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American dreams Flashcards

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1
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réaliser un rêve

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make a dream come true

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réaliser

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achieve / fulfil

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atteindre un but

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reach a goal

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réussir

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manage to

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échouer

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fail to

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mettre en oeuvre tous les moyens

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try every possible means

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trouver sa voie

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make one’s way in life

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laisser passer une chance

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miss a chance

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faire face à

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cope with

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surmonter les obstacles

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overcome obstacles

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prospérer

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thrive = prosper

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12
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que l’on peut s’offrir

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affordable

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13
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au chômage

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unemployed = jobless

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prospère

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prosperous = lucrative

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confiant

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confident = self-assured

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eager to

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très désireux de

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17
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ambitieux

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ambitious

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épreuve

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hardship

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crise économique

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economic crisis

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20
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perspectives

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prospects

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l’échec

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failure

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22
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passer de l’extrême pauvreté à la richesse

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go from rags to riches = from extreme poverty to wealth

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23
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point de repère

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landmark

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24
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camion

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truck / lorry

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contre-plongée

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low angle shot

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drapeau

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flag

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gratte-ciel

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skyscraper

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deceptive

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trompeur

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29
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accueillir

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welcome

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30
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fuir qqc

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flee from sth

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31
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à la recherche de

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in search of

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32
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à première vue

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at first sight

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33
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beacon

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torch

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34
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casse-cou

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daredevil

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35
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voeu pieux

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wishful thinking

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36
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goût du risque

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taste for danger

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les basses besognes

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the dirty work

38
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convince

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persuade

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tenter sa chance

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try one’s luck

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se faire comprendre

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get through to sb

41
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s’accrochr à son rêve

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hold on to one’s dream

42
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faire de son ieux

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do one’s best

43
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clochard

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tramp

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bien immobilier

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real estate

45
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saisie d’un bien

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foreclosure

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remboursement d’un emprunt immobilier

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mortgage payment

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exclu, paria

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social outcast

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malchanceux

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unfortunate

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imprudent

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careless

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expulsé

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evicted

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être SDF

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be down and out

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se faire avoir

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be had

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faire un emprunt

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take out a loan

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ignorer que

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be unaware that

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jouer de la malchance

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have one bit of hard luck after another

56
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vivre au jour le jour

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live from hand to mouth

57
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joindre les 2 bouts

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make ends meet

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propriétaire

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home owner

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petits boulots

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odd jobs

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resentment

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animosity

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jealous

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envious

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soumis

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submissive

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doomed

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unlucky, luckless

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surmené

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overworked

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frimer

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show off

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n’a pas les moyens

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can’t afford

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rejeter la responsabilité sur qqn

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blame sb for sth

68
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en vouloir à qqn

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bear / have a grudge against sb

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il y a de fortes chances que

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the chance are that

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pour sauver les apparences

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for the sake of appearances

71
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surprise someone

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take / catch someone unawares

72
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les riches oisifs

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the idle rich

73
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grandeur et décadence

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rise and fall

74
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ruling class

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common people

75
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renaissance

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revival

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extravagant

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very expensive

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illusory

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false , untrue

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lie (contraire)

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tell the true

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illicit

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proibited , illegal

80
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corrupted

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dishonest

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decadent

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decayed

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s’effondrer

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fall apart

83
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faire de la contrebande

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bootleg

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désirer ardement

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yearn

85
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faire étalage de sa richesse

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flaunt one’s wealth

86
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réprimander

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tell sb off

87
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recevoir des ordres

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be ordered about

88
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ne pas accepter qqc

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resent

89
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empêcher qqn de

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stop / prevent sb from

90
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cela ne vaut pas la peine de

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it’s no use V-ing

91
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cela vaut la peine de

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it’s worth V-ing

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