Les Mains Sales: Themes and Issues Vocab Flashcards by George Hillier

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La signification

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The meaning

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La pièce traite de

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The play deals with

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Le communisme

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Communism

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Le marxisme

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Marxism

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Le stalinisme

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Stalinism

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Prendre la pouvoir

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To take power

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Un assasinat politique

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A political assassination

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Un crime passionnel

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A crime of passion

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Une tactique politique

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A political approach/ strategy

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Le Parti est infaillible

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The party is infallble (always right)

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Le mensonge

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Lying/ a lie

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Préconiser une poitique

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To advocate a policy

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épargner le plus grand nombre de vies humaines

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To save the greatest number of human lives

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un projet de gouvernement tripartite

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A three-way plan of government

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il a été assassiné par erreur politique

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He has been assassinated through political error

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on reconnaît que sa tactique était bonne

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They realise that his strategy was good

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le retournement de Parti

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The Party’s U-turn

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se débarrasser de quelqu’un

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To get rid of someone

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pactiser avec l’ennemi

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To ally with the enemy

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L’occident

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The West

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Les pays occidentaux

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The western countries

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Staline

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Stalin

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La falsification du passé

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The rewriting of the past

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Remmetre (qch) en cause

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To challenge/question (something)

La moralité de la politique

Political morality

Partager le pouvoir

To share power

L'homme est totalement libre

Man is totally free

Il faut choisir une conduite sous sa seule responsabilité

One must choose how to act by oneself