10 - La communauté hispanique aux E.U Flashcards

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fils de fer barbelés

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barbed wire

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uniquement grâce à leur nombre

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by their sheer numbers

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désormais

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from now on

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parfois

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every so often

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Langage utilisé par certains hispaniques aux E.U = mélanger anglais/espagnol

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Spanglish

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soulever une question

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to raise an issue

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passer la frontière

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to cross the border

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arriver au pouvoir

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to come to power

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un habitant de L.A

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an Angelino

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la Carte Verte = de résident permanent aux E.U

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the Green Card

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d’habitude

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more often than not

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la nuit

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at night

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à l’époque de Victoria

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in Victoria’s days

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le continent

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the mainland

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rester très en vue

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to maintain a higher profile

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le bilinguisme

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bilingualism

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en vertu de, en raison de

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by virtue of

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riche, abondant, aisé (+ la société d’abondance)

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affluent (the affluent society)

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jour après jour

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day by day

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être d’origine méxicaine

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to be of Mexican descent

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une affluence, un afflux

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an influx

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une barrière

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a fence

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un quartier

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a barrio

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englober, envelopper, renfermer (dans le sens d’inclure)

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to encompass

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jusqu’ici

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so far

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le seuil de pauvreté

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the poverty line

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très peuplé, populeux

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populous

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quelque peu, légèrement, un peu

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somewhat

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perméable, poreux

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porous

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à la hause

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on the rise

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être composé de, comprendre

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to comprise
The group comprises…
The group is comprised of…

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autrefois

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in the past

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peser sur, influencer

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to sway

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considérable

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significant

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s’intégrer à,

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to become integrated into

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en ce moment

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at the moment

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la fête du 5 mai (date à laquelle le Mexique s’est détaché de son ancienne mère patrie, l’Espagne, en 1810)

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Cinco de Mayo

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the INS

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the Immigration and Naturalization service

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sur le sol américain

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on American soil

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terriblement, énormément

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tremendously

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défense d’entrer

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no admittance

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douteux, incertain, vague, dubitatif

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dubious

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peu après

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soon after

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pour l’instant

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for the moment

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à cette époque

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in those days

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être envahi, dépassé

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to be overrun

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quelque 75%

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some 75%

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de nos jours

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these days

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de bonne taille, assez grand

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sizeable

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un maanque, une unsuffisance

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a shortage

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la dureté, la rudesse, la sévérité (d’un comportement, d’une personne, de mots…)

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harshness

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des troubles politiques

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political unrest (indénombrable)

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un recensement

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a census

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s’imaginer le pire

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to assume the worst

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abondant (des vivres, de manière générale)

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plentiful

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dix ans plus tard

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ten years later

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ma côte est

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the eastern seaboard

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être en détention

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to be detained

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la sécurité du territoire

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homeland security

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l’expulsion des étrangers en situation irrégulière

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the deportation of illegal aliens

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par exemple

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for isntance

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une patrouille

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a patrol

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jusqu’alors

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until then

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le creuset Américain

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the American melting pot

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les prestations sociales

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public benefits

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il y a peu

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not long ago

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une langue maternelle (2)

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a native language (US)

a mother tongue (GB)

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un saisonnier

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a seasonal laborer

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un revenu, des revenus

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an income

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moissonner une récolte

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to harvest a crop

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une frontière

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a border

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de temps à autre

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now and then

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en moyenne

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on average