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1 conviction politics
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2 authority
∎ who's in authority here? qui est le responsable ici?;∎ in a position of authority en position d'autorité;∎ she has authority or she is in authority over all the staff elle a autorité sur tout le personnel;∎ he made his authority felt il faisait sentir son autorité;∎ Politics those in authority in Haiti ceux qui gouvernent en Haïti(b) (forcefulness) autorité f, assurance f;∎ "no!" he said with authority "non!" dit-il avec autorité;∎ her conviction gave authority to her argument sa conviction a donné du poids à son raisonnement;∎ his opinions carry a lot of authority ses opinions font autorité(c) (permission) autorisation f, droit m;∎ to give sb authority to do sth autoriser qn à faire qch;∎ who gave him (the) authority to enter? qui lui a donné l'autorisation d'entrer?, qui l'a autorisé à entrer?;∎ they had no authority to answer ils n'étaient pas habilités à répondre;∎ I decided on my own authority j'ai décidé de ma propre autorité ou de mon propre chef;∎ on his authority avec son autorisation;∎ on whose authority did they search the house? avec l'autorisation de qui ont-ils perquisitionné la maison?;∎ without authority sans autorisation(d) (usu pl) (people in command) autorité f;∎ Politics the authorities les autorités fpl, l'administration f;∎ the proper authorities qui de droit, les autorités compétentes;∎ the education/housing authority = services chargés de l'éducation/du logement;∎ we'll go to the highest authority in the land nous nous adresserons aux plus hautes instances du pays∎ he's an authority on China c'est un grand spécialiste de la Chine∎ I have it on his authority that she was there il m'a certifié qu'elle était présente;∎ we have it on good authority that… nous tenons de source sûre ou de bonne source que… -
3 persuasion
persuasion [pə'sweɪʒən](a) (act of convincing) persuasion f;∎ persuasion works better than force la persuasion est plus efficace que la force;∎ the art of gentle persuasion l'art de convaincre en douceur;∎ powers of persuasion force f ou pouvoir m de persuasion;∎ I used all my powers of persuasion on him j'ai fait tout mon possible ou tout ce qui était en mon pouvoir pour le convaincre;∎ I wouldn't need much persuasion to give it up il ne faudrait pas insister beaucoup pour que j'abandonne;∎ to be open to persuasion être disposé à se laisser convaincre∎ men and women of many persuasions des hommes et des femmes de nombreuses confessions;∎ people, regardless of their political persuasion les gens, quelles que soient leurs convictions politiques
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