94. America Flashcards by Tanguy Cloix

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Les Etats-Unis d’Amérique

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The United States of America

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Les Etats-Unis

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The USA / US / States

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L’Oncle Sam

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Uncle Sam

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La Bannière étoilée

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The Stars and Stripes

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Les Americains

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The Americans

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Un Amérindien

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An American Indian

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Un Afro-américain

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An African American

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Un Chicano

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A Mexican American

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Un Hispano-américain

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A Hispanic

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Un Latino

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A Latino

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Un pays d’immigrants

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A nation of immigrants

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Un colon

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A settler

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Un wasp

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A WASP

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Le creuset

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The melting pot

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Une société multiculturelle

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A multicultural society

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Le rêve américain

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The American Dream

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Un pays d’abondance

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A land of plenty

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Un eldorado

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An El Dorado

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Un pays où tout est possible

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A land of oportunity

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L’égalité des chances

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Equality of opportunity

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Le pays de libre entreprise

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The land of free enterprise

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L’esprit d’entreprise

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Entrepreneurship

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Un self-made-man

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A self-made-man

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Une attitude de battant, de gagneur

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A can-do attitude

L'indépendance

Self-reliance

Ne pas avoir besoin des autres

To be self-reliant

L'individualisme forcené

Rugged individualism

Etre individualiste

To be individualistic

Le pragmatisme

Pragmatism

Partir de rien

To start from scratch

Avoir la possibilité de s'élever dans la société

To be upwardly mobile

Gravir les échelons avec succès

To climb up the ladder of success

Le mode de vie américain

The American way of life

Le gendarme du monde

The policeman of the world

Se sentir supérieur / invulnerable

To feel superior / invulnerable

Etre plein d'arrogance

To be full of arrogance

Un colosse aux pieds d'argile

A giant with feet of clay

La fragilité de l'Amérique

America's frailty