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question		réponse
ballot paper commencer à apprendre		a piece of paper you write your vote on
ballot box commencer à apprendre		a box where you put your ballot paper, once you want to vote
polling station commencer à apprendre		place where votes are casted
(to) cast a vote commencer à apprendre		to vote
close-run election commencer à apprendre		election where parties have similar number of votes
constituency commencer à apprendre		area/ town represented by one politician
coup attempt commencer à apprendre		attempt by citizen/military to take control of government
coup (d’etat) commencer à apprendre		the takeover often violent of government
the electorate commencer à apprendre		all people able to vote
gamble pays off commencer à apprendre		risk that has positive outcome
(to go) to the polls commencer à apprendre		to hold an election
(to) pull certain amount of votes commencer à apprendre		when party/ politician does it they get number/ percentage of votes
landslide victory commencer à apprendre		win in election with big gap over others
(to) win with overwhelming majority commencer à apprendre		(to) win with a big number of votes gap over others
to win with slim/narrow majority commencer à apprendre		to barely win over in votes numbers
opinion poll commencer à apprendre		collected results of asking people opinions
to overthrow the government commencer à apprendre		to remove government by force
galloping inflation commencer à apprendre		inflation out of control
staunch commencer à apprendre		very loyal
survey commencer à apprendre		set of questions asked to large group of people
to tackle a problem commencer à apprendre		to deal/solve a problem
to tarnish sb reputation commencer à apprendre		to destroy sb reputation
to drum up business commencer à apprendre		to promote a business
gap in the market for commencer à apprendre		an opurtunity in a market
to be overdrawn at the bank commencer à apprendre		to spend more money than you have in a bank
to run into difficulties/problems commencer à apprendre		to get unexpected problems
run up a dept commencer à apprendre		to keep borrowing money creating debts
to sort sth up commencer à apprendre		to deal/ solve sth
to sue sb commencer à apprendre		to take sb to court
teething troubles commencer à apprendre		small problems that sb experience
thriving commencer à apprendre		doing really well
to be at one’s wit’s end commencer à apprendre		to be worried that you don’t know what to do next
overdraft commencer à apprendre		to spend more than you had on your bank account
constituent commencer à apprendre		sb that lives in particular constituency
address an issue commencer à apprendre		to begin dealing with problem
force for good commencer à apprendre		a positive influence
novel solution commencer à apprendre		new and original answer to a problem
to provide relief commencer à apprendre		to give ease
fresh drive commencer à apprendre		new effort
make a plea commencer à apprendre		make a request
break the cycle commencer à apprendre		to stop negative pattern
law and order break down commencer à apprendre		a breakdown of law and order
riots commencer à apprendre		protests
erupt commencer à apprendre		to burst out suddenly
public disorder commencer à apprendre		expression of dissatisfaction by the public
the social fabric commencer à apprendre		the social structure
draconian measures commencer à apprendre		extreme ways of achieving sth
run-down areas commencer à apprendre		areas in bad condition
antisocial behaviour commencer à apprendre		dangerous and different behavior toward other people
underage drinking commencer à apprendre		drinking of alcohol by minors

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