British institutions Flashcards by Jean JACQUES

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le pouvoir législatif

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the legislative power

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le pouvoir exécutif

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the executive power

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le Parlement britannique

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(the Houses of) Parliament

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le Palais de Westminster

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Westminster

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la Chambre de communes

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the (House of) Commons

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le Président de la Chambre des communes

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the Speaker

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la Chambre des Lords

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the House of Lords

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le Président de la Chambre des Lords

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the Lord Chancellor

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le siège du lord Chancelier

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the woolsack

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la Masse

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the Mace

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siéger au Parlement

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to sit in Parliament

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un député

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a MP ( a Member of Parliament)

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les bancs des ministres ou des membres du cabinet fantôme

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the frontbenches

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un député qui occupe les bancs des ministres

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a frontbencher

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les bancs de députés de base

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the backbenches

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un député de base

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a backbencher

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les lords spirituels

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the Lords Spiritual

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les lords temporels

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the Lords Temporal

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un lord héréditaire

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a hereditary lord

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un pair à vie

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a life peer

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le système bipartie

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the two-party system

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le parti travailliste

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the Labour Party

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les travaillistes

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Labour

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le parti conservateur

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the Conservative Party

les conservateurs

the Tories

le parti démocrate libéral

the Lib-Debs (Liberal-Democrats)

le parti indépendant du RU

Ukip

le parti national écossais

the SNP (the Scottish National Party)

le ligne dure du parti

the hard-liners

le premier ministre

the PM / the Prime Minister

le conseil des ministres

the Cabinet

le ministre des finances

the Chancellor (of the Exchequer)

le Cabinet fantôme

the Shadow Cabinet

la décentralisation

devolution

les élections législatives

the general election

un parlement sans majorité

a hung parliament

le discours du trône

the Speech from the Throne

un projet de loi

a bill

une loi

an Act of Parliament

les oui l'emportent

the ayes have it

les nons l'emportent

the noes have it

les questions au gouvernement

question time in the Commons

un conseiller en communication

a spin doctor