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au bord du pouvoir

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the brink of power

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une grande puissance

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a major power

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la patrie

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homeland

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une république

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a republic

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un dictateur
une dictature

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a dictator
a dictatorship

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le totalitarisme

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totalitarianism

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une monarchie
le monarque

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a monarchy
a monarch (reigns but doesn’t rule)

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un royaume

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kingdom

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un souverain
la souveraineté

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a sovereign
sovereignty

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une ambassade
un ambassadeur

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an embassy
an ambassador

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un citoyen

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a citizen

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un mandat

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a term (of office)

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un devoir

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a duty

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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une loi

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a law, an act

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une proposition

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a proposal

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un enjeu

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a stake

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la Maison Blanche
Le capitole: La Chambre des Représentants et le Sénat

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the White House
the State Capitol the House of Representatives & the Senate

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un ministre
un ministère

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a secretary
a department

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un député (US)
un sénateur

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a congressman
a senator

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le Conseil privé (avec le roi)

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the Privy council

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le parlement: la Chambre des Lords et la Chambre des Communes

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Parliament: the House of Lords and the House of Commons

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le président de la chambre des communes
un vote (au parlement)

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the Speaker
a division

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un député (UK)

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a Member of Parliament (MP)

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ministre de l'intérieur ministre des affaires étrangères
The Home Secretary (UK) Secretary of the Interior (US) The Foreign Secretary (UK) secretary of state (US)
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étatisé public subventionnée par l'état
state-controlled state-maintained state-subsidized
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à l'échelle mondiale
worldwide
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législatif
parliamientary
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diriger, être à la tête de
to head
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gérer, diriger
to run
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dissimuler
to conceal
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approuver (un fait) approuver, ratifier, agréer
to approve of to approve
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entrer en fonctions
to come into office
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prendre le contrôle de
to gain control of
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se rendre en / faire un voyage officiel dans un pays
to go on / make a state visit to a country
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le corps exécutif/ législatif
the executive body the legislative body
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le parti de l'opposition
the party in opposition
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la majorité absolue, relative
the overall majority, relative majority
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le parti au pouvoir
the ruling party
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une politique étrangère, intérieur
a foreign policy, a domestic policy
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rédiger un projet de loi
to draft a bill
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s'attaquer à un problème
to adress an issue
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les amendements à la Constitution loi déterminants les droits du citoyen anglais
Bill of Rights (US) 1791 The Bill of Rights (UK) 1689
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la sécurité sociale
the National Health Service (NHS) GB
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un ennemi, adversaire
a foe
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l'aile droite, l'aile gauche
the right wing the left wing
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Partis GB: le parti conservateur le parti travailliste le parti libéral (centre)
the Conservative Party (the Tories) The Labour Party The Liberal Democrats ( 1988 the Liberal Party + Social Democratic Party)
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aller voter
to go to the polls
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être vivement critiqué
to come under fire
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élections législatives et municipales
general elections local elections
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ministre ou secretary
secretary= ministre en Français minister = un secrétaire d'Etat
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un projet de loi
a bill
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une fois que la loi est actée
a law/ an act (of Congress) a ruling (arrêt de la décision Suprême)
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executive order
Executive order= a decision that the president alone makes (not submitted to vote in Congress) but he can’t do everything he wants: => must respect the Constitution, Congress can adopt measures that will make the enforcement of the executive order difficult, Judges can overrule executive orders

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