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1
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l’accueil

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welcome

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la patrie

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homeland

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3
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un titire de séjour

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visa

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avoir le mal du pays

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to be homesick

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dépaysé

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out of one’s element

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déraciné

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uprooted

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7
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instruit

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educated

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occidental

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Western

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avoir la nationalité

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to be of ___ nationality

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10
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interdire

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to forbid

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souhaiter

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to wish

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nier

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to deny

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13
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réagir

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to react

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14
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l’acculturation

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cultural adaptation

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15
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un clendestin

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an illegal worker

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les démarches administratives

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administrative procedures

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17
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le droit d’asile

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right of asylum

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18
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le lien

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a tie

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19
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les mœurs

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customs

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20
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la patrie d’adoption

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adopted homeland

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21
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un pays en voie de developpment

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a developing country

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22
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la politique migratoire

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immigration policy

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23
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avoir le droit de

A

have the right to

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24
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etre depayse

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to be lost

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25
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s’expatrier

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to immigrate

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26
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manquer de confiance en soi

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to lack self confidence

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27
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refouler

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to turn back

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28
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renoncer à son origine

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renounce one’s origin

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29
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se sentir étranger

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to feel alienated, à se sentir étranger means to feel alien to ___

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30
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un appereil

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camera

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31
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une carte

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map

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32
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un timbre

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postage stamp

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33
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faire sa valise

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to pack a suitcase

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34
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rêver de

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to dream of

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35
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un colon

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colonist

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36
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accuillant

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hospitable

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37
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désagréable

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unpleasant

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38
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avoir l’espirit œvre

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to have an open mind

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39
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un douanier

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customs officer

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40
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une pellicule

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camera film

41
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un séjour

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a stay

42
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complaisant

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accomodating

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une croisière

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a cruise

44
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fouiller

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to search

45
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la douane

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customs

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le dramaturge

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playwrite

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un paysagiste

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a landscape painter

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un atelier

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studio

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un cadre

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frame

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un chef d’œvre

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masterpiece

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le pinceau

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paintbrush

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la toile

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canvas

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le goût

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taste

54
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l’ombre (f)

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shadow

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un vitrail

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stained glass window

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une toile de fonde

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theatre backdrop

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le trompe de l’oeil

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optical illusion

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une gravure

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engraving

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l’argile (f)

A

clay

60
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le marbre

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marble

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le modelage

A

modeling

62
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un don

A

a gift of talent

63
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doué

A

gifted

64
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un dessin animé

A

cartoon/animated film

65
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un film d’aventure

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action movie

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un film d’epouvante

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horror movie

67
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un film muet

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silent film

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le scénario

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script or screenplay

69
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un metteur en scène

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director

70
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un personnage principal

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main character

71
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la vedette

A

movie star

72
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un échec

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a flop

73
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effrayant

A

terrifying

74
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émouvant

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moving

75
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lent

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slow

76
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ennuyeux

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boring

77
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la bande annonce

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trailer

78
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un court métrage

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a short film

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un film en version original

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a film showed in the original language

80
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une bobine

A

reel

81
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les accessoires

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props

82
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le bruitage

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sound effects

83
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l’éclairage

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lighting

84
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un écran

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screen

85
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le générique

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credits

86
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le gros plan

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close-up

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l’intrigue

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plot

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la mise en scène

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direction

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le montage

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film editing

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la musique du fond

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background music

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le trucage

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special effects

92
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doubler

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to dub

93
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passer un film

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to show a film

94
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tourner un film

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to shoot a film

95
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un navet

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a bad movie

96
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un prix

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awar

97
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génial

A

excellent

98
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nul

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bad

99
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sans interet

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uninteresting