Chapitre 3 : Immigration Flashcards

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racoler

A

to pander to it

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2
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boiteux

A

lame

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3
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une impasse

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a deadlock, a stalemate

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4
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caler

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to stall

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5
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reconduire à la frontière

A

to deport

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6
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un revers

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a setback

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7
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un parti pris

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a bias

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8
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régler un différend

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to settle a dispute

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9
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d’où

A

hence + groupe nominal

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10
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frissoner de froid, de fièvre
de plaisir, d’orgueil
d’une lumière
d’une feuille

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to shiver
to tremble
to flicker
to quiver

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11
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se pencher

se baisser

A

to lean

to bend down

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12
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une série de mesures

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a string of measures

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13
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compenser

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to make up for

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14
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en accord avec

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in keeping with

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15
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travailler au noir

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to moonlight

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16
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farouche

A

staunch

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17
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bien que, même si

A

although

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18
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fragmenté

A

piecemeal

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19
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refuser de donner

A

withhold

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20
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l’immobilité

A

stall

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21
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protégé

A

protected, shielded

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22
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piquer de l’argent

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to dip into the coffers

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23
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équivaloir à

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to amount to, to be tantamount to

24
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se résumer à

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to boil down to

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une étincelle
a spark
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sévir contre
to crack down on
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sécurité sociale
state-subsidized healthcare
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obstacle
hurdle
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la course de haie
hurdles
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lourd, gros
hefty
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le poids
the heft
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réviser, remanier, restructurer
to overhaul
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faire pression pour obtenir
to push for
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attirant, attrayant
appealing, attractive
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horrible
appalling, awful, dreadful, dire
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dissuader quelqu'un de faire quelque chose
to deter someone from doing something
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notamment
notably
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les interrogations, les doutes
concerns
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ONG
NGO
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dénoncer
to decry
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forer
to drill
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une fuite
a leak
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le bétail
cattle, livestock
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dédramatiser
to downplay
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oisif, inoccupé, sans intérêt
idle
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étang, marre
a pond
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le réconfort
reassurance
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en aval | en amont
downstream | upstream
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être coupable de
to be responsible for
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être responsable de
to be in charge of
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faire demi tour
to make a u-turn
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approvisionner, fournir
to supply
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les réserves
supplies
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devoir (au conditionnel)
ought
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se glisser, se faufiler
to sneak through, to slip through