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question		réponse
tricking people on the internet to give up personal information commencer à apprendre		phishing
a person who supports a particular idea or party commencer à apprendre		adherent of/adherence/adhere to
someone who has taken on a set of beliefs commencer à apprendre		convert to/conversion/ to convert
(disapproving) someone with a very strong belief ghat something is great commencer à apprendre		fanatic, fanaticism, fanatical
someone who believes there should be extreme change, often political commencer à apprendre		radical, radicalism, to radicalise
(disapproving) someone opposed to change commencer à apprendre		reactionary, reaction, to react
abolish or get rid of commencer à apprendre		seek to eradicate
a principle on which a belief is based commencer à apprendre		tenet
person who publicly supports an opinion commencer à apprendre		proponent
have their origins in commencer à apprendre		derive from
when a group of people express disapproval of laws by refusing to obey them commencer à apprendre		civil disobedience
way of thinking about a situation commencer à apprendre		viewpoint, point of view
believable/unbelievable commencer à apprendre		credible/incredible
not wanting or able to believe sth commencer à apprendre		incredulous
easily tricked into believing things that may be not true commencer à apprendre		gullible
influenced by beliefs or feelings rather than facts commencer à apprendre		subjective/objective
convincing commencer à apprendre		plausible/implausible
consider sth to be caused otlr created by commencer à apprendre		attribute sth to smn
believe sth to be true although you are not totally certain commencer à apprendre		presume
accept that someone is telling the truth even though it is not certain commencer à apprendre		give her the benefit of the doubt
do not totally believe what you're told commencer à apprendre		take sth with a pinch of salt
also brought in commencer à apprendre		regulations introduced
(formal) breaking the law commencer à apprendre		in breach of the law
an exercise to identify and asses risks commencer à apprendre		have an obligation to carry out a risk assessment
(formal) ask for permission commencer à apprendre		seek permission
(formal) given permission commencer à apprendre		granted permission
(formal) receive permission commencer à apprendre		obtain permission
made the rules tougher commencer à apprendre		tightened controls
(formal) break the rules commencer à apprendre		infringe the regulations
used as an insult to officials, suggesting that they lack character commencer à apprendre		faceless bureaucrats
(formal) using that authority commencer à apprendre		exercising authority
deal quickly and effectively with bureaucratic procedures commencer à apprendre		cut through the red tape
(formal) intentionally break the rules commencer à apprendre		flout the rules
a piece of paper you write your vote on commencer à apprendre		a ballot paper
the box you put your ballot paper in once you have written your vote on it commencer à apprendre		ballot box
place where votes are cast commencer à apprendre		polling station
to vote commencer à apprendre		to cast a vote
an election where a number of parties win a similar number of conatituencies commencer à apprendre		a close-run election
an area or town represented in parliment by one politican commencer à apprendre		a constituency
sb who lives in a particular constituency commencer à apprendre		a constituent
an attempt (often violent) by citizens or the military to take control of the government commencer à apprendre		a coup attempt
the takeover (often violent) of the government by rebels or citizens or the military commencer à apprendre		a coup
all the people entitled to vote in an election commencer à apprendre		the electorate
a risk one takes which has a positive results commencer à apprendre		a gamble pays off
to hold an election commencer à apprendre		to go to the polls
a victory in an election where one party wins many more votes than the other parties commencer à apprendre		a landslide victory
the collected result of asking ppl what their opinions are commencer à apprendre		an opinion poll
to remove a government illegally and by force commencer à apprendre		to overthrow the government
inflation that is out of control commencer à apprendre		rampant/galloping inflation
very loyal and a strong believer commencer à apprendre		a staunch (stoncz)
a set of questions asking large number of people about their opinions or behaviour commencer à apprendre		a survey
to deal with or solve a problem commencer à apprendre		to tackle a problem
to spoil the good opinion that ppl have on sb/sth commencer à apprendre		to tarnish sb's/sth's reputation
to get business (by doing more advertising and promoional work) commencer à apprendre		to drum up business
an opportunity to sell a particular product/service because nobody else is selling that product commencer à apprendre		a gap in the market for sth
to have spent more money than is in your account commencer à apprendre		to be overdrawn
to have problems commencer à apprendre		to run into difficulties/problems
to keep borrowing money so that you make your debt bigger commencer à apprendre		to run up a debt
to take somebody to court commencer à apprendre		to sue sb
to deal with sth and solve it commencer à apprendre		to sort sth out
small problems that sb experiences when first starting a business commencer à apprendre		teething troubles

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