5. Immigration Flashcards

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1
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Émigrer aux USA

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To emigrate / to migrate to the USA

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Etre attiré par un pays

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To be attracted to a country

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3
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Un candidat à l’immigration

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A would-be immigrant

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4
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Pousser qqn à émigrer

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To push sb to emigrate

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5
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Fuir un pays, un régime

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To flee a country, a regime

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6
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Échapper à la pauvreté

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To escape poverty

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7
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Chercher à fuir la guerre

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To seek refuge from the war

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8
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Chercher l’asile politique

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To seek political asylum

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9
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Chercher une vie meilleure

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To be in search of a better life

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10
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L’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

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The lure of well-paid jobs

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Chercher des salaires plus élevés

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To look for higher wages

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12
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Faire fortune

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To make a fortune

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13
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Rompre avec le passé

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To break with the past

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14
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Partir de rien

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To start from scratch

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15
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Prendre un nouveau départ

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To start anew

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16
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Etre confronté à des difficultés

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To be faced with difficulties

17
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Etre exploité

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To be exploited

18
Q

Un atelier clandestin

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A sweatshop

19
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Surmonter les obstacles

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To overcome obstacles

20
Q

La barrière de la langue

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The language barrier

21
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S’intégrer

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To integrate

22
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Une politique d’immigration

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A immigration policy

23
Q

Fermee ses frontières

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To seal one’s borders

24
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Endiguer le flot des immigrés

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To stem the flow of immigrants

25
Q

Imposer des quotas

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To impose quotas

26
Q

Etre refoulé à la frontière

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To be turned away at the border

27
Q

Renforcer les controles aux frontieres

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To tighten border controls

28
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Etre expulsé d’un pays

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To be expelled from a country

29
Q

L’immigration clandestine

A

Illegal immigration

30
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Un immigré clandestin

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An illegal immigrant

31
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Un étranger clandestin

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An illegal alien

32
Q

Un passager clandestin

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A stowaway

33
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Un travailleur immigré

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A guest worker

34
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Les sans-papiers

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The undocumented

35
Q

Un passeur

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A smuggler

36
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Un faux transport

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A fake passport

37
Q

Réprimer l’immigration clandestine

A

To crack down on illegal immigration

38
Q

Immigrer / un immigré

A

To immigrate / an immigrant