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President
My fellow citizens:I stand here today humbled by thof the sacrifices borne
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by our anas the generosity and cooperatioForty-four Americans have now ttides of prosperity
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and the still wgathering clouds and raging storof the skill or vision of those in hiidealSo itThatwar,is bapartprepbusinmanystrenThesmeasurable but no less profoundAmerica's decline is inevitable, aToday I say to you that the challnot be met easily or in a short spOn this day, we gather becausediscord.On this day, we come to proclairecriminations and worn-out dog
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léguer, transmettre
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conscient
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(verb irrégulier – bear, bore, borne/born)
p
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gonflait la houle de la prospérité
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alors que s'accumulent les nuages et que g
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ancêtre
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fondateur
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au beau milieu de
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avidité
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perdu
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fracassé, brisé
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tenace
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diminuer ses ambitions
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durée
 
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doléances mesquines
 
Obama’s Inaugural Add
e task before us, grateful for the trust you have bcestors. I thank President Bush for his service ton he has shown throughout this transition.aken the presidential oath. The words have beena
 
ters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is ts
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. At these moments, America has carried ongh office, but because We the People have remaof our forebearers
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, and true to our founding
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dhas been. So it must be with this generation of Ae are in the midst
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of crisis is now well understogainst a far-reaching network of violence and hly weakened, a consequence of greed
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and irref some, but also our collective failure to make hare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lesses shattered
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. Our health care is too costly;; and each day brings further evidence that thethen our adversaries and threaten our planet.are the indicators of crisis, subject to data andis a sapping of confidence across our land -- a nnd that the next generation must lower its sights
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nges we face are real. They are serious and thean
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of time. But know this, America: They will be have chosen hope over fear, unity of purposean end to the petty grievances
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and false promas, that for far too long have strangled our politi
 
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ress
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, mindful
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 our nation, as wellspoken during risingken amidstot simply becauseined faithful to thecuments.ericans.od. Our nation is attred. Our economyponsibility on ther
 
d choices andst; jobs shed
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;ur schools fail tooays we use energytatistics. Lessagging
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fear that
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.are many. They willmet.over conflict andises, thecs.
 
 
We remain a young nation, but ithings
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. The time has come to rforward that precious gift, that nopromise that all are equal, all arehappiness.In reaffirming the greatness of ounderstand that greatness is nevearned. Our journey has never bor settling for less
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. It has not bfainthearted
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-- for those who pror seek only the pleasures of ricit has been the risk-takers, the dthings -- some celebrated, but mwomen obscure in their labor --the long, rugged
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path toward pFor us, they packed up their fewlife.For us, they toiled
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in sweatshoplowed
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the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, inTime and again, these men andso that we might live a better life.ambitions; greater than all the difThis is the journey we continue tworkers are no less productive tgoods and services no less needremains undiminished
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. But ourunpleasant decisions -- that timeourselves off
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, and begin again t
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Ecritures
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se défaire des enfantillages
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des raccourcis
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se contenter de peu
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(pluriel collectif comme ‘people’ – the faint 
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le renom
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rude
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trimer
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ateliers de misère
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la morsure du fouet
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labourer, creuser27 à vif 
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intact
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l'immobilisme
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reporter
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s’épousseter
the words of Scripture
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, the time has come to saffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better hible idea, passed on from generation to generatiofree, and all deserve a chance to pursue their fur nation, weer a given. It must beeen one of shortcuts
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 en the path for theefer leisure over work,es and fame
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. Rather,ers, the makers ofre often men andho have carried us uposperity and freedom.worldly possessions and traveled across oceanss
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and settled the West; endured the lash of thlaces like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy aomen struggled and sacrificed and worked till tThey saw America as bigger than the sum of ouferences of birth or wealth or faction.day. We remain the most prosperous, powerfulan when this crisis began. Our minds are no lesed than they were last week or last month or lasttime of standing pat
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, of protecting narrow interhas surely passed. Starting today, we must pickh
 
e work of remaking America.
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et aside childishstory; to carryn: the God-givenll measure ofin search of a newwhip
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andnd Khe Sahn.eir hands were raw
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 r individualation on Earth. Ourinventive, ouryear. Our capacitysts and putting off
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 ourselves up, dust
 
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For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold andswift
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, and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We willbuild the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind ustogether
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. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield
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technology's wonders to raisehealth care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun
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and the winds and the soil to fuel ourcars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet thedemands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.Now, there are some who question the scale
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of our ambitions -- who suggest that our system cannottolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country hasalready done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose,and necessity to courage.What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them
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-- that the stalepolitical arguments
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that have consumed us for so long no longer apply
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. The question we ask todayis not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps familiesfind jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer isyes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us whomanage the public's dollars will be held to account
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-- to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do ourbusiness in the light of day -- because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people andtheir government.Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealthand expand freedom is unmatched
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, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye
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, themarket can spin out of control
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-- and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only theprosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our grossdomestic product
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, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to everywilling heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. OurFounding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter
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to assure
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the rule oflaw and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light theworld, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples andgovernments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my fatherwas born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks afuture of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
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rapide
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qui nous unissent
 
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utiliser
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dompter le soleil
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ampleur
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le sol s'est dérobé sous leurs pieds
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les arguments politiques rancis
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ne valent plus rien
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qui gèrent les deniers publics seront tenus de dépenser avec sagesse
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sans égale
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surveillance vigilante
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devenir incontrôlable
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PIB
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mettre au point un charte
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la prééminence de la loi
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