WS : GUN ISSUE IN THE US Flashcards

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Un bain de sang

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A bloodshed

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Le plan qu’il a exposer

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The plan he laid out

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3
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Des règlementations contraignantes

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Binding régulations

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4
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Un financement important

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Hefty funding

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5
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Le congrès dominé par les Républicains

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A Republican-led Congress

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6
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La vérification des antécédents

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Background checks

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7
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Éliminer, éradiquer les acheteurs interdits

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To weed out prohibited buyers

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Jauger

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To gauge

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9
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Inculpé

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Charged

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10
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Exprimer son énervement à propos de

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To voice irritation over

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11
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Les partisans

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Advocates

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12
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To shelve

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Repousser, abandonner

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13
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Durcir

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To toughen

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14
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Attiser

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To stoke

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15
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Qui a agiter le congrès

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That has roiled Congress

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16
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Déborder sur (un débat, une affaire)

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To spill over into

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17
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Tenir sa promesse

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To make good on one’s promise

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18
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Les victimes des armes

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Gun victims

19
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La violence due aux armes

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Gun violence

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Dépasser, aller au delà (fonction, autorité)

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To overstep

21
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Définir un seuil

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To define a threshold

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Etre attentif à, avoir conscience de

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To be mindful of

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Encourager, soutenir quelque chose

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To push for sth

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Un ultime appel à

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A last-ditch call for

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Une faille
A loophole, a breakdown
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Saper
To undermine
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Appeler quelqu'un à faire qqchose
To call on sb To do sth
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Un tournant dans...
A landmark step in
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Respecter les mêmes lois
To abide by the same rules
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Sauter /ommettre des détails
To skip détails
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Etre a la traîne dans les sondages
To be lagging far behind the polls
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Sincère
Heartfelt
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Une impasse politique
A political stalemate
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Résister à
To stand up To
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Bloquer le passage de qqun fasse qqchose | Empêcher de faire qqchose
Stand in someone's way to
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Vérifier, contrôlée un acheteur
Vet a buyers
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Faire marcher droit qqun
To keep someone in line
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Dicter sa loi
To lay down the law
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Tenir les rênes
To hold the reins
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Faire la loi
To rule the roost
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Tirer les ficelles
To pull the strings
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Imposer sa volonté
To have it all one's way | To have everything one's way
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Faire ce que l'ont veut de quelqu'un
To wrap someone round one's little finger
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Jurer de
Vow To