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A legacy = un héritage 

To settle:

        to solve (résoudre): They settled their dispute peacefully.

        (se mettre d’accord): In France, supermakets seem to have settled on prices.

       (s’installer à ) : I eventually settled in London.

       (se calmer) : My headache settled down after a couple of hours.

      (rembourser, régler): She settled her college debt by selling newspapers.

     (fixer, réglé) : Saturday at 10 am. That’s settled then!

Parlor game = jeu de société.

Newsreel = actualités (film d’actualités)

bedragged = débraillé (rag = chiffon, haillon, tabloïd)

Stark = véritable, vrai (starkly = véritablement, absolument)

dismay = consternation, désarroi

fallout = retombée, conséquence, répercussion

transit pass = carte de transport (USA)

Mass transit = transport en commun (USA)

transit van = camionnette (GB)

to forsake (forsaken) = délaisser, abandonner

defiant = rebelle

irate = courroucé(e)

dogged =  obstiné

to flaunt = to unveil (faire étalage de, afficher, dévoiler)

exemplar = model (exemple, modèle)

trigger = déclic, gâchette (détente)

entitlement = droit (to be entitled to = avoir droit à )

peon (peonage) = sous -fifre (a person with a hard or boring job, but that is not well paid and not considered as important)

to single out = to treat differently

rollback= réduction, baisse des prix

clout = beigne, torgnole

a humbug = une escroquerie, une sottise.