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Current Events 1
Words for discussing French current events
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Language - French
Undergraduate 3
02/26/2012
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Term
5 year term
 Definition
un quinquennat
Term
7 year term
 Definition
septennat
Term
sustainable development
 Definition
le développement durable
Term
to promote
 Definition
promouvir
Term
redistributive capitalism
 Definition
un capitalisme redistributif
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conservative
 Definition
conservateur/conservatrice
Term
a vote
 Definition
une voix/un vote/un suffrage
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direct/indirect vote
 Definition
un suffrage (direct/indirect)
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electoral college
 Definition
Les grands électeurs
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progressive
 Definition
progressiste
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all the more
 Definition
d'autant plus
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null, moot
 Definition
caduc/caduque, obsolète, inapplicable
Term
disconnect
 Definition
le décalage
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the stakes/issues
 Definition
les enjeux
Term
heated exchange
 Definition
passe d'armes
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repondre
 Definition
Rétorquer
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a decade
 Definition
Une décennie
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to overrate
 Definition
Surestimer – surévaluer
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double edged sword
 Definition
à double tranchants
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outgoing president
 Definition
le président sortant
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make a scandal, to up the antee
 Definition
faire monter la mayonnaise
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to up the antee
 Definition
surenchérir ou « faire de la surenchère
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to caution
 Definition
mettre en garde – avertir
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false promise
 Definition
fausse promesse
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voters
 Definition
les électeurs
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in office
 Definition
en fonction
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to fire
 Definition
licencier – un licenciement
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to retire
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prendre sa retraite
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retired person
 Definition
un/e retraité/e
Term
desertion
 Definition
Un lâchage
Term
to lose nerves
 Definition
flancher
Term
withdraw the troops
 Definition
Faire sortir ses troupes – retirer les troupes
Term
withdrawl
 Definition
le retrait
Term
cancer patients
 Definition
atteints de cancer
Term
introduce oneself
 Definition
se presenter
Term
repressed
 Definition
Opprimé
Term
civil rights movement
 Definition
Un mouvement des droits civiques
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suspension
 Definition
un sursis
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criminal record
 Definition
un casier judicaire
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the bail
 Definition
une caution
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– to be in one’s favor
 Definition
Cela joue en sa faveur
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announce one's candidacy
 Definition
declarer sa candidature/declarer son entree dans la course
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flashy
 Definition
clinquant
Term
to enroll
 Definition
s'inscrire
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a good deal
 Definition
une bonne affaire
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story (on a current event)
 Definition
le reportage
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reporter
 Definition
un/e journaliste un/e reporter
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to focus
 Definition
se concentrer
Term
the set
 Definition
le plateau
Term
to zoom
 Definition
faire un gros plan
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benefit, advantage
 Definition
un profit
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to benefit
 Definition
beneficier
Term
steel industry
 Definition
la siderurgie
Term
support
 Definition
le soutien
Term
Donner les recommandations de votes à un autre candidat
 Definition
Le report des voix
Term
when a party asks its supporters to vote for candidate x or y
 Definition
la consigne de vote
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to be in the running for the second round
 Definition
Se maintenir au deuxième tour
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a founder
 Definition
un fondateur
Term
GC
 Definition
quartier général de campagne
Term
capital/non-capital words
 Definition
Majuscules (M), minuscule (m)
Term
oil
 Definition
le pétrole
Term
gas
 Definition
l'essence
Term
investor
 Definition
investisseur
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figures/numbers
 Definition
les chiffres
Term
old people
 Definition
les personne âgés, le troisième âge, les seniors
Term
l'issue
 Definition
L’ issue = the exit ; Issue de secours = emergency exit ; l’issue du conflit = the way out of a conflict, the outcome.
Term
heal the wounds
 Definition
Cicatrises les/leurs blessures – to heal the wounds
Term
volunteering
 Definition
faire du bénévolat
Term
to be a candidate
 Definition
Se présenter à une élection
Term
a club
 Definition
Une discothèque, une boite (de nuit), un club
Term
almond
 Definition
une amande
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fine
 Definition
une amende
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punishment/sentence
 Definition
la peine
Term
politicians
 Definition
Les politiciens, les hommes/femmes politiques
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to mistrust
 Definition
Se méfier
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NATO, UN
 Definition
OTAN, ONU
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the follow up
 Definition
le suivi
Term
to attend the annual conference
 Definition
Assister à la conférence annuelle
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relisten
 Definition
Réécouter
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easier than i thought
 Definition
C’était plus facile que je m’y attendais
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live
 Definition
en direct
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photogenic
 Definition
Elle passe mal à la télé=elle n’est pas télégénique
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camera zooms in
 Definition
La caméra se concentre sur/ focalise sur
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channel
 Definition
une chaine
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record
 Definition
un bilan
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