Obama’s Inauguration Speech

President Obama delivered his inaugural speech in the nation's capital on Jan. 21, 2013. (video)

Transcript

- enduring: durable
- tenets of our faith: principes de notre foi
- to be endowed with : être doté de
- to bridge the meaning of those words with the reality of our times : jeter un pont entre...
- self executing: applicable
- to entrust sb to do sth: confier a qqun la tâche de
- creed: credo
- hazard: risque, danger
- to resolve: se résoudre
- to steel our resolve: renforcer notre détermination
- resilience: résistance
- on the brink of : à deux doigts de
- hardship : ici privation
- outworn : périmé
- to harness : exploiter > we must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government
- to sap : saper, miner
- temper : ici tremper (métal), tempérer

- to sear : marquer

- to uphold : faire respecter

- to lift : supprimer, abolir

- stake : un intérêt > no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation

- to compel : obliger, pousser

- forebears : aïeux

- hence : d'ici

- spare : dépouillé, sobre

- to swear an oath : faire un serment