Education / old age / cities/ debates Flashcards

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Une école payante

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A fee-paying school

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Un programme scolaire

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A curriculum

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3
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Un lycée

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A secondary school/ a high school

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4
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L’équivalent du BAC

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The high school diploma (US)

The A-levels (GB)

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5
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Arrêter ses études

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To drop out of school

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6
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Une université

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An university a collège

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Un ancien élève

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A alumnus (pluriel alumni)

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8
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Une formation

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A training

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9
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U équivalent de la licence

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A bachelor’s degree

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10
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Une thèse, un doctora

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A PhD

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11
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Des frais de scolarité

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Tuitions fees

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12
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Une bourse d’étude

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(Grant, a scholarship)

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13
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Les personnes âgées

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The elderly / thé seniors

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14
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La population vieillissante

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An ageing population

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15
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Un retraité

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A pensioner / retiree

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16
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Partir a la retraite

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To retire

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17
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L’âge de la retraite

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The pensionnable âge

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18
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L’invalidité

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Disability

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19
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Une maison de retraite

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A nursing home

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20
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Les loisirs

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Leisure

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21
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Le centre ville

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Downtown

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22
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Les banlieues

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The suburbs

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23
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Un quartier

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A neighbourhood

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24
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Faire le trajet entre le domicile et le lieu de travail

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To commute

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25
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Les transports en commun

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Public transportation

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26
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Le métro

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The subway (US) 
The underground (GB)
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27
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Le logement

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Housing

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28
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L’immobilier

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Real estate

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29
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Un bidonville

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A shanty town / slums

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30
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Polémique, controversé

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Controversial

31
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Provoquer un débat

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To spark a debate

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Relancer un débat

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To reignite a debate

33
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Contraire à l’éthique

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Unethical

34
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Un organe de surveillance

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A watchdog

35
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Inégal / l’inégalité

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Unequal / inequality

36
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Un déséquilibre

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An imbalance

37
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Être victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

38
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L’égalité des sexes

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Gender equality

39
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Élever un enfant

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To raise / bring up a child

40
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La grossesse

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Pregnancy

41
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La pilule (cc toi)

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The pill

42
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Un bébé éprouvette (c’est quoi?)

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A test-tube baby

43
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Un avortement

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An abortion / a termination

44
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En faveur de l’avortement

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Pro-choice

45
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Opposé à l’avortement

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Pro-life

46
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Une mère porteuse

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A surrogate mother

47
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La stérilité

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Infertility

48
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L’euthanasie

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Euthanasia

49
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En phase terminale

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Terminally ill

50
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Le droit de garde (apres un divorce)

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The custody

51
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Une pension alimentaire

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An alimony

52
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Une famille monoparentale

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A single-parent / one-parent family

53
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Une famille recomposée

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A reconstituted / blended family

54
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Une belle mère un beau père

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A stepmother / a stepfather

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Homophobe ( homophobie)

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Homophobic (homophobia)

56
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Le marriage homosexuel

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Same-sex mariage

57
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Une organisation caritative

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A charity

58
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Une ONG

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A NGO (a Non-Governmental Organization)

59
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Bien payer

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Well paid

60
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Bouché

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Overcrowded

61
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Consigne de sécurité

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Safety régulation

62
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Céder (le passage)

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Yield

63
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Des honoraires

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Fees

64
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Diriger une entreprise à domicile

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Run a business from home

65
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Du temps pour les loisirs

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Leisure Time

66
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Du travail (non) déclaré

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(Un)declared work

67
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Décidé/déterminé

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Determined

68
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Démissionner

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Resign

69
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Employer quelqu’un comme

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Employ somebody as

70
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Faire des concessions

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Make concessions

71
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Faire des heures supplémentaires

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Work overtime

72
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Faire le trajet domicile travail

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Commute

73
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Faire passer un entretien a qqn

A

Interview someone

74
Q

Gagner un maigre salaire

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Eke out a living