vocabulaire récap toussaint 3 Flashcards

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un coup d’Etat

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a coup

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accéder au pouvoir

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to come to power

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3
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succéder à qqn

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to suceed sb

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4
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critiquer

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to criticize

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5
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fonder

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to found

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une victoire écrasante

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an overwhelming victory

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la participation (au vote)

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the turnout

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la Chambres des communes

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the House of Commons

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une motion de censure

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a motion of no confidence

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10
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huer

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to boo

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exercer le pouvoir

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to wield power

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12
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puissant

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mighty

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la souveraineté

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sovereignty

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une impasse

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a deadlock

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15
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la fraude électorale

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rigging

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le résultat

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the outcome

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aller voter

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to go to the polls

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l’ordre du jour

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the agenda

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19
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rédiger un projet de loi

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to draft a bill

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20
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présider

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to chair

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21
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le totalitarisme

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totalitarianism

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22
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monter sur le trône

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to ascend the throne

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23
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s’accrocher au pouvoir

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to hold on to power

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24
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truquer

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to rig

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impopulaire
unpopular
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une critique
a criticism
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voter par procuration
to vote by proxy
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la chambre des lords
the House of Lords
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un porte-parole
a spokesman
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les délibération
the proceedings
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un souverain
sovereign
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mettre la démocratie en péril
to jeopardize democracy
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un bureau de vote
a polling station
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une étude
a survey
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l'engagement
commitment
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soutenir
to back
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acclamer
to cheer
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intègre
upright
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être au pouvoir
to be in power
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de droite
right-wing
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financer
to fund
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se présenter à des élections
to run to office
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un panneau d'affichage
a billboard
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un bulletin de vote
a ballot
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les indemnités parlementaires
parliamentary allowances
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le copinage
cronyism
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l'échiquier politique
the political spectrum
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un jusqu'au-boutiste
a hard-liner
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renverser
to topple
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une querelle
a row
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durcir une position
to tougen a position
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un sondage
a poll
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engagement
involvement
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les conservateurs
the Tories
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faire de l'obstruction
to fillbuster
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abroger
to repeal
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une dictature
a dictatorship
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autoritaire
authoritarian
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de gauche
left-wing
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une polémique
a controversy
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une affiche
a poster
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une défaite cuisante
a crushing defeat
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accorder le droit de vote
to enfranchize
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un parlement
a parliament
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le président du sénat (US)
the speaker of the Senate
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passer outre à un véto
to override a veto
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renverser
to overthrow
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s'emparer du pouvoir
to seize power
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une impasse
a stalemate
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une élection partielle
a by-election
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un programme électoral
a platform
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préconiser
to advocate
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la corruption
bribery
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enterrer un projet de loi
to scrap a bill
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la mise en accusation
impeachment