Adv French L'immigration, l'identité culturelle et le racisme Flashcards

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elbow

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la coude

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enough

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marre

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disgusted, nauseated

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écoeuré

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to don (takes on)

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revetir

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to have contempt for

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mépriser

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with regard to

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À l’égard de

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to collapse

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s’écrouler

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issue, stake

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l’enjeu

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to demand, claim

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revendiquer

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with full force

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de plein fouet

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black-white-arab-multiracial

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black-blanc-beur

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12
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threshold

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le seuil

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13
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to brake

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freiner

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grasp

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empoigner

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sickly

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souffreteux (euse)

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to cling to

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cramponner

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to end up with, to lead to

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aboutir à

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18
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to start

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se prendre à faire qc

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19
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smart

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calé

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20
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to have fun, to laugh

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se marrer

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21
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appearance, aspect

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l’allure

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Phrygian cap; associate with causes of liberty, a red one is especially associated with the French Revolution

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le bonnet phrygien

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to liberate

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affranchir

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widespread

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répandu

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to be suspicious of

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de méfier de

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to do something in vain

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avoir beau + infinitif

27
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family allowance, benefit

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les allocation familiales

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to contribute

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cotiser

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flash in the pan

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le feu de paille

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crybaby, whiner

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un pleurnicheur

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to style

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coiffer

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stick

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le bâton

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spring

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un ressort

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resentfulness, grudge, bitterness

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la rancune

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a window with wide sills

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une fenêtre à embrassure profonde

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a lurking person

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une forme tapie

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hip/hips

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la hanche/ les hanches

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waist, size

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la taille

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cheek

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la joue

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neck

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le cou

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to suffocate

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étouffer

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to hold back

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se retenir

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braced

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arc-bouté

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to boast

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se vanter

45
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defuse

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décrisper

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to take something at face value

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prendre qc pour argent comptant

47
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measure, plan

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le dispositif

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students, staff, workforce

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les effectifs

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to slow down

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ralentir

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holy man

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le marabout

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to watch over

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veiller

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to drip

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dégouliner

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dumbfounded, flabbergasted

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éberlué, éberluée

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seal/stamp

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le sceau

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ear of corn or wheat

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un épis

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pole, shaft

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la hampe

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the emblem, insignia (symbol,flag of france)

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la cocarde (tricolore)

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to juggle, to accomodate

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concilier

59
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motto

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la devise

60
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pediment of a building

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le fronton

61
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to confine

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cantonner

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gipsy (pejorative)

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le manouche

63
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to append, affix

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apposer

64
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expired, outdated

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périmé, périmée