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85 Cards in this Set
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une campagne électorale
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election campaign
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un débate
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debate
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désigner/nommer
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to appoint
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un deumième tour
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run-off election
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discuter (de)
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to discuss
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un électeur/une électrice
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male voter/female voter
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élire (past part: élu)
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to elect
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être candidat(e) (à la présidence)
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to run (for president)
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se faire inscrire
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to register (to vote)
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la lutte (contre)
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fight, struggle (against)
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un mandat
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term of office
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la politique étrangère
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foreign policy
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la politique intérieure
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internal (domestic) policy
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un problème/une question
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issue
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un programme électoral
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platform
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réélire (past part: réélu)
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to reelect
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se (re) présenter
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to run (again)
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soutenir
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to support
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voter
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to vote
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l'armée (f)
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army
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les armes de destruction massive [ADM] (f,pl)
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weapons of mass destruction
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attaquer
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to attack
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un attentat
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attack
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céder à
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to give up; to give in
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les combats (m,pl)
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fighting
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le conflict
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conflict
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l'engin (m) explosif improvisé [EEI]
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improvised explosive device [IED]
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une embuscade
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ambush
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les forces (f,pl)
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forces
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le front
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front; front lines
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libérer
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to free
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livrer
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to deliver
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la mort; les morts (m,pl)
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death; the dead
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la négociation
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negotiation
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la paix
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peace
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la peine de mort
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death penalty
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la polémique
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controversy
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les pourparlers (m,pl)
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talks; negotiations
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prendre en otage
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to take hostage
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se produire
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to happen; take place
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le soldat
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soldier
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le terrorisme
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terrorism
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tuer
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to kill
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la conception
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design, plan
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en verre/en métal/en terre battue
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made of glass/metal/adobe
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une œuvre
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work (of art)
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rénover
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to renovate
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s'accoutumer à
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to get used to
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attirer
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to attract
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chouette (familiar)
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neat, nice, great
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convaincre
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to convince
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honteux (honteuse)
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shameful
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insupportable
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intolerable, unbearable
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laid(e)
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ugly
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moche (familiar)
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ugly, ghastly
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passionnant(e)
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exciting
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remarquable/spectaculaire
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remarkable/spectactular
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réussi(e)
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successful, well executed
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super (familiar)
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super
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supprimer
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to do away with
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s'accroître
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to increase
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l'accueil (m)
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welcome
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accueillant(e)
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welcoming, friendly
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s'aggraver
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to get worse
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la banlieue
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the suburbs
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blesser
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to hurt
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un bouc émissaire
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scapegoat, fall guy
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le chômage
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unemployment
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un chômeur/une chômeuse
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unemployed person
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croissant(e)
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increasing, growing
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éclairer
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to enlighten
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les émeutes (f)
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riots
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empirer
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to worsen
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un(e) immigrant(e)
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newly arrived immigrant
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un(e) immigré(e)
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an immigrant well established in the foreign country
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un incendie
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fire
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maghrébin(e)
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from the Maghreb (Northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)
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la main-d'œuvre
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labor
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une manifestation/manifester
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demonstration, protest (organized)/to demonstrate, protest
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une menace
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threat
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les quartiers (m,pl) sensibles
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slums
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répandre
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to spread
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rouer quelqu'on de coups
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to beat someone black and blue
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la xénophobie
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xenophobia (fear/hatred of foreigners)
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un sans-abri
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homeless person
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