Presse A divided america 2-5 Flashcards

(74 cards)

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Devrait

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Ought to

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Règne

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Rule

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Citadins

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City-dwellers

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Draguer / Purger

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Dredging

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Opportuniste

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Self-serving

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Arriver au pouvoir

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To take office

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Noyau dur

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Core

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8
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Instable

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Shakier

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L’effort/la pression

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The strain

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Rocade/périphérique

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Beltway

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Bouchon/impasse

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The gridlock

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12
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Accuser qqun de

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To blame…on

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13
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Alimenter

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Fuelled

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14
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Rater

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Botched

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15
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Vide juridique

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Loopholes

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16
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Déroutant

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Blaffing

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17
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Se chevaucher

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Overlapping

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18
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Paperasser

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Red tape

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19
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Détruire

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To wreck

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20
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“Gendarme”

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Watchdog

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21
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Jurer

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To vow

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22
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Tiède/mou

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Half-hearted

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Démêler

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Disentangle

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Diminuer

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To belittle

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Fuites
Leaks
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Catastrophique
Dismal
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Mépris
Disregard
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Ignare
A benighted
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Accepter/S'accorder de
To take sthg in its stride
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Puissance
Clout
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N'importe quelle époque
Any time
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Atténuer/réduire
Mitigate
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Les plus capables
The ablest
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Refuser
To shun
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Ne sont pas à la hauteur
Fall short
36
Céder à
Pandering to
37
Brader
To sell sthg short
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Durable
Enduring
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Ancrer/établir
Entrenched
40
Renforcer
Shored up
41
Camaraderie
Chumminess
42
Immunisé contre
Immune from
43
Finalement
Eventually
44
Contre
At odds
45
Hypothèse
The premise
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"Normal"
Straight
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Lutter pour
To vie for
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Soutenir
To uphold
49
A la veille de
On the eve of
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Se vanter
Boasted about
51
Droits sociaux
Entitlement
52
Prendre du recul
To step back
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Dette croissante
Mounting debt
54
Subventions
Subsidies
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Faire payer
To charge
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Diplomés
Graduates
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Un déguisement
A guise
58
Ecarts grandissants
Growing divides
59
Pêcheurs
Sinners
60
Au pouvoir
In office
61
L'Amérique des campagnes
Rural and small-town America
62
L'Amérique des villes
Urban America
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Totalement
Utterly
64
Retrouver/Localiser
To track down
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Eparpillé
Scarttered
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De manière inégale
Unevenly
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A cheval sur
Straddling
68
A la périphérie
The outskirts
69
Fief/Bastion
Stronghold
70
Etat indécis
Swing state
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Quand il s'agit de
When it comes to
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Comme si
As though
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Venir à l'esprit
Came into their mind
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Ils ont cité
They came up with