A Parliamentary Monarchy Flashcards

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un parlementaire

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a Member of Parliamentary (an MP)

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2
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une loi écrite

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a statute

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3
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d’outre-mer / à l’étranger (compl. de nom)

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overseas (adj.)

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4
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agir au nom de quelqu’un

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to act on sb’s behalf

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5
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nommer qn (au poste de de, comme)

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to appoint sb (as)

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6
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des élections législatives

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a general election

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7
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un Parlement nouvellement élu dont aucune majorité ne se dégage

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a hung Parliament

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8
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l’assentiment royal

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Royal Assent

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9
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une proposition de loi

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a bill

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10
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voter un projet de loi

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to pass a bill

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11
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de cette façon

par ce moyen

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thereby

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12
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une loi

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an act

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13
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un pair du royaume

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a peer

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14
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accorder des distinctions honorifiques

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to grant honours

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15
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la grâce royale

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the Royal Pardon

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16
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un archevêque

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an archbishop

17
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un évêque

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a bishop

18
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la pompe (la lèche)

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pageantry

19
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un opposant, un détracteur

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a critic

20
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se faire entendre

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to be vocal

21
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inutile

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redundant

22
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implication

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involvement

23
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les membres de la famille royale

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the royals

24
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une organisation caritative, une oeuvre de bienfaisance

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a charity

25
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la presse populaire

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tabloids

26
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couper, réduire

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to cut

27
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la liste civile (somme allouée au chef d’Etat pour les dépenses qu’occasionne sa fonction)

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the Civil List

28
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l’impôt sur le revenu

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the income tax

29
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attitude distante

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aloofness

30
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le chagrin

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grief

31
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être contrarié par, indigné de

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to resent with

32
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un déferlement d’émotion

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an outpouring of emotion

33
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représenter qch

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to stand for sth

34
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faire partie intégrante de

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to form an integral part of