POLITICS IN THE UK Flashcards

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la couronne

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the Crown

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le Prince Consort

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the Prince Consort

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le prince de Galles

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the prince of Wales

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l’héritier du trône

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the heir to the throne

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la cour

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the court

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la (haute) noblesse

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the nobility = the aristocracy

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la pairie

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the peerage

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la petite noblesse

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the gentry

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un noble = un aristocrat

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a noble = an aristocrat

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un duc, une duchesse

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a duke, a duchess

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un comte, une comtesse

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an earl = a count, a countess

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un baron, une baronne

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a baron, a baroness

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l’Ordre de la Jarretière

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the Order of the Garter

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le Parlement

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(the Houses of) Parliament

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un député

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a member of Parliament = an MP

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la Chambre des Communes = la chambre basse

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the House of Commons = the Lower House

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la Chambre des Lords = la chambre haute

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the House of Lords = the Upper House

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un lord, un pair

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a lord, a peer

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le président de la chambre

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the Speaker (of the House)

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le gouvernement

A

the Cabinet

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un des chef de fil d’un parti

A

a frontbencher

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un député du rang

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a backbencher

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une loi

A

an Act of Parliament

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le parti conservateur

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the Conservative Party

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un conservateur

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a Tory

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le parti travailliste

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the Labour Party

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les démocrates libéraux

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the Liberal Democrats = the Lib Dems

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le scrutin uninominal à un tour

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the first-past-the-post voting system

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une profession de foi

A

a manifesto

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les autorités locales

A

local authorities

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faire chevalier

A

to knight

32
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anoblir

A

to ennoble