Charlottesville Ralley Flashcards

(53 cards)

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prendre parti

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to take sides to side with

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éruption de violence

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an outbreak of violence

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sectarisme racial

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racial bigotry

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but avoué

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avowed aim

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Robert E Lee

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fought for pro-slavery Confederacy / Confederate States of the USA during the Civil War (1861_1865) that seceded from the Union to protect the “peculiar institution”

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problème épineux

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a thorny issue / a vexed issue

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Capitol

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Congress building

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scander un slogan

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to chant a slogan

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adopter des habitudes nazies

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to adopt / embrace Nazi rituals

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déclarer une guerre contre les progressifs

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to declare a cultural war against progressive people

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En 2050 les blancs seront moins nombreux que les noirs les latinos et les Hispaniques

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By 2050, white people will be outnumbered by Blacks

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un signe avant-coureur de la fin d’une civilisation

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a harbinger of a civilisation’s end

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prêt à éclater

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to burst at its seams (coutures)

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épuration ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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ça a fait un mort et 19 blessés

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it claimed one life and left 19 people injured

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étriller (critiquer sévèrement)

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to lambast to castigate to lash out

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être partial

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to be biased

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passer le baptême du feu

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to pass the acid test

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être une bonne occasion

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to miss a glaring opportunity

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une société qui ne fait pas de distinction entre les couleurs de peux

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a color blind society

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tendues

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strained

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condamner

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répandu vaste

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widespread

widespread use / poverty /support

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une condamnation bipartite

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bipartisan condemnation

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Piètre faible réponse
Feeble response
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Groupe antifasciste
Antifa group
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Cela revient à
To amont to doing
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Fermer les yeux
To turn blind eyes | To condone
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Mette des gens dans le même panier
To lump people together
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Être déprimé
To be dejected
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I
Thé land of thé free | A beacon for the free world
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Tiède
Tepid | Lukewarm
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Cela ne lui ressemble pas
It is not like him to do
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Être à cheval sur
To be a stickler for something
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Le sens des affaires
To have business acumen
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Annoncer une nouvelle ère
To usher in a new area
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il n'y a pas moyen de
there is no stamping it out
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être intrinsèque à la mentalité américaine
to be deeply rooted in the American psyche
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être de la faute de
is down to | to be blamed on
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voter une loi
to pass a law
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Jim Crow Law (1873)
institutionalize segregation the "equal but separate" doctrine Civic Right Act 1964
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priver quelqu'un de son droit de vote
to disenfranchise somebody
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un racisme latent
lingering / latent racism
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couloir de la mort
death row
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délit de faciès
racial profiling
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refus d'accorder des prêts hypothécaires dans des quartiers jugés délabrés
redlining
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descendre dans la rue
to take to the street
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donner de la confiance à quelqu'un
to embolden somebody
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gagner de la force, un élan
to gather momentum / strength
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parler à double sens
to be good at dog whistling | to use a lot of dogwhistles
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désavouer renier
disavow the support
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Steve Bannon
member of Trump' s advisors, Alt Right Movement. Plan to withdraw Wight Supremacist from the Countering Violent Extremism program...
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ses semblables
his ilk, the likes of him