America Flashcards

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L’oncle Sam

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Uncle sam

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La banniere etoilee

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The stars and stripes

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La banniere etoilee (hymne)

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The star-spangled banner

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Un americain

Les americains

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An american

The americans

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Un afro-americain

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An african american

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Un latino

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A hispanic

A latino

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Un chicano

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A chicano

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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 white anglo saxon protestant

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Le creuset

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The melting pot

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Une societe multiculturelle

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A multicultural society

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Le reve americain

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The american dream

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La destinee manifeste

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Manifest destiny

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Un pays d’abondance

Un eldorado

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A land of plenty

An el dorado

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Un atout

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An asset

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Un pays ou tout est possible

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A land of opportunity

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L’egalite des chances

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Equality of opportunity

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Une reussite spectaculaire

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A rags to riches story

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Un cas d’ascension fulgurante

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A sucess story

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Le pats de la libre entreprise

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The land of free entership

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L’esprit d’entreprise

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Entrepreneurship

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Un autodidacte

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A self made man

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Une attitude de battant

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A can-do attitude

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L’independance

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Self-reliance

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Ne pas avoir besoin des autres

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To be self reliant

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L’individualisme forcené

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Rugged individualism

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Etre individualiste

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To be individualistic

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La pragmatisme

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Pragmatism

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Partir de rien

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To start from scratch

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Avoir la possibilite de s’elever dans la societe

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To be upwardly mobile

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L’ascension sociale

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The upward mobility

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Gravir les echelons du succès

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To climb up the ladder of success

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Le mode de vie americain

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The american way of life

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Le gendarme du monde

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The global policeman

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Se sentir superieur/ vulnerable

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To feel superie/ invulnerable

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Etre cupide

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To be greedy

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Etre aisé

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To be well-off

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Etre plein d’arrogance

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To be full of arrogance

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Un colosse aux pieds d’argile

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A giant with feet of clay

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La fragilité de l’Amerique

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America’s frailty