Democracy Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Souverain

A

Sovereign

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2
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Un despote éclairé

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An enlightened despot

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3
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Autoritaire

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Authoritarian

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4
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L’autoritarisme

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Authoritarianism

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5
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Totalitaire // totalitarisme

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Totalitarian // Totalitarianism

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6
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Un gouvernement autoritaire

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A regime

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7
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Se démocratiser

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To become more democratic

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8
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Prendre/ s’emparer du pouvoir

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To take, seize power

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Arriver au pouvoir /

Arriver au pouvoir (démocratiquement)

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To come to power / to come into office

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10
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Etre au pouvoir

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To be in power

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11
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S’accrocher au pouvoir

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To cling to power

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12
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Les dirigeants du pays

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The country’s rulers

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13
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Mal administrer, mal gérer

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To misrule, to mismanage

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14
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Tenir un dirigeant pour responsable

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To hold a leader to account

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15
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Etre responsable devant les électeurs

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To be accountable to the electorate

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16
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La corruption (3)

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Corruption
Sleaze
Bribery

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17
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L’état de droit, le règne de la loi

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The rule of law

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18
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La fraude électorale (3)

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Vote rigging
Ballot rigging
Electoral fraud

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19
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L’élection était truquée

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The election was rigged

20
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Museler l’opposition

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To gag the opposition

21
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Bafouer la constitution

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To trample the constitution

22
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Contourner la censure

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To circumvent, bypass censorship

23
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Des atteintes aux droits de l’homme

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Human rights violations, abuses

24
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Le devoir d’ingérence

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The duty to interfere, to intervene

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Mécontentement, malaise
Discontent
26
Provoquer des troubles
To spark unrest
27
De l'agitation
Turmoil
28
Un bouleversement
An upheaval
29
Fomenter des troubles
To stir up trouble
30
Organiser, participer à un rassemblement
To hold/ attend a rally
31
Une émeute
A riot
32
Des émeutes ont déclaré
Riots broke up
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Du gaz lacrymogène
Tear gas
34
Une échauffourée
A skirmish
35
Un soulèvement
An uprising
36
Évincer un dictateur
To oust a dictator
37
Le renversement d'un dictateur
The overthrow of a dictator
38
Déposer un dirigeant
To depose a ruler
39
S'effondrer
To collapse
40
La chute d'un gouvernement
The downfall of a government
41
Répression brutale
Ruthless repression
42
Réprimer une rébellion
To put down, to suppress a rebellion
43
Réprimer, étouffer la contestation
To quell the protests
44
Des mesures de répression
Crackdown, clampdown
45
Passer qqn à tabac
To beat sb up