Monarchy Flashcards

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1
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De tous les bords

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All stripes

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Dévoué à

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Devoted to

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Membres de la chambre des lords

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The peers

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Maintenir l’unité de la société

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To maintain the unity of society

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5
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Un pair du royaume

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New peers

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Néanmoins

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Nevertheless

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Elle n’a pas son mot à dire

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She does not have her say

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Ouvrir les sessions parlementaires

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To open Parliament

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Lois

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Acts

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Projets de loi

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Bills

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Figure de proue, personnage emblématique

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Figurehead

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Dicton

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Saying

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Être à la hauteur

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To live up to

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Constant et fort

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Unwavering

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Dépasser en terme de durée

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To outlast

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Étape fondamentale

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Milestone

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Héritier

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Heir

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Endurance, résistance

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Stamina

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En aucun cas

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Hardly

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Apaisant

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Soothing

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Caprice, capricieux

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Whim, whimsical

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Avec une certaine abilité

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Shrewdly

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Déconnecte, intouchable

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Out of step, out of Touch, disconnected

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De ce fait

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Thereby

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Au-delà

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Beyond

26
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La mêlée, la bagarre

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The fray

27
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Changement déconcertant

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Bewildering, staggering, mindblowing, baffling change

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Au sommet de

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At the apex / corner stone / top of

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Le rythme effréné du changement

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The sheer pace of change

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Personnes âgées

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Elderly ppl

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Scruter, examiner minutieusement, pointer

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Scrutinize

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Responsabilité

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Accountability

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Rendre hommage

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To pay tribute

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Intouchable

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Untouchable

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À hauteur de

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In tune of

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Adhérer à

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To adhere to

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Poindre (à l’horizon)

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To loom ahead

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Tirer les bords de

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Steering away

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Auréolée

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Haloed

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Presque

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Fast

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A ce jour

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As of today

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Si tant est qu’il y en ait une

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If any

43
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Effet d’entraînement

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Knock-on effect

44
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Maintien de l’union

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Maintaining the union

45
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Journal de qualité

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High quality broadsheet

46
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Recevoir des nouvelles

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To hear from sbd

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A peine, tout juste

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Barely, hardly

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Réserver, avoir en stock

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To have in store

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Caractériser, marquer

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To feature

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Gérer / Réussir

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To manage

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Une société bigarrée

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A motley society

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Un point discutable

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A moot point

53
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Qui ne se laisse jamais abattre

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A unrelenting sense of…

54
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Inutile

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Pointless

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Distant

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Aloof