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Dreams Of A Better Life Flashcards

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La tyrannie

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Tyranny

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Le conflit

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Conflict

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Les épreuves, la souffrance

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Hardship

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Un dissident, un contestataire

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A dissident, a dissenter

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Un exode

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Exodus

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L’exil

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Exile

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Un exilé

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An exile

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Échapper à, s’échapper de

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Escape (from)

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Fuir

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Flee, run away (from)

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Migrer

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Migrate

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Émigrer

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Emigrate

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S’exiler

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Go into exile

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Chasser

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Drive away

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Opprimée

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Oppress

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Malheureux

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Miserable

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Tyrannique

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Tyrannical

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Une incitation

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An incentive

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L’attrait

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Attraction, appeal

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L’attrait (trompeur), le leurre

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Lure

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Le désir ardent, l’aspiration

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Yearning

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L’envie, l’aspiration

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Longing

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La recherche de

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The search (for)

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La quête de

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The quest for

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La soif de

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The thirst for

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Un aimant, un pôle d’attraction

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A magnet

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Une occasion

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An opportunity

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Un gagne-pain

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A livelihood

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Un abri, un refuge

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A shelter

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Les conditions de vie

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Living conditions

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Une perspective

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A prospect

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La scolarisation

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Schooling

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La richesse, l’abondance

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Affluence

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Les richesses

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Riches

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L’ascension sociale

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Upward mobility

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Un cas d’ascension fulgurante

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A success story

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Une réussite spectaculaire

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A rags-to-riches story

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Réaliser un rêve

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Fulfil a dream

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S’attendre à quelque chose

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Expect something

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Satisfaire des attentes

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Meet expectations

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Souhaiter avoir quelque chose

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Wish for something

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Aspirer à

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Aspire to

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Désirer

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Yearn for

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Désirer, aspirer à

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Long for

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Gagner sa vie

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Earn a living

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Satisfaire les besoins de la famille

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Provide for one’s family

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Chercher refuge

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Seek refuge

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Trouver refuge

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Find shelter

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Améliorer

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Improve

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S’enrichir

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Become/get rich

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S’élever

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Rise

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S’élever socialement

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Work one’s way up

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Chercher de l’or (en creusant)

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Dig for gold

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Découvrir de l’or

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Discover/strike gold

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Faire fortune

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Make a fortune

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Construire un empire

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Set up an empire

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Passer du dénuement a l’opulence

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Go from rags to riches

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Paisible, pacifique

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Peaceful

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Pacifique

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Pacific

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Attirant

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Appealing

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Attrayant, tentant

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Enticing, alluring

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Plein d’espoir

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Hopeful

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Impatient

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Impatient, eager

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Avide, cupide

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Greedy

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Aisé

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Well-off

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Riche

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Affluent

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Riche, fortuné

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Wealthy

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Un colon

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A settler

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Un village, une colonie

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A settlement

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Un pionnier

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A pioneer

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Un arrivant

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A new arrival

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Un ressortissant étranger

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An alien

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Un résident étranger

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A résident alien

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Un nouveau venu

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A newcomer

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Un flot, un torrent

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A stream

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Un afflux

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A flow

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S’installer, s’établir

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Settle

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Laisser entrer

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Let in

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Autoriser l’entrée de qqun

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Allow sb in

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Attirer

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Entice

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Ouvrir ses frontières

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Open one’s borders

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Accueillir favorablement

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Welcome

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Offrir un refuge

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Provide shelter/a haven

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The Rio grande

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Fleuve qui sépare les EU du Mexique

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Ellis Island

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Île du port de NY

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Jeunes cadres dynamiques cubains

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Yuccas

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Jeunes cadres dynamiques chinois

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Chuppies

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Immigrants en provenance d’Amérique latine

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Latinos

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Mexicains

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Chicanos

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Mexicains qui traversent le Rio grande à la nage pour entrer clandestinement sur territoire EU

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Wetbacks

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Les blancs

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Anglos

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Parvenir à un règlement à l’amiable

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To Settle out of court

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Relever une affaire

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To Settle a business

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S’installer, se calmer, se ranger

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To Settle down

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Masses entassées

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Huddled masses

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La misère

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Dire poverty

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