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1 simple majority system
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2 working
working ['wɜ:kɪŋ]∎ ordinary working people les travailleurs ordinaires;∎ the party of the working man le parti des travailleurs(b) (day, hours) de travail;∎ during a normal working day pendant la journée de travail;∎ Sunday is not a working day le dimanche est chômé, on ne travaille pas le dimanche;∎ a working week of forty hours une semaine de quarante heures;∎ he spent his entire working life with the firm il a travaillé toute sa vie dans l'entreprise;∎ to be of working age être en âge de travailler;∎ a working breakfast/lunch un petit déjeuner/un déjeuner d'affaires(c) (clothes, conditions) de travail;∎ a relaxed working environment un milieu professionnel détendu;∎ we have a close working relationship nous travaillons bien ensemble(d) (functioning → farm, factory) qui marche;∎ in (good) working order en (bon) état de marche;(e) (theory, definition) de travail; (majority) suffisant; (agreement) de circonstance; (knowledge) adéquat, suffisant;∎ working agreement modus vivendi m;∎ to have a working knowledge of French/the law posséder une connaissance suffisante du français/du droit2 noun(b) (operation → of machine) fonctionnement m∎ it's difficult to understand the workings of his mind il est difficile de savoir ce qu'il a dans la tête ou ce qui se passe dans sa tête∎ old mine workings anciennes mines fpl►► Finance working account compte m d'exploitation;Accountancy working assets actif m circulant;Finance working capital (UNCOUNT) fonds mpl de roulement, capital m de roulement;Finance working capital cycle cycle m du besoin en fonds de roulement;Finance working capital fund compte m d'avances;the working class, the working classes la classe ouvrière, le prolétariat;working copy (of document, text) copie f de travail;working drawing épure f;working expenses frais mpl généraux, frais mpl d'exploitation;Computing working file fichier m de travail;working girl (prostitute) professionnelle f;working hypothesis hypothèse f de travail;working interest participation f d'exploitation;working lunch déjeuner m d'affaires ou de travail;working majority majorité f suffisante;British working man ouvrier m;working men's club = club d'ouvriers, comportant un bar et une scène où sont présentés des spectacles;working model modèle m qui fonctionne;Mathematics working out (of problem) résolution f;∎ show all working out (in exam paper) montrez les étapes de votre raisonnement;working party (committee → for study) groupe m de travail; (→ for enquiry) commission f d'enquête; (group → of prisoners, soldiers) groupe m de travail;working speed vitesse f de régime;working title titre m provisoire; -
3 government
government [ˈgʌvənmənt]1. noun2. adjective[policy, decision, intervention, spending] du gouvernement ; [grant] d'État ; [responsibility, loan] de l'État━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ gouvernement has ou instead of o and an extra e in the middle.* * *['gʌvənmənt] 1.1) ( system) ( political) gouvernement m; ( administrative) administration f2.parliamentary government — régime m parlementaire
noun modifier [ minister, official, plan, intervention] du gouvernement; [ decree, department, majority, policy, publication] gouvernemental; [ expenditure, borrowing] de l'État; [ loan, funds] public/-ique -
4 obtain
obtain [əb'teɪn]obtenir; (for oneself) se procurer;∎ to obtain sth for sb obtenir qch pour qn, procurer qch à qn;∎ to obtain sth from sb obtenir qch de qn;∎ the book may be obtained from the publisher on peut se procurer le livre chez l'éditeur;∎ the party which obtains an absolute majority wins le parti qui obtient la majorité absolue l'emporte∎ this custom still obtains in Europe cette coutume persiste en Europe;∎ the situation obtaining in Somalia la situation (qui règne) en Somalie;∎ practices obtaining in British banking des pratiques courantes dans le système bancaire britannique;∎ this new system will obtain as from next week ce nouveau système entrera en vigueur dès la semaine prochaine
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