political life Flashcards

1
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un homme d’état

A

a statesman/woman

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2
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les qualités d’homme ou de femme d’état

A

statesmanship

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3
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un état-nation

A

a nation-state

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4
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un dirigeant

A

a ruler

to rule a country

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5
Q

reigner

A

to reign

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6
Q

qui a le sens du devoir

A

dutiful

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7
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le devoir

A

duty

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8
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responsable

A

responsible

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9
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la puissance

A

might

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10
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puissant

A

powerful, mighty

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11
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un état souverain

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a sovereign state

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12
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un état policier

A

a police state

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13
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totalitaire

A

totalitarian

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14
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un chef d’état

A

a head of state

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15
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le pouvoir absolu

A

absolute/supreme power

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16
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accéder au pouvoir

A

to come to power

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17
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s’emparer de

A

to seize, to take

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18
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batailler pour obtenir

A

to jostle for

to scramble for

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19
Q

exercer

A

to exercise

to exert

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20
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usurper

A

to usurp

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21
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abuser du pouvoir

A

to misuse power

22
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s’accrocher au/à

A

to hold on to

to cling to

23
Q

to give up

A

abandonner

24
Q

transmettre le pouvoir

A

to hand over power to

25
Q

la passation des pouvoirs

A

the transfer of

the handover of

26
Q

les signes extérieurs du pouvoir

A

the trappings of power

27
Q

une grande maîtrise de l’art de gouverner

A

considerable statesmanship

28
Q

sous le règne de

A

in the reign of

29
Q

Le pouvoir corrompt.

A

Power corrupts.

30
Q

l’usure du pouvoir

A

the wear and tear of power

31
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un citoyen

A

a citizen

32
Q

la citoyenneté

A

citizenship

33
Q

une dictature

A

a dictatorship

34
Q

un despote

A

a despot

35
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la tyrannie

A

tyranny

36
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un régime fantoche

A

a puppet regime

37
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autonome

A

autonomous

38
Q

une république bananière

A

a banana republic

39
Q

constitutionnel

A

constitutional

40
Q

monarchie absolue

A

absolute monarchy (le ch se prononce k)

41
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renverser une monarchie

A

to overthrow (-threw, -thrown) a monarchy

42
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couronner

A

to crown

43
Q

déposer un roi

A

to depose a king

44
Q

la politique

les opinions politiques

A

politics

45
Q

une (ligne) politique

A

a policy

46
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un porte-parole

A

a spokesman/woman/person

47
Q

un conseiller

A

an adviser

48
Q

solliciter des voix

A

to canvass

49
Q

le démarchage

A

canvassing

50
Q

un agent électoral

A

a canvasser