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Question	Answer
au-déla	further
il demeure	it remains
autant dire	in other words
loin s'en faut	far from it
Quant a	as for
un atout	an advantage/trump/virtue
entretenir	maintain
au sein de	within/inside
en tant que	in the capacity of
si tant est que	even if/supposing that
alentours	around
clamer	to protest
a veille de	the day before
singulierement	strangely
la Garde des Sceaux	Lord Chancellor
etre/entrer en fonction	be/go into office
la election cantonale	local election
abroger la loi	appeal the law
déposer une plainte	to lodge a complaint
se méfier des politiciens	to distrust the politicians
jeter l'éponge	to throw in the towel
adopter la loi	->been through both houses of parlament
défrayer la chronque	to make the headlines
faire la une	to make the front page
changer de fond en comble	to make fundamental changes
etre porté a faire qqch	to be inclined to do smt
chasser par les urnes	voted out of government
appuyer une motion/loi	to speak in support of a motion/law
une allocution télévisée	televised speech
'aux deux extrémités de l'eventail politique'	both ends of the political spectrum
borné	narrowminded
coincé	uptight
combler la fossé	to sort a dispute
une brouille/querelle/escarmouche	a dispute/quarrel/rift

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