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1
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attirer dans

A

be lured into

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tromper

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deceive

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3
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proie facile

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easy prey

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affreux/épouvantable

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awful/appalling/frightful/dreadful

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5
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situation critique

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tragic plight

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sans racines

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rootless

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trahison

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betrayal

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8
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naiveté

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gullibility

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9
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manque d’expérience

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inexperience

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10
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ascension sociale

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upward mobility

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11
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aimant

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magnet

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12
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atelier

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workshop

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13
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atelier (personnel
exploité)

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sweatshop

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14
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attrait

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appeal

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15
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aspiration/désir

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aspiration / yearning

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16
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bloqué

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stranded

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17
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postillonner

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sputter

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18
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vrombir

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purred

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19
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grand plaisir

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delight

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20
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soulagé

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relieved

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21
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abasourdir/époustoufler

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flabbergast

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22
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chaleur

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heat

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23
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satisfaire les besoins de sa famille

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provide for one’s family

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24
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embrasé

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blazzing

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25
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citoyenneté

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citizenship

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26
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colon/migrant

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settler

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27
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conditions de vie

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living conditions

28
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conflit

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conflict

29
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demandeur d’asile

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asylum seeker

30
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émigrant

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emigrant

31
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émigration

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emigration

32
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emploi mal payé

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low-paid job

33
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emploi subalterne

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menial job

34
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épreuves

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hardships

35
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espoir

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hope

36
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étranger

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foreigner

37
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exil

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exile

38
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exode

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exodus

39
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frontière

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border

40
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gagne-pain

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livelihood

41
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immigré clandestin

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illegal immigrant

42
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intégration

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integration

43
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liberté

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freedom

44
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loi sur l’immigration

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immigration law

45
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main d’oeuvre

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labour

46
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nouveau venu

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newcomer

47
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occasion

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opportunity

48
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oppression

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oppression

49
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passeur

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smuggler

50
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pauvreté

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poverty

51
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permis de résidence

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residence permit

52
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permis de séjour

A

Green Card (US)

53
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permis de travail

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work permit

54
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pionnier
réfugié politique
souhait

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pioneer
political refugee
wish

55
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travail au noir
travail ingrat
travailleur sans papiers
tyrannie

A

moonlighting
unrewarding job
undocumented worker
tyranny

56
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déraciné
d’origine étrangère
libre
malheureux
paisible

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uprooted
foreign-born
free
miserable
peaceful

57
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pauvre
plein d’espoir
sous-payé
travailleur

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poor
hopeful
underpaid
hardworking

58
Q

accueillir
améliorer
avoir accès à
construire un empire
échapper (à) / s’échapper (de)

A

welcome
improve
have access to
set up an empire
escape (from)

59
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émigrer
s’exiler
exploiter
faire fortune

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emigrate
go into exile
exploit
make a fortune

60
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gagner sa vie
ouvrir ses frontières
réaliser un rêve
rêver
s’élever socialement
tirer profit de
traverser

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earn a living
open one’s borders
fulfil a dream
dream
work one’s way up
take advantage of
cross

61
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être partagé entre deux cultures

A

be torn between two cultures

62
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persécution

A

persecution

63
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perspective

A

prospect

64
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refuge

A

shelter

65
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richesse

A

wealth / affluence

66
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désirer

A

yearn for

67
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fuir

A

flee (fled; fled) / run
away

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