British institutions Flashcards

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le pouvoir législatif

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the legislative power

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le pouvoir exécutif

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the executive power

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3
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le Parlement britannique

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(the Houses of) Parliament

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le Palais de Westminster

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Westminster

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la Chambre de 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 Président de la Chambre des Lords

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the Lord Chancellor

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le siège du lord Chancelier

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the woolsack

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la Masse

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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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un député

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a MP ( a Member of 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 les bancs des ministres

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a frontbencher

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les bancs de 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

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the Lords Spiritual

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les lords temporels

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the Lords Temporal

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un lord héréditaire

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a hereditary lord

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un pair à vie

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a life peer

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le système bipartie

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the two-party system

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le parti travailliste

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the Labour Party

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les travaillistes

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Labour

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le parti conservateur

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the Conservative Party

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les conservateurs

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the Tories

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le parti démocrate libéral

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the Lib-Debs (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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le ligne dure du parti

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the hard-liners

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le premier ministre

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the PM / the Prime Minister

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le conseil des ministres

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the Cabinet

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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

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devolution

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les élections 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

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a bill

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une loi

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an Act of Parliament

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les oui l’emportent

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the ayes have it

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les nons l’emportent

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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