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To uproot oneself

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Se déraciner

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A homeland

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Une patrie

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3
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To settle in

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S’installer/ s’établir

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4
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The land of plenty

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Le pays de cocagne

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5
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Equal opportunities

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Égalité des chances

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To flee

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Fuir

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7
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The church of England

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L’Eglise anglicane

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8
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To be lured by a promise

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Se laisser séduire par une promesse

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9
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A haven

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Un havre

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10
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To start anew

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Recommencer sa vie

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11
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Work ethic

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Éthique de travail/ déontologie

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12
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To rise from rags to riches

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Passer de la misère à la richesse

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13
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Throughout

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Tout au long de

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14
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A settlement

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Une colonie

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15
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The Pilgrim Fathers

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Les Pères pélerins

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16
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To pour

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Arriver en masse

17
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Huddled

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Rassemblés / blottis

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To yearn to do something

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Aspirer à faire quelque chose

19
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To stem the tide

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Endiguer le flot

20
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Idiots

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Les simples d’esprits

21
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Insane

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Fou

22
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Paupers

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Les indigents

23
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A burden

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Un fardeau

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To be denied entry

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Se voir refuser l’accès

25
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At the expense of

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Au détriment de

26
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To repeal

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Annuler

27
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The brain drain

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La fuite des cerveaux

28
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Phrase 1

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In 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed to the US aboard the Mayflower founded the colony of Plymouth,Massachusetts.

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Phrase 2

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From 1879 to 1943, several laws restricting the immigration Acts, were passed.