people to prison
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Passer qn à tabac
To beat sb up