7 - L'immigration aux E.U (2) Flashcards by Paul JULLIEN

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mettre en oeuvre

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to implement

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augmenter

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to increase

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estimer, juger

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to deem

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d’importance

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significant

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une loi

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a law

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dissoudre

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to dissolve

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un pauvre

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a pauper

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stimuler

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to boost

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un ouvrier, un manoeuvre

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a labourer

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promettre, engager

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to pledge

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obscène (discours, comportement)

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lewd

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une foule (violente)

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a mob

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un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

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une cible

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a target

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un détenu

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a convict

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un fou

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a lunatic

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un bateau à vapeur

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a steamship

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répugnant, abominable, détestable

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loathsome

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priver du droit de vote

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to disenfranchise

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renverser

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to overthrow

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la fuite des cerveaux

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the brain drain

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de la famille, des parents

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relatives

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un travailleur illégal

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an undocumented worker

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élargir

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to broaden

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au hasard

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randomly

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approuver, soutenir

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to endorse

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des menottes

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handcuffs

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une entrée, une porte (port de l’Orient…)

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a gateway

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confirmer, maintenir (une loi),

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uphold (upheld/upheld)

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violent, déchaînée (la corruption, la maladie fait des ravages)

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rampant (disease is rampant)

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faire prendre conscience

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to raise awareness

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les frais de scolarité

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tuition

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un lieu d’embauche

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a hiring site

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rigoureux, sévère (règle, mesure)

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stringent

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l’expulsion

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deportation

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dépasser, devancer (tout)

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to outpace

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l’application

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enforcement

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examiner le cas de qqn

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to process sb

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famille d’acceuil

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foster care

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apaiser les préoccupations prédominantes

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to assuage prevalent concerns

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un Etat tampon

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a buffer state

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Blanc (terme légal)

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Caucasian

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dénicher des renseignements sur

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to dig up data about

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mépriser la loi

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to disregard the law

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la purification ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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l’appartenance ethnique

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ethnicity

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une querelle

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a feud

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une flambée de haine

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a flare-up of hatred

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une politique musclée

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a get-tough policy

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inefficace, sans effet

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ineffective

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un mélange

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a medley

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flatter (bassement) les peurs

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to pander to fears

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le chauvinisme

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parochialism

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une condition préalable

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a prerequisite

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la rancune

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resentment

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un salaire de misère

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a subsistence wage

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une poussée du nationalisme

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a surge in nationalism

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un regain de nationalisme

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a upsurge of nationalism