Chapitre 6 Flashcards

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Un débat

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Debate

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Une campagne électorale

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Election campaign

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Désigner/nommer

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To appoint

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Discuter (de)

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To discuss

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Un électeur/une électrice

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Voter

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Élire

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To elect

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Être candidat(e) (à la présidence)

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To run (for president)

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Se faire inscrire

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To register (to vote)

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La lutte (contre)

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Fight, struggle (against)

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Un mandat

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Term of office

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La politique étrangère

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Foreign policy

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La politique intérieure

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Internal policy

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Un problème/une question

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Issue

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Un programme électoral

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Platform

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Se (re)présenter

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To run (again)

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Réélire

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To reelect

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Soutenir

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To support

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Un deuxième tour

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Run-off election

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Voter

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To vote

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L’armée

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Army

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Les armes de destruction massive (ADM)

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Weapons of mass destruction

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L’engin explosif improvisé (EEI)

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Improvised explosive device (IED)

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Les forces

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Forces

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Le front

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Front; front lines

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Le soldat
Soldier
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Les combats
Fighting
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Le conflit
Conflict
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Une embuscade
Ambush
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Libérer
To free
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Livrer
To deliver
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Se produire
To happen, take place
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Prendre en otage
To take hostage
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Attaquer
To attack
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Un attentat
Attack
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La mort
Death
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Les morts
The dead
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La peine de mort
Death penalty
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Le terrorisme
Terrorism
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Tuer
To kill
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Céder à
To give up; to give in
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La négociation
Negotiation
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La paix
Peace
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La polémique
Controversy
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Les pourparlers
Talks; negotiations
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Un sans-abri
Homeless person
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La conception
Design, plan
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En verre
Made of glass
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En métal
Made of metal
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En terre battue
Made of adobe
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Une œuvre
Work (of art)
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Rénover
To renovate
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Chouette
(Familiar) neat, nice, great
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Passionnant(e)
Exciting
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Remarquable
Remarkable
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Spectaculaire
Spectacular
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Réussi(e)
Successful, well executed
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Super
(Familiar) super
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Honteux/honteuse
Shameful
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Insupportable
Intolerable, unbearable
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Laid(e)
Ugly
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Moche
(Familiar) ugly, ghastly
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S'accoutumer à
To get used to
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Attirer
To attract
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Convaincre
To convince
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Supprimer
To do away with
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Un(e) immigrant(e)
Newly arrived immigrant
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Un(e) immigré(e)
An immigrant well established in the foreign country
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Un bouc émissaire
Scapegoat, fall guy
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La main-d'œuvre
Labor
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Maghrébin(e)
From the Maghreb (Northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)
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L'accueil
Welcome
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Accueillant(e)
Welcoming, friendly
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La banlieue
The suburbs
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Les quartiers sensibles
Slums
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S'accroître
To increase
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S'aggraver
To get worse
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Blesser
To hurt
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Croissant(e)
Increasing, growing
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Éclairer
To enlighten
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Empirer
To worsen
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Répandre
To spread
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Rouer quelqu'un de coups
To beat someone black and blue
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Le chômage
Unemployment
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Un chômeur/une chômeuse
Unemployed person
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Un incendie
Fire
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Les émeutes
Riots
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Une manifestation/manifester
Demonstration, protest (organized) / to demonstrate, protest
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Une menace
Threat
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La xénophobie
Xenophobia