Chapitre 16 Flashcards by Warrin Léa | Brainscape

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une superpuissance

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a superpower

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corne d’abondance

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cornucopia

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la Bannière Etoilée

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the Star-Spangled Banner

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les Pères Pèlerins

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Pilgrim Fathers

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les Pères Fondateurs

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Founding Fathers

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un creuset

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a melting pot

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loi suprême du pays, la Constitution

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the law of the land

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référendum

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ballot initiative, proposition

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système d’équilibre des pouvoirs

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checks and balances

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un grand électeur

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an elector

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un électeur

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a voter

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un mandat électoral (durée)

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a term

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un mandat (prérogative)

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a mandate

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une élection partielle

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a by-election

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une voix, un scrutin

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a vote

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un chef d’état

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a head of state

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établir et prélever les impôts

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to set and levy taxes

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battre monnaie

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to mint coins

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réguler le commerce

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to regulate trade

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(faire) appliquer une loi

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to enforce a law

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mettre en pratique une mesure

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to implement a measure

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violer la loi

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to break a law

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contourner la loi

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to bypass a law

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les législateurs

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lawmakers

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les décideurs, le pouvoir

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policymakers

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la municipalité

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the town authorities

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procédure de mise en accusation et de destitution

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impeachment

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un décret

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executive order

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scrutin

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poll

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aller voter

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to go to the polls

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un sondage d’opinion

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an opinion poll

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un système bipartite

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a two party system

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élu au suffrage universel

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elected by universal suffrage

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être candidat à la Prsidence

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to run for President

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entrer en fonction

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to take office

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une circonscription

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a district

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un électorat

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a constituency

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le pouvoir judiciaire

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the judiciary

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un juge (de la cour suprême)

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a justice

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décision, arrêt, verdict

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a ruling

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casser un verdict

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to strike down a decision

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annuler (une décision)

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to override

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group d’experts

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think tank

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l’Amérique moyenne

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mainstream America

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l’Amérique profonde

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grassroots America

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un franc-tireur

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a mavetick

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réussir, décrocher le gros lot

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to “make it”

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avoir la vie dure

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to “die hard”

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être à prendre, disponible

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to be up for grabs

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la Grosse Pomme

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the Big Apple

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les grandes compagnies pétrolières

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Big Oil

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les grandes sociétés de tabac

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Big Tobacco

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l’interventionnisme d’état

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Bbig Government

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les gros capitaux

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big money

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la (très) grande banlieue

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an exurb

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la Guerre de Sécession

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the Civil War

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les droits civiques

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Civil rights

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la perte des droits électoraux

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Disenfranchisement

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la langue du ghetto

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Ebonics

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quartier défavorisé

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inner city

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la discrimination positive

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affirmative action

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indifférent à la couleur de peau

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colour-blind

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une enclave résidentielle privée

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a gated community

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une histoire à dormir debout

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a tall tale

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“…un point, c’est tout”

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“…, period.”

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appeler un chat un chat

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to call a spade a spade