Anglais vocabulaire

Vocabulaire Anglais séance 3

• against / in favor of
• to reveal / to disclose
• to oust
• overwhelmingly
• to give more credits to…
• biased / unbiased / Fairness Bias = same amount of air time
• explicitly / openly / clearly
• “Echo Chamber” = figurative figure, an image with the rise of social media
• nuanced views
• “Alt-reality” and “Truthiness” = post-factual reality / outright lies used by populism
• mainstream media / alt-right media
• to cover an event
• demagogue
• readorship
• creed = croyance
• anachronistic
• consensus = agreement
• in-depth
• reactionary
• satirist
• Infotainment
• to lack hindsight = manquer de recul
• democratic decision-making process
• to thrive = to prosper
• Media Tycoon = Murdoch Scandal / Real Estate Tycoon (magniat)
• phone-hacking scandal
• playing less of a role
• the Fourth Estate = the media / the Fifth Estate = Internet
• to work with = to collude
• ill-informed = uninformed = misinformed
• to account to = estimer
• to imply = impliquer
• to mislead
• political landscape / media landscape
• to point out
• to expose oneself to both side of an argument / exception = televised debate
• to sway = balancement
• bigotry
• mendacious = lying
• to call someone out = to hold someone to account
• to fall prey to = to be vulnerable = to overcome by
• slyly = in a manipulative manner
• ostensible = stated as true but is not
• even-handedness = fairness = impartiality
• excoriating = criticising
• the country’s standing abroad = the reputation of the country
• to trump = to surpass
• to allude = to suggest
• iron fist
• Obama did not push his case hard enough regarding the killings of Black people
• Term = un mandat
• to be discriminated against
• African-American
• So as to + verbe
• outright = open = explicit = blatant
• counter-powers : 4th Estate = Media / 5th Estate = Internet =>Snowden, Assange
• neighbourhood watch volunteer
• Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner
• self-defense / no charge
• rednecks = beaufs
• lower class / upper house
• fear-mongering
• to rile up their base = excited against someone
• counterparts
• Brown VS Board of Education, desegregation of schools,  1964 /
• Roe VS Clade, abortion, 1973
• to quieten
• to sicken = écoeurant / distaste = dégoût
• a conman = a cheat = un escroc
• to spurn = to distance from
• to endorse = to officially support
• to embolden
• to tumble = dégringoler
• to strike fear
• bogus scandal = scandale bidon
• twisted = exaggerated
• crushing blow = un coup dur
• to soothe = to appease
• innately = de façon innée
• to decipher = déchiffrer
• unequally = unevenly
• bumbling = maladroit
• to rein = restreindre
• dismal = lamentable
• flim-flam man = une girouette
• mendacious = menteur    
• hollow = vide / shallow = peu profond
• to demean = discréditer
• Steve Bannon, pivotal figure at Breitbart
• ego = self-centered = narcissistic
• a criticism = une critique
• uppity = smug = to look down to somebody
• to downplay = atténuer
• resentment = un ressenti
• Trump = xenophobic, racist, protectionist, Islamophobic, demagogic, populist, bigoted, narcissistic, egotism, misogynistic, reactionary, White Supremacist, oppresses ethnic minorities, conman, unscrupulous billionaire, a man of the people, friend of Putin, tears up climate change, to repeal Obamacare, he wants to end Common Core - educational standards initiative  
• behaving self-destructively
• to jeopardy = to deprive from
• to ensure
• keen
• to tackle burning issues
• wellbeing
• major backbone of the country
• ancien = former
• head of state
• ought to be
• the prospect of
• cross-border trade boosts jobs between Mexico and US

B.Obama’s presidency lurched between idealism and acrimony but some of his accomplishments will endure.

Grippingly, he recounts the story of his life, in his telling a parable of unity in diversity. “We are Americans first” he urged the day Trump was elected.

He tried very hard to overcome the barriers he scaled to attain. Often he spoke as no other president could, becoming, through his identity and eloquence, a receptacle for the hopes of Americans. Think of his speech in Berlin in 2008, when he extolled multilateralism and the rule of laws, or his now-defunct conciliation in Cairo the following year. Think of his eulogy after the Charleston killings.