Vocabulaire récap Toussaints Flashcards

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le ministre des Finanecs (UK)

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the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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un commissaire européen

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a commissioner

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homicide involontaire

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manslaughter

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un sursis

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a reprieve

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le bourreau

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the executioner

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à huis clos

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behind locked doors

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faire entrer quelqu’un

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to let sb in

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ralentir

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to slow down

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un trajet en bus de 20 min

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a twenty-minute bus ride

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Le ministère de l’intérieur (UK)

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The Home Office

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faire appliquer la loi

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to enforce the law

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discours d’investiture

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inaugural address

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un témoin

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a witness

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gracier quelqu’un

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to pardon sb

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une audition

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an hearing

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plaider coupable

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to plead guilty

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passer devant

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to pass sth

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accélérer

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to quicken

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à moins d’une heure en voiture de

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within an hour’s drive from sth

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remanier

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to reshuffle

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une question controversée

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a moot point

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mettre en oeuvre

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to implement

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poursuivre qqn en justice

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to sue sb

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l'accusé
the defendant
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douteux
dubious
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mettre qqn en liberté conditionnelle
to release sb on parole
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lent / mou
sluggish
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empiler
to heap up
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ne pas bouger
to stand still
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un fonctionnaire
a civil servant
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une question épineuse
a thorny issue
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nommer
to appoint
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décapiter
to behead
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un condamné
a convict
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pension alimentaire
alimony
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un gardien de prison
a prison warden
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s'attarder
toi linger
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appuyer qqch contre qqc
to lean sth against sth
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remettre à plus tard
to postpone
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Le ministre des affaires étrangères (UK)
the Foreign Secretary
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convoquer le parlement
to summon a session
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entrer en fonction
to take office
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le procureur
public porsecutor
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porter plainte
to lodge a complaint
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une récidive
a second offence
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un procès
a trial
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se diriger vers
to head for
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un trajet de 60 miles
a sixtu-mile drive
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enlever qq chose
to remove sth
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Le ministre des Affaires étrangères (US)
The Secretary of Sate
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s'attaquer à un problème
to tackle an issue
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un contribuable
a taxpayer
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un témoignage
testimony
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un coupable
a culprit
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une erreur judiciaire
a miscarriage of justice
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la culpabilité
guilt
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laisser sortir quelqu'un
to let sb out
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partout ailleurs
everywhere else
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ranger quelque chose
to put sth away
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un remaniement
a reshuffle
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écarter
to rull out
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réinsertion
rehabilitation
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un détenu
an inmate
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une accusation
an indictment
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l'isolement carcéral
solitary confinement
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être à la traine
to lag behind
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à la hâte
hastily
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embarquer
to board
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la paparasserie
red tape
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une politique
a policy
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les dépenses
expenditures
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prêter serment
to take an oath
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mortel
lethal
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libérer sous caution
to release sb on bail
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purger une sentence
to serve a sentence
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une pente escarpée
a steep climb
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aller qq part en bateau
to sail to a place