English Parliament Flashcards by Camille Dms

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Le palais de Westminster

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The Houses of Parliament / Westminster

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La Chambre des Communes / les Communes

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The House of Commons / The Commons

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Le Président de la Chambre des Communes

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The Speaker

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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 d’armes (symbole du pouvoir aux Communes)

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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/des députés

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A MP (Member of Parliament) / MPs

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Les bancs des ministres ou des membres du cabinet fantômes

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The frontbenches

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Un député occupant l’un des bancs des ministres ou des membres des cabinets fantômes

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A frontbencher

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Les bancs des députés de base

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The backbenches

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Un député de base

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À backbencher

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Un député chargé de la discipline d’un parti

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A whip

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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 Lord Temporal

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Un Lord héréditaire

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A hereditary peer

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Un pair à vie

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A life peer

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Le système bipartite

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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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Le parti conservateur

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The Conservative Party

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Les conservateurs

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The Tories

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Le parti démocrate-libéral

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The Lib-Dems (The Liberal Democrats)

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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

Le processus législatif

The law-making process

Un projet de loi

A bill

Une loi

An Act of Parliament

Une session parlementaire

A parliamentary session

Une séance parlementaire

A parliamentary sitting

Déposer une potion de censure

To table a vote of no-confidence

Dissoudre le parlement

To dissolve the Parliament

Les élections législatives

The general election

Le système majoritaire à un tour

The first-past-the-post system

Une élection partielle

A bye-election

Un parlement sans majorité

A hung parliament

Les vacances parlementaires

Parliament's recess

Le Parlement se réunit cette semaine

Parliament reassembles this week

Le discours du Trône

The Speech from the Throne

Les oui l'emportent

The ayes [aiz] have it

Les non l'emportent

The noes have it

La séance de questions au gouvernement

Question Time

L'opposition

The Opposition

Consulter la base

To consult the rank and file / The grassroots

Suivre la ligne du parti

To toe the Party line

La ligne dure du parti

The hard-liners

Un conservateur jusqu'au-boutiste

A diehard conservative