Chapitre 3 : Immigration Flashcards

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1
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racoler

A

to pander to it

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boiteux

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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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un revers

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a setback

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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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se pencher

se baisser

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to lean

to bend down

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une série de mesures

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a string of measures

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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

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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

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se résumer à

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to boil down to

25
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une étincelle

A

a spark

26
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sévir contre

A

to crack down on

27
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sécurité sociale

A

state-subsidized healthcare

28
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obstacle

A

hurdle

29
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la course de haie

A

hurdles

30
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lourd, gros

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hefty

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le poids

A

the heft

32
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réviser, remanier, restructurer

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to overhaul

33
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faire pression pour obtenir

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to push for

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attirant, attrayant

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appealing, attractive

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horrible

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appalling, awful, dreadful, dire

36
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dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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to deter someone from doing something

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notamment

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notably

38
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les interrogations, les doutes

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concerns

39
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ONG

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NGO

40
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dénoncer

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to decry

41
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forer

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to drill

42
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une fuite

A

a leak

43
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le bétail

A

cattle, livestock

44
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dédramatiser

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to downplay

45
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oisif, inoccupé, sans intérêt

A

idle

46
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étang, marre

A

a pond

47
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le réconfort

A

reassurance

48
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en aval

en amont

A

downstream

upstream

49
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être coupable de

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to be responsible for

50
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être responsable de

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to be in charge of

51
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faire demi tour

A

to make a u-turn

52
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approvisionner, fournir

A

to supply

53
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les réserves

A

supplies

54
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devoir (au conditionnel)

A

ought

55
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se glisser, se faufiler

A

to sneak through, to slip through