WP Nations And Unions Flashcards
Indépendance
Independence
Manifestation
Répliquer
Un préjugé des préjugés
Démonstration
Retaliate
A bias / prejudice incomptable
La souveraineté
Concurrence
La monnaie unique
Sovereignty
Competition
The single currency
Décentralisation
Refuser de bouger de ses positions
Tu dois suivre
Devolution
Refuse to budge
You must comply
Les écossais ont certes refusé
The scots may have refused
The scots did reject
Traduction
While it was long taken for granted, the Union between England and Scotland (1707) is now being questioned ans challenged. No doubt the Scots rejected independence with 55.3% of the votes in the referendum held in 2014 but the result of the vote shows that they are split on that issue
That rift of Scottish public opinion is reflected in the community of historians. Since the mid 60s, the latter have been at odds about the meaning to be given to the Union, which some praise and others decry. In the two previous centuries they had agreed to extol its benefits, in particular the power, clout and prosperity of the British Empire.
But before that Unionist concensus emerged in the wake of the battle of Culloden, which had put an end to the remaining hopes for a Jacobite restauration and hence the last remaining uncertaintly about the fate of the Union, they had put forwards contrasting …
Un sablier
An hour glass
Péjoratif
Derogatory péjorative
Le projet a été ruiné/cesser de payer
To scotch a project /to welsh a debt
Direct honnête / une personne terre à terre
Straightforward/ a matter of fact /
Être collé
Stick
Mélanger / riche / doubler (film)
Mangle / deep-pocked / dubbed
Brandir / influence / contraindre
To wield / clout / to compell
Avoir du mal (galérer) / être en sous nombre / initiative /
To struggle / to be outnumber / Endeavour /
