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Places of Power

Vocabulary

FrenchEnglish
un militant activist
un partisan advocate
autoritaire authoritarian/authoritative
l'autorité authority
laver le cerveau brainwash
un lavage de cerveau brainwashing
corrompre, acheter bribe
la corruption bribery
brutaliser, tyraniser bully
s'effondrer collapse
s'engager commit
l'engagement commitment
convainquant convincing
corrompre corrupt
un pays country
décroître decrease
braver, défier defy
exiger demand
une manif demo
la démocratie democracy
un démocrate democrat
manifester demonstrate/protest
une manifestation demonstration/protest
un manifestant demonstrator/protestor
dénoncer denounce
dissuader deter
détérminé determined
un moyen de dissuasion deterrent
un dictateur dictator
une dictature dictatorship
la désobéissance disobedience
désobéissant disobedient
désobéir à disobey
dominer dominate
donner du pouvoir empower
permettre enable
asservir, réduire en esclavage enslave
éliminer eradicate
dénoncer expose
combattre fight
encourager, promouvoir foster
gouverner govern
le gouvernement government
raconter des ragots gossip
désarmé. sans defense helpless
forcer, imposer impose
endoctriner indoctrinate
l'influence influence
l'injustice injustice
influent influential
inventif inventive
l'inventivité inventiveness
impliqué involved
l'implication involvement
un problème issue
la justice justice
la connaissance knowledge
une loi law
un groupe de pression lobby
manipuler manipulate
les médias medi
une méthode method
puissant mighty
trompeur misleading
un monarche monarch
une monarchie monarchy
l'obéissance obedience
obéissant obedient
obéir à obey
un opposant opponent
s'opposer à oppose
vaincre overcome
la persévérence perseverance
un politique politician
la politique politics
puissant powerful
impuissant powerless
pression pressure
faire pression sur pressurize
empêcher prevent
la propagande propaganda
une protestation/protester protest
un rebelle/se rebeller rebel
une rebellion rebellion
insoumis rebellious
résister à resist
émeute riot
émeutier rioter
se soulever rise
gouverner rule
un chef d'état ruler
un sit-in sit-in
un esclave slave
l'esclavage slavery
un porte-parole spokesman
la force strength
renforcer strengthen
fort strong
lutter struggle
soumis submissive
servile subservient
un soutien/soutenir support
un adepte supporter
se rendre surrender
une menace threat
menacer threaten
un outil tool
un syndicat trade-union
une tyrannie tyranny
un tyran tyrant
la compréhension understanding
un soulèvement, une révolte uprising
avertir warn
faible weak
affaiblir weaken
la faiblesse weakness
une arme weapon
Created by: gnc2011
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