Whiteboard ticking the right boxes politicas 1st year 2020

1. Austerity-championing: supporting austerity
Hoarse: enroué
An easy sell: people will be easily convinced
Presumptive: about to become
Media coverage: couverture médiatique
To hail: saluer (salué par la critique par exemple)
A generational shift: a change
Shaking off the shackles: se libérer des chaînes
Inward: vers l’intérieur
To cuddle: se faire des calins
To inherit: hériter
Handy: pratique (adjective)
A snitch: une balance (qqn qui dénonce qqn
d’autre)
Limbs: membres (bras, jambes)  to limber up:
preparing oneself for the next fight
Welfare: Welfare State: État Providence. To be on
welfare: to receive financial help from the State /
regional government etc.
He recently fronted: encabezar / mener
Connecting exercise:
To abhor  detest, hate
To laud  praise (laudable: louable)
Left-leaning  progressive (to lean: pencher, ici:
penchant à gauche)

2. Topsy-turvy  upside down / sens dessus dessous
Entrenchment  anclamiento / ancrage
Tone-deaf  unable to understand subtle nuances
A cardboard cutout  epitome / perfect example of
To be intent on + gerund  to be determined to do
To demonize  diaboliser
Vantage points  angles, perspectives, points of
view
Grammar:
The fact that he is young, gay and the son of an
immigrant doesn’t matter as much as his politics
His being young, gay… doesn’t matter…
He enjoys her flirting with women (different
subjects)
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