1 - La constitution des E.U (1) Flashcards

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l’exécutif

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the executive

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une matière première

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a commodity

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obligatoire (règle…)

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binding

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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faire respecter la loi

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to enforce the law

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confier, attribuer (pouvoir…)

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to vest

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élaborer, rédiger

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to draft

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nommer

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to appoint

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un homme d’Etat

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a statesman

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un rencesement

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a census

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éviter un sujet

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to dodge an issue

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un pionnier, colonisateur, colon

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a settler

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rompre, couper

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to sever

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une querelle

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a dispute

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un cadre

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a frame

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la soumission

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submission

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faire taire

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to hush up

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une colonie (de peuplement)

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a settlement

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une chaîne de montagne

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a range

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parmi

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among

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se disputer à propos de

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to wrangle over sth

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convoquer

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to summon

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un bourgeois

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a burgess

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de droit divin

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by divine right

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enflammer

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to stir

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lever un impôt, une taxe

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to levy

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soutenir (financièrement)

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to sponsor

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gêner, entraver

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to hamper

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se chamailler à propos de qch

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to bicker about sth

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céder à

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to yield

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une hypothèque

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a mortgage

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lier

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to bind

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Accorder

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to grant

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pour servir quelque chose

pour servir leur politique

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furtherance (in…of)

in furtherance of their policy

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une limite, frontière

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a boundary

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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réparer (erreur…)

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to redress

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confier à

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to entrust

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Une chartre

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a charter

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une tendance

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a trend

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accorder le droit de vote

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to enfranchise

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fonder

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to found

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un projet de loi de finance

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a money bill

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mettre en oeuvre, appliquer

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to enforce

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se réunir

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to convene

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un défaut

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a shortcoming

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juste, équitable

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fair

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prudence, méfiance

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wariness