TVG 63 : SOCIETY Flashcards by Martin jung

un président

a president

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présidentiel

presidential

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un vice-président

a vice-president

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un ministre

a ministre

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un ministère

a ministry

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ministériel

ministerial

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Le gouvernement britannique

The British government

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le Premier ministre

the PM

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Le ministre des Finances (uk)

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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le Trésor

the treasury

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le ministre des Affaires Etrangères (uk)

The Foreign Secretary

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le ministre de l’Intérieur (uk)

the Home Secretary

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Le ministre de la Santé (uk)

the Health Secretary

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le ministre de la Justice (uk)

the Lord Chancellor

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le ministre de l’Education (uk)

the Secretary of Education

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le ministre des Finances (us)

the Secretary of the Treasury

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le ministère des Finances (us)

the Treasury Departement

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le secrétaire d’état ( ministre des Affaires étrangères) (us)

The Secretary of State

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le ministre de la Justice (us)

the Attorney General

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le ministère de la Justice (us)

the justice Department

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la Commission Européenne

the European commission

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un commissaire européen

a commissioner

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le Conseil des ministres

the Council of Ministers

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les autorités locales

local authorities

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la décentralisation

the decentralization

une mairie

a town / a cityhall

un maire

a mayor

le conseil municipal

the town council

un conseiller municipal

a councillor

la fonction publique

the civil service

un fonctionnaire

a civil servant

la paperasserie

red tape

un arrêté municipal

a by-law

un arrondissement

a borough

une paroisse

a parish

les tâches gouvernementales

Governmental tasks

diriger

to run

nommer

to appoint

une nomination

an appointment

renvoyer

to dismiss

remanier

to reshuffle

dissoudre

dissolve

un dissolution

a dissolution

mettre en oeuvre

to implement

la mise en oeuvre

implementation

une politique

a policy

faire appliquer la loi

to enforce the law

l'application de la loi

enforcement

introduire (progressivement)

to phase in

abandonner (progressivement)

to phase out

écarter

to rull out

faire marche arrière

to back-pedal

nationaliser

to nationalize

dénationaliser

to denationalize

privatiser

to privatize

une subvention

a subsidy

les recettes

revenue

les dépenses

expenditure

un impôt

a tax

l'imposition

taxation

un contribuable

a taxpayer

lever les impôts

to levy taxes

un prélèvement

a levy

inaugurer

inaugurate

entrer au gouvernement

to join the government

entrer en fonction

to take office

prendre un bain de foule

to press the flesh

s'attaquer à un problème

to tackle an issue

une question controversée

a moot point

une question délicate

a tricky issue

trouver un terrain d'entente

to bridge divisions

régler un conflit

to settle a dispute