American dream 2 Flashcards

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chercher a réaliser un rêve

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to seek [ sought ] a dream / to chase / to pursue a dream

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réaliser le rêve Américain

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to make a dream come true / to fulfill / to achieve the American dream

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être à la recherche de / en quête de

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to be in search of / in quest of

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une quête ( de )

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a quest ( for )

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la poursuite du bonheur

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the pursuit of happiness

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un pays de chance / un El Dorado

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a land of opportunity / an El Dorado

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un pays de rêve

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a dream country

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être attiré ( vers / par )

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to be lured ( to / by )

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attirer / attirant

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to entice / enticing

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attirer les gens

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to attract / to draw [ drew / drawn ] people

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plaire ( à ) / un attrait

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to appeal to / an appeal

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12
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l’envers du décor

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the seamy side / the other side of the dream

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l’envers du rêve

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the reverse of a dream

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un rêve illusoire

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an elusive dream

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qu’on ne peut atteindre

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unattainable

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ne jamais se réaliser

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to fail to materialize

17
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être hors de portée de quelqu’un

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to be out of sb’s reach / out of reach

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avoir / ne pas avoir confiance ( en )

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to have faith ( in ) / to lose faith ( in )

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réduire un rêve à néant

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to dash a dream

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un rêve brisé / restaurer le rêve

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a shattered dream / to restore the dream

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le goût du risque

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the risk-taking spirit

22
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l’individualisme forcené

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rugged individualism

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le fait de compter en soi

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self-reliance

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une détermination

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a sense of purpose

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optimiste

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forward-looking

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une attitude volontariste

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a “can-go”attitude

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un ambitieux

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a go-getter

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s’élever socialement

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to work one’s way up

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grimper dans l’échelle sociale

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to climb up the ( social ) ladder

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grimer les échelons

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to come up in the world

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l’ascenseur sociale

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upward social mobility

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l’histoire d’une réussite

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a rags-to-riches story / a success story

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partir de rien et faire fortune

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to go from rags to riches

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démarrer au bas de l’échelle économique

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to start out on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder

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les signes extérieures du succès

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outward signs of success

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l’inégalité de richesses

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wealth inequality