09/10/13 Flashcards
0
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Se faire sentir
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To run high
1
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Personne n’a osé toucher à
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No one dared touch the …
2
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Innover
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To break ground
3
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Hardi
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Bold
4
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Imprudent
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Reckless
5
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Qui n’observe pas les règles
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Off the cuff
6
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La séparation des pouvoirs
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The devolution of powers
7
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Rendre
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To devolve
8
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Être aboli
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To be knighted
9
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The Magna Carta
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1215 born of the first parliament
Counterpower
10
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Le berceau
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The cradle
11
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Habeas Corpus
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To fight arbitrariness
1679
12
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Un membre du parlement
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An MP
13
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Backbenchers
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Base parlementaire
14
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L’inclinaison politique
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The political leaning
15
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The House of Lords
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Anti-democratic
Hereditary Peers banned in 1999
Blair New Labour
16
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Common law
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What has always been done enters the law
Pragmatic law of habbit
17
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Monarch’s functions ?
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Reigns but does not rule
18
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Avant JC
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BC
AD
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S’aligner sur
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To take their cue from
