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

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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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20
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renverser

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to overthrow

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21
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la fuite des cerveaux

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the brain drain

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22
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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
randomly
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approuver, soutenir
to endorse
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des menottes
handcuffs
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une entrée, une porte (port de l'Orient...)
a gateway
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confirmer, maintenir (une loi),
uphold (upheld/upheld)
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violent, déchaînée (la corruption, la maladie fait des ravages)
rampant (disease is rampant)
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faire prendre conscience
to raise awareness
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les frais de scolarité
tuition
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un lieu d'embauche
a hiring site
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rigoureux, sévère (règle, mesure)
stringent
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l'expulsion
deportation
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dépasser, devancer (tout)
to outpace
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l'application
enforcement
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examiner le cas de qqn
to process sb
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famille d'acceuil
foster care
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apaiser les préoccupations prédominantes
to assuage prevalent concerns
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un Etat tampon
a buffer state
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Blanc (terme légal)
Caucasian
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dénicher des renseignements sur
to dig up data about
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mépriser la loi
to disregard the law
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la purification ethnique
ethnic cleansing
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l'appartenance ethnique
ethnicity
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une querelle
a feud
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une flambée de haine
a flare-up of hatred
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une politique musclée
a get-tough policy
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inefficace, sans effet
ineffective
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un mélange
a medley
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flatter (bassement) les peurs
to pander to fears
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le chauvinisme
parochialism
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une condition préalable
a prerequisite
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la rancune
resentment
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un salaire de misère
a subsistence wage
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une poussée du nationalisme
a surge in nationalism
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un regain de nationalisme
a upsurge of nationalism