5 - Le rêve américain et le self-made man Flashcards

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1
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faire route, vaguer

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to sail

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vers l’ouest

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westward

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un itinéraire

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a route

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réaliser, accomplir, exaucer

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to fulfil

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s’installer

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to settle

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être doté de

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endowed by

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la quête

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the pursuit

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fuir

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to flee, fled fled

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exprimer

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to voice

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faire fortune

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to strike it rich

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durable, tenace

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enduring

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un attrait

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an appeal

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le travail acharné

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labour

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le courage, la force morale

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fortitude

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l’esprit d’économie (care with money)

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thrift

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une échelle

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a ladder

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17
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le diable

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the Devil

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18
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prétendre à qqch

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to claim sth

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19
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de la misère à la richesse

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from rags to riches

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le fondement

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the cornerstone

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un imprimeur

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a publisher

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sage, avisé

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wise

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une épreuve, difficulté

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a hardship

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un prêt

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a loan

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l’acier

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steel

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un comptable

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a bookkeeper

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exigeant

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demanding

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un point de vente

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an outlet

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un bon exemple

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a case in point

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une cabane en bois

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a log-cabin

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de petits boulots

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odd jobs

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pendant un moment

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awhile

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un outil

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a tool

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embaucher

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to hire

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très répandu

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widespread

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transmettre

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to convey

37
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aller à l’université

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to attend college

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une entrave, obstacle

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a hindrance

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un jeu tv

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a game show

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le gros lot

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the jackpot

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saluer

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to hail

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manquer de

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to be short of

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un paumé, sans but dans la vie

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a drifter

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un licenciement

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a lay-off

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un cauchemar

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a nightmare

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la pénurie

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shortage

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un taudis

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a slum

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la famine

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starvation

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un vagabond

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a vagrant