9/01 Flashcards

1
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phénomène/critère

A

phenomenon criterion
pluriel: phenomena criteria

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2
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mourir
être mort

A

to die
to be dead

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3
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depuis des années, depuis des lustres

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for ages

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4
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approximation
vs chiffre déterminé

A

s +of
pas de s pas de of

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5
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déplacement forcé

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forced deplacement

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6
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surmonter la barrière de la langue

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to overcome the language barrier

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7
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barrière

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barrier

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8
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noyer

A

drown drowned drowned

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9
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fuir

s’échapper

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to flee/ fled/fled
escape
runaway

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10
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les demandeurs d’asiles

A

X Asylum seeker

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11
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their+

A

pluriel idiomatique

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12
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à la recherche de

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in search of

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13
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attentes, espérances

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expectation

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14
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foreigner
stranger

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qqch d’inconnu
nom: étranger hors du pays

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15
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ne pas être à la hauteur de
être à la hauteur

A

fall short≠ live up to

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16
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un grand saut dans l’inconnu

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a great leap in the unknown

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17
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quelque 30 000 personnes

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Some 30 000

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18
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pas toujours

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= souvent = sometimes

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19
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il est nécessaire de relativiser

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it needs to be put in perspective

20
Q

solution pour empêcher le ressentiment envers les immigrants

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be tough on thugs and violent people with extremist ideas
moderation on social networks to prevent the spreading of fake news
improving public services in deprived areas where people take immigrants as targets (public transports, doctors = GP: general practioner), restoring faith in multiculturalism

21
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tué

A

killed, slain

22
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sévir contre

A

to crack down on

23
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informe, sans forme

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shapeless
amorphous

24
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gâcher

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to mar, to spoil, to impair

25
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être en désordre

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to be in a mess

26
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langage codé

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dog-whistle language

27
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une défaite cuisante

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a crushing defeat

28
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faire la guerre

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to wage war

29
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clairement

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patently, obviously, openly

30
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fomenter, susciter

A

to foment

31
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because of

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owing to

32
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ressources rares, peu abondantes

A

scarce resources

33
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la plaie

A

the sore

34
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défavorisé

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deprived

35
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réfuter

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to refute, to rebut

36
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violence

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thuggery, brutality

37
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discréditer

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debunk

38
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entasser

A

cram into

39
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habituellement

A

usually

40
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migrants illégaux

A

illegal immigrants
undocumented immigrants

41
Q

le nouveau duo Trump/Musk n’est pas raisonnable

A

-Trump agenda: mass deportation plan at the US-Mexico border, implementation of self sustained human colony on Mars (Musk/ Space X Mars Colonization program aka «Occupy Mars»
=> unreasonableness of this new duo on the political stage

42
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contradiction dans le plan de Trump sur la crise de conso

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-contradiction in Trump’s plans: without a cheap workforce the housing market will be impossible to sustain for the working and middle classes

43
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composé de

A

make up

44
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Pourquoi la Californie est menacée

A

California will be one of the state most threatened because immigrants make up more than one-quarter of the population => lifeblood of the state

45
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élement vital de

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lifeblood of