01-Britain Flashcards

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un royaume (2)

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a kingdom, a monarchy

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l’Irlande du Nord (2); la république d’Irlande (2)

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Northern Ireland, Ulster ; the Irish Republic, Eire

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le trône

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the throne

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un héritier ; hériter

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an heir ; to inherit

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régir, réglementer

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to rule

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désigner, nommer

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to appoint

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les deux chambres parlementaires

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the Houses of Parliament

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parlementaire

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parliamentary

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la Chambre des Lords ; la Chambre des Communes

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the House of Lords ; the House of Commons

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un député

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a Member of Parliament (a MP)

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une circonscription

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a constituency

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des élections legislatives

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a general election

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un électeur ; le droit de vote ; une voix

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a voter, franchise, a vote

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le Président (d’une Chambre)

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the Speaker

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le parti Conservateur; Travailliste ; les Libéraux Démocrates; les Verts

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the Conservative Party; the Labour Party; the Liberal Democrats; the Green Party

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un comté

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a county

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inclure, comprendre (2)

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to include, to comprise

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une municipalité, une commune

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a borough

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19
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un conseil municipal ; le Maire

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a town council ; the Mayor

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une limite (territoriale) (2)

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a boundary, a limit

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une frontière (2) ; franchir une frontière

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a border, a frontier ; to cross a border

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conquérir

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to conquer

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un immigrant clandestin; un demandeur d’asile

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an illegal immigrant ; an asylum seeker

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un autochtone

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a native

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25
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la double nationalité

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dual nationality

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26
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se voir accorder la nationalité britannique

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to be granted British nationality

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voyager avec un passeport britannique

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to travel on a British passport

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un fonctionnaire; un haut fonctionnaire

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a civil servant ; a top civil servant

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un ministre ; un ministère

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a minster, a Secretary (of State) ; a ministry

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le Ministre de l’Intérieur / des Affaires étrangères

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the Home Secretary ; the Foreign Secretary

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le Ministre des Finances ; le Ministre de la Justice

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the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Lord Chancellor

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le Cabinet Fantôme

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the Shadow Cabinet

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les pouvoirs établis, les grandes instances

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the Establishment

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le Conseil Privé

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the Privy Council

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l’Eglise anglicane

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the Church of England

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l’archevêque de Canterbury

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the Archbishop of Canterbury

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la Réforme

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Reformation

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le fonctionnement du Parlement

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parliamentary procedure

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une session parlementaire

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a parliamentary session

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l’ouverture de la sessions parlementaire

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the State Opening of Parliament

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un chef de file de parti au Parlement

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a parliamentary whip

42
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le mur d’Hadrien

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Hadrian’s Wall

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les tribus celtes

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Celtic tribes

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la conquête normande

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the Norman Conquest

45
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le meurtre de Thomas Becket

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Th. Becket’s Murder

46
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la guerre de Cent Ans

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the Hundred Years’ War

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la Peste Noire

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the Black Death

48
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la Guerre des Roses

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the War of the Roses

49
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la période Elisabéthaine

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the Elizabethan Era

50
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la Conjuration des Poudres

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the Gunpowder Plot

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la République de Cromwell

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Cromwell’s Republic

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l’ère victorienne

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Victorian Times

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la révolution industrielle

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the Industrial Revolution

54
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l’Armée République Irlandaise

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the Irish Republican Army (IRA)

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le Soulèvement de Pâques

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the Easter Rising

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le bombardement des villes anglaises

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the Blitz

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la Bataille d’Angleterre

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the Battle of Britain

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la partition, le partage (2)

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(the) partition (of Ireland / of India)

59
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la décentralisation

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Devolution

60
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In Britannique

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A Briton

61
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Britannique

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British

62
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L’Ecosse

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Scotland

63
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Les îles britanniques

A

The British Isles

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Plus de Galles

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Wales

65
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Voter travailliste

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To vote Labour