Words in the News tinker with ajuster à la marge, modifier légèrement During the May 2015 election campaign, Ed Miliband criticised the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, for just tinkering with the non-dom* tax status and promised a Labour government would scrap it. * Non-domiciled in the UK (for tax purposes) trigger déclencher International observers underline that diplomatic moves to put an end to the five-year war in Syria have so far failed to trigger decisive action to alleviate the suffering caused to tens of thousands of civilians. trump l'emporter sur, prendre le pas sur Political analysts point out that on issues of freedom of movement and immigration, national interest tends to trump ideological affinity between EU leaders. turmoil troubles, agitation In the run-up to the Scottish referendum in September 2014, some observers predicted unprecedented political turmoil in the event of a "yes" vote for Scottish independence. turn a blind eye fermer les yeux After the double bombing in Ankara in October 2015, Kurdish opposition politicians blamed the Turkish state for turning a blind eye to Islamic State*. * IS 142