English Parliament Flashcards by Camille Dms | Brainscape

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Le palais de Westminster

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The Houses of Parliament / Westminster

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La Chambre des Communes / les Communes

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The House of Commons / The Commons

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Le Président de la Chambre des Communes

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The Speaker

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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 d’armes (symbole du pouvoir aux Communes)

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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/des députés

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A MP (Member of Parliament) / MPs

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Les bancs des ministres ou des membres du cabinet fantômes

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The frontbenches

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Un député occupant l’un des bancs des ministres ou des membres des cabinets fantômes

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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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À backbencher

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Un député chargé de la discipline d’un parti

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A whip

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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 Lord Temporal

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Un Lord héréditaire

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A hereditary peer

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Un pair à vie

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A life peer

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Le système bipartite

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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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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-Dems (The Liberal Democrats)

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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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Le processus législatif

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The law-making process

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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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Une session parlementaire

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A parliamentary session

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Une séance parlementaire

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A parliamentary sitting

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Déposer une potion de censure

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To table a vote of no-confidence

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Dissoudre le parlement

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To dissolve the Parliament

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Les élections législatives

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The general election

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Le système majoritaire à un tour

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The first-past-the-post system

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Une élection partielle

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A bye-election

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Un parlement sans majorité

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A hung parliament

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Les vacances parlementaires

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Parliament’s recess

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Le Parlement se réunit cette semaine

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Parliament reassembles this week

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Le discours du Trône

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The Speech from the Throne

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Les oui l’emportent

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The ayes [aiz] have it

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Les non l’emportent

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The noes have it

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La séance de questions au gouvernement

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Question Time

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L’opposition

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The Opposition

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Consulter la base

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To consult the rank and file / The grassroots

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Suivre la ligne du parti

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To toe the Party line

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La ligne dure du parti

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The hard-liners

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Un conservateur jusqu’au-boutiste

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A diehard conservative