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30. The UK - The USA - Government and Administration Flashcards

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l’hymne national

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the national anthem

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une devise

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a motto

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Londres

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London

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Edimbourg

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Edinburgh

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la Tamise

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the Thames

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la Manche

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the (English) Channel

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le Pas de Calais

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the Straits of Dover

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Les Iles Anglo-Normandes

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the Channel Islands

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la mère patrie

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the mother country

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émigrer

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to emigrate

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l’autonomie (pays)

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autonomy, self-government

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autonome (pays)

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self-governing

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un protectorat

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a protectorate

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sous mandat

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under mandate

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le Parlement

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Parliament

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un député

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a Member of Parliament

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des élections législatives

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a general election

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une élection partielle

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a by-election

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élire, réélire quelqu’un

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to elect, to re-elect someone

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le droit de vote

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the franchise

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une circonscription électorale

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electoral constituency

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les électeurs

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constituents

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le scrutin

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the ballot

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un bureau de vote

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a polling station

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un sondage d’opinion

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an opinion poll

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une enquête

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a survey

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le Président de la Chambre

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the Speaker

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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un siège

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a seat

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le contre-gouvernement , cabinet fantôme

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the shadow cabinet

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les impôts

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taxes

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un contribuable

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a taxpayer

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la fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères

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the Foreign Secretary

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le Ministre de l’Intérieur

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the Home Secretary

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le ministère de l’Intérieur

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the Home Office

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le ministère des Affaires Étrangères

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the Foreign Office

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la politique

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politics

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une (ligne) politique

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a policy

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un fonctionnaire

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a civil servant

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l’administration

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the civil service

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les hauts fonctionnaires

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top-ranking, senior civil servants

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un noble

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a nobleman

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la petite noblesse

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the gentry

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la bourgeoisie, la classe moyenne

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the middle class(es)

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la classe ouvrière

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the working classes

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les salariés

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wage-earners

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le revenu

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income

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les gens aisés

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the well-to-do

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être à l’aise

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to be well off

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nécessiteux

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needy

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mendier

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to beg

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l’aumône

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alms, charity

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l’hospice

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workhouse

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la Sécurité Sociale (GB)

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the National Health Service

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les allocations familiales

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family allowances

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la retraite vieillesse

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old age pension

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une assistante sociale

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a social worker

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avoir droit à l’allocation chômage

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to be entitled to unemployment benefit

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un comté

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a county

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un arrondissement

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a district

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une paroisse, une commune

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a parish

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un conseil municipal

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a council

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les citoyens

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citizens

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des élections municipales

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a local election

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un conseiller (administratif)

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a councillor

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être en fonction

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to hold office

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un mandat

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a term of office

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conseiller municipal

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an alderman

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président

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chairman

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tenir une séance

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to hold a meeting

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l’hôtel de ville

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the town-hall

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les taxes locales

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rates

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un contribuable

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a ratepayer

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taxe d’habitation

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council tax

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un dispensaire

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a clinic

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les premiers secours

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first-aid

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une civière, un brancard

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a stretcher

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services des urgences

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emergency service

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la transfusion sanguine

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blood transfusion

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le bloc opératoire

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the operating room

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un véhicule de patrouille

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a patrol car

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un délinquant

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a criminal, an offender

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un délit, une infraction, un crime

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a crime, an offence

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un délinquant juvénile

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a juvenile delinquent

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un récidiviste

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a second offender

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un casier judiciaire

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a criminal record

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être pris sur le fait

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to be caught red-handed

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un meurtrier

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a murderer

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avec préméditation

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with premeditation

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homicide involontaire

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manslaughter

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coups et blessures

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assault and battery

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la corruption

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bribery

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un pot de vin

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a bribe

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chantage

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blackmail

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l’escroquerie

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fraud, swindle

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to forge

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contrefaire

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mettre en état d’arrestation

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to put under arrest, to take into custody

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relâcher sous caution

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to release on bail

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revendeur de drogue

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drug pusher

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un voleur

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a thief (thieves)

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le vol

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theft

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voler quelque chose

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to steal something

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un voleur à main armée

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a robber

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un vol

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a robbery

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un cambrioleur

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a burglar

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un cambriolage

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a burglary

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entrer par effraction (dans une maison)

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to break in (into a house)

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le vandalisme

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vandalism

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saccager

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to vandalize

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une enquête

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an inquiry

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enquêter sur un délit, sur un crime

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to investigate a crime

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des preuves

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evidence, proof

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un témoin

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a witness

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faire une déclaration

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to make a statement

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faire une déposition

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to give a testimony

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avouer un délit

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to confess a crime

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un délit pénal

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an indictable offence

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une infraction légère

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a summary offence

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la Cour d’Assises

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the Crown Court

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un juge

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a judge

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le tribunal de police

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the Magistrate’s Court

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un juge de paix

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a Justice of the Peace

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l’accusé

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the defendant, the accused

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faire passer quelqu’un en jugement

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to bring someone to trial

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inculper quelqu’un de quelque chose

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to charge someone with something

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plaider coupable

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to plead guilty

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non coupable

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not guilty

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un avocat (métier)

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a barrister, a solicitor, defence lawyer

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une perruque

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a wig

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une toge

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a gown

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l’avocat de l’accusation

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prosecuting counsel

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le ministère public

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the prosecution

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l’avocat de la défense

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defending counsel

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la défense

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the defence

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citer un témoin

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to summon a witness

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prêter serment

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to take an oath

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interroger un témoin

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to examine a witness

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faire subir un contre-interrogatoire

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to cross-examine

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un procès

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a lawsuit, a case

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le poursuivant, la partie plaignante

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the plaintiff

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poursuivre quelqu’un en dommages-intérêts

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to sue someone for damages

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une plaidoirie, une défense

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a plea

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un arrangement à l’amiable

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an out-of-court settlement

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s’arranger à l’amiable

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settle out of court

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rendre un verdict

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give a verdict

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reconnaitre coupable

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to convict

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prononcer une condamnation

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to pass a sentence

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libérer quelqu’un

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to discharge someone

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le coupable

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the culprit

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condamner

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to sentence

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la prison à vie, prison à perpétuité

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life imprisonment

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l’isolement cellulaire

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solitary confinement

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purger une peine

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to serve a sentence

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une amende, contravention

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a fine

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une indemnité, dédommagement

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compensation

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une maison de redressement

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a borstal

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mettre en liberté surveillée

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to put on probation

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mettre en liberté conditionnelle

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to release on parole

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les travaux d’intérêt général

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community service

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travaux forcés

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hard labour

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la peine de mort

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the death penalty

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la potence

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the gallows

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pendre quelqu’un

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to hang someone

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décapiter quelqu’un

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to behead someone

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fusiller quelqu’un

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to shoot someone

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la chaise électrique

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the electric chair

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un mandat de quatre ans

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a four-year term of office

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l’investiture

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inauguration

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le gouvernement fédéral

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the Administration

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le Parlement, le Congrès

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Congress

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prêter serment (à quelque chose )

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to pledge allegiance (to something)

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