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111 British institutions and political life Flashcards

1
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le pouvoir législatif /exécutif

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the legislative / executive power

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la résidence du Premier Ministre

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Downing Street / Number Ten / N°10

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le Parlement britannique

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(the Houses of) Parliament

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le Palais de Wesminster

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Wesminster

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la Chambre des communes

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the (House of) Commons

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le Président de la Chambre des communes

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the Speaker

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la Chambre des Lords

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the House of Lords

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le siège du lord Chancelier

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the Woolsack

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la Masse (=le symbole du pouvoir)

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the Mace

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siéger au parlement

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to sit in Parliament

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11
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un député

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an MP (a Member or Parliament)

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les bancs des ministres ou des membres du Cabinet fantôme

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the frontbenches

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un député qui occupe un des bancs des ministres ou membres du Cabinet fantôme

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a frontbencher

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les bancs des députés de base

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the backbenches

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un député de base

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a backbencher

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les Lords spirituels / temporels

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the Lords Spiritual / Temporal

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un lord héréditaire / un pair à vie

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a hereditary lord / a life peer

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18
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le système bipartite

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the two-party system

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le parti travailliste / les travaillistes

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the Labour Party / Labour

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le parti conservateur / les conservateurs

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the Conservative Party / the Tories

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le parti démocrate-libéral

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the Lib-Dems (= Liberal-Democrats)

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le parti indépendant du RU

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Ukip

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le parti national écossais

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the SNP (the Scottish National Party)

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la ligne dure du parti

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the hard liners

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le Premier Ministre

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the Prime Minister / the PM

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le Conseil des ministres

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the Cabinet

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un ministre de haut rang

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a senior minister

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le ministre des finances

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the Chancellor (of the Exchequer)

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le Cabinet fantôme

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the Shadow Cabinet

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la décentralisation, la dévolution

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devolution

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les elections législatives

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the general election

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un parlement sans majorité

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a hung parliament

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le discours du trône

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the Speech from the Throne

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un projet de loi / un loi

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a bill / an Act of Parliament

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les oui / les non l’emportent

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the ayes / the noes have it

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les questions au gouvernement

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question time (in the Commons)

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un conseiller en communication

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a spin doctor

38
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La Grande Charte, signée par le roi Jean sans Terre en 1215, limite le pouvoir royal et protège les droits des sujets de sa majesté

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Magna Carta, signed by King John Lackland in 1215, limits the sovereign’s powers and protects the rights of his / her subjects

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La Grande Charte est considérée comme le début du passage progressif des pouvoirs royaux aux pouvoir parlementaire

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Magna Carta is considered to be the beginning of the gradual passage from royal to parliamentary powers

40
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Le monarque nomme le Premier ministre après les élections législatives mais en pratique, c’est toujours le leader du parti qui a gagné les élections

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The monarch appoints the Prime Minister after a general election but in practice he / she is always the leader of the party that won the elections

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En théorie, le Premier Ministre est “le premier parmi ses pairs” mais en pratique, il / elle a un pouvoir considérable

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In theory, the Prime Minister is “first among equals” but in practice he / she wields considerable power

42
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Le premier ministre préside le Conseil des ministres et a toujours le dernier mot

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The Prime minister presides over the Cabinet and always have the final say

43
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La garde des Sceaux, le ministre des finances, le ministre de l’Intérieur et le ministre des Affaires étrangères siègent automatiquement au Conseil des minstres

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The Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of Exchequer, the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary automatically sit in the Cabinet

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Le système électoral britannique est fondé sur le scrutin majoritaire à un tour

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The British electoral system is based on the first-past-the-post system

45
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Beaucoup de gens croient qu’il devrait y avoir moins de députés à la Chambre des Communes

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Many people believe that the number of MPs in the Commons should be reduced

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Au cours de ses 11 années comme Premier ministre, Margaret Thatcher a réduit à néant le pouvoir des syndicats et a mis à mal la culture de la dépendance

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In her 11 years as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher did away with trade-union power and attacked the dependency culture

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“Je n’ai rien d’autre à offrir que du sang, du labeur, des larmes et de la sueur” (Winston Churchill, mai 1940)

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“I have nothing to offer, but blood, toil, tears and sweat” (Winston Churchill, May 1940)

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“Nous défendrons notre île … nous ne nous rendrons jamais” (Winston Churchill, juin 1940

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“… we shall defend our island … we shall never surrender” (Winston Churchill, June 1940)

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