American Dream Flashcards by Erin L | Brainscape

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une méritocratie

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a meritocracy

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optimiste

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forward-looking

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grimper les échelons

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to come up into the world

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ascenseur social

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upward social mobility

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devenir riche

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to strike it rich

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construire un empire

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to set up an empire

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attirer

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to entice

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attirant

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enticing

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attirer les gens

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to attract / draw people

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plaire à

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to appeal to

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un attrait

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an appeal

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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 the dream

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un rêve illusoire

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an elusive dream

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une chimère

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a pipe dream

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qu’on ne peut pas atteindre

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unattainable

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ne jamais se réaliser

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to fail to materialize

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être hors de portée de qq

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unattainable

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réduire un rêve à néant

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to dash a dream

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un rêve brisé

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a shattered dream

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une société opulente

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an affluent society

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dépérir / s’étioler

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to wither

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céder à

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to give way to

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entamer / réduire

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to give a blow to

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creuser l’écart

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to widen the gap

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prospérer

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to thrive

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individualisme acharné

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rugged individualism

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fragilité

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frailty

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un déclin

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a downturn

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être durement touché

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to be hard it

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une crise / des crises

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a crisis / crises

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être enclin à

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to be prone to +ving

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s’estomper / s’effacer / disparaître

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to fade

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période révolue

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bygone days

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et autres semblables

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and the like

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éphémère

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short-lived

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du jour au lendemain

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overnight

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être bel et bien vivant

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to be alive and kicking

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une tendance vers le haut

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an upward trend

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une chimère / une utopie

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a pipe dream

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puissant / fort

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potent

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inventer une expression

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to coin a phrase

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déclencher / provoquer

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to give rise to

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inversement

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conversely

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un repère / un point de référence

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a benchmark

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retarder / différer

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to delay

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un principe fondamental

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a basic tenet

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désolé / lugubre

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bleak

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indubitablement

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undoubtedly

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durement touché

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hard-hit

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sombre / maussade

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grim