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1
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la désertification

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desertificiation

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le déversement

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spillage

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déverser

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to spill

to release

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les dommages

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damages

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les effluents

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effluents

waste/sewage going into water

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la fonte des calottes glaciaires

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melting of polar ice caps

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la fôret tropicale (humide)

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tropical rainforest

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le gas-oil

le gazole

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diesel

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gênant

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inconvenient

annoying

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gênant

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to be a nuisance

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la groupe de pression

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pressure group

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l’heure d’affluence

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rush hour

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les hydrocarbules

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hydrocarbons

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impliquer

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to involve

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l’impôt (m)

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tax

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l’insecte (m)

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insect

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le mazout

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oil

tar

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le milieu

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surroundings

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le monoxyde de carbon

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carbon monoxide

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nocif(ve)

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harmful

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21
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les nuisances sonores (f)

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noise pollution

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le parc automobile

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fleet (of cars)

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le parc national

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national park

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la piste cyclable

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cycle track

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le plomb

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lead

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le pot catalytique

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catalytic converter

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primordial

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of paramount importance

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la question

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issue

matter

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29
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le réseau routier

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road network

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30
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la réglementation

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a set of rules

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31
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la réserve naturelle

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nature reserve

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32
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sans plomb

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unleaded

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33
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le siècle

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century

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34
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souiller

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to soil

to contaminate

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35
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la survie

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survival

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36
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le tigre

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tiger

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37
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le trou

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hole

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38
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à court terme

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short term

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39
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à long terme

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long term

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40
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l’approvisionnement en énergie

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energy supply

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41
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le barrage

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dam

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42
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des énergies douces

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safe energy sources

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43
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disposer de

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to have available

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44
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le fioul

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heating fuel

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45
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le gisement

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deposit

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46
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la houille blanche

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hydro-electric power

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47
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l’isolation

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insulation

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48
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marémotrice

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tidal (energy)

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la Mer du Nord

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North Sea

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50
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le moulin à vent

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windmill

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51
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le réacteur

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reactor

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52
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les ressources en énergie

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energy resources

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53
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les retombées

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the fall-out

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54
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suffire

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to be sufficient

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55
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le “pied noir”

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former colonist

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56
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l’ascension sociale (f)

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social advancement

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57
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le bidonville

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shanty town

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58
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la carte de séjour

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residence permit

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59
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la carte de travail

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work permit

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60
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le centre d’accueil

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reception centre

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61
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émigrer

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to emigrate

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62
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en situation irrégulière

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illegal

without papers

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63
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l’Europe de l’est

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eastern europe

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64
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l’immigration clandestine

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illegal immigration

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65
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issu de l’immigration

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of immigrant origin

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66
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le mode de vie

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way of life

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67
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le nouvel arrivant

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the new arrival

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68
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originaire de

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from

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69
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le patrimoine

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heritage

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70
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la provenance

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origin

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71
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ressortissant

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national

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72
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se réfugier

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to take refuge

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73
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à cheval entre deux sociétés

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to be slpit between two societies

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74
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acquérir

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to acquire

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75
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appartenir à

faire partie de

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to belong to

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76
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s’assimiler

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to assimilate

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77
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le choc culturel

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culture shock

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78
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le devoir

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duty

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79
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l’échec (scolaire)

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failure (at school)

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80
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l’emploi précaire

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insecure job

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81
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l’engagement

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commitment

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82
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la formation

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training

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83
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s’insérer

s’intégrer

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to integrate

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84
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l’insertion

l’intégration

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integration

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85
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marginaliser

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to marginalise

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86
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le milieu social

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social background

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87
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la mixité sociale

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social diversity

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88
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les moeurs (fpl)

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customs
habits
manners

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la naturalisation

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naturalisation

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90
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naturalisé

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naturalised

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91
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le pays d’adoption

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adopted country

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92
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le pays natal

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country of birth

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93
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la précarité de l’emploi

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job insecurity

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94
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le processus

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process

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95
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la reconnaissance

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recognition

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96
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résider

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to be resident

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97
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la revendication

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demand

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98
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la scolarité

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schooling

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99
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stigmatiser

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to stigmatise

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100
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surmonter des barrières linguistiques

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to overcome language barriers

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le tissu social

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social fabric

102
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agresser

A

to attack

to assault

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l’agression

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attack

mugging

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l’antiracisme

A

anti-racism

105
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l’antisémitisme

A

anti-semitism

106
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attiser les passions

A

to stir up feelings

107
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le combat

A

a fight

108
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déchaîner

A

to unleash

109
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l’emplacement

A

place

site

110
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fomenter

A

to stir up

111
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le foulard

A

scarf

veil

112
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les injures (f)

A

insults

113
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l’intolérance

A

intolerance

114
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juger selon (la couleur de la peau)

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to judge on (skin colour)

115
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l’expulsion (f)

A

repatriation

116
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métissé

A

of mixed race

117
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militer contre

lutter contre

A

to fight against

118
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opprimer

A

to oppress

119
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le préjugé

A

prejudice

120
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les relations inter-raciales

A

race relations

121
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une république métissée

A

a mixed race republic

122
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le xénophobie

A

xenophobia

123
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affligé

A

distressed

124
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aisé

A

well-off

125
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analphabète

illettré

A

illiterate

126
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l’analphabetisme (m)

A

illiteracy

127
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appauvrir

A

to impoverish

128
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avoir les moyens de

A

to afford to

129
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les biens

les marchandises

A

goods

130
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la carence

A

deficiency

131
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consacrer

A

to devote (time)

132
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dans le denuément

A

destitute

133
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le déclin

A

decline

134
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défavorisé

A

disadvantaged

135
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démuni

A

deprived

136
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désespéré

A

desperate

137
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la dette

l’endettement

A

debt

138
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diminuer

A

to decrease

to fall

139
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l’écart

A

gap

140
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l’endémique

A

endemic

141
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l’impôt sur le revenu

A

income tax

142
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la misère

A

poverty

143
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les nantis et les démunis

A

the haves and have-nots

144
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le niveau de vie

A

standard of living

145
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se nourrir de

A

to live on

146
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l’organisation caritative

A

charity

147
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le planning familial

A

family planning

148
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la privation

A

hardship

149
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priver de

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to deprive of

150
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le smic

A

minimum wage

151
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le smicard

A

someone on minimum wage

152
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la subvention

A

subsidy

153
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le taux d’intérêt

A

interest rate

154
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la tendance

A

tendency

155
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tendre à

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to tend to

156
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abattre

A

to shoot

157
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l’accusé

A

the accused

158
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acquitter

décharger

A

to acquit

159
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l’attentat

A

murder attempt

attack

160
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l’audience

A

hearing

161
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la bagarre

A

fight

162
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le blanchiment

A

money laundering

163
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le bracelet électronique

A

electronic tagging

164
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le chantage

A

blackmail

165
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la condemnation

A

sentence

166
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le coup de feu

A

gunshot

167
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la cour (de justice)

A

court

168
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le CRS

A

riot police

169
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la criminalité

A

criminal behaviour

170
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le dealer

A

dealer

171
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le décès

la mort

A

death

172
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la délinquance (juvénile)

A

(juvenile) delinquancy

173
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déposed plainte

A

to lodge a complaint

174
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la déposition

A

statement

175
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le détenu

A

prisoner

176
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écrouer

A

to lock up

177
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l’émeute (f)

A

riot

178
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l’emprisonnement
l’enfermement
l’incarceration

A

imprisonment

179
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emprisonner

enfermer

A

to imprison

180
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engager le procès contre

A

to take action against

181
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l’enlèvement

A

kidnapping

182
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l’escroqurie

A

swindle

183
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exercer l’effet de dissuasion

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to act as an deterrent

184
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faire le procès à

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to take proceedings against

185
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faire la virée

A

to go joyriding

186
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le filou

A

crook

187
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l’homicide involontaire

A

manslaughter

188
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incendier

A

to set fire to

189
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l’inculpation

A

charge

190
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infliger (la peine)

A

to impose (a penalty)

191
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l’insécurité

A

insecurity

192
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interpeller

A

to arrest

193
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les jurés

A

members of the jury

194
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juridique

A

legal

195
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légitime

A

legitimate

196
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mettre en examen

A

to charge

197
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le meurtre

A

murder

198
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le meutrier

A

murderer

199
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mortel(le)

A

fatal

200
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le notaire

A

solicitor

201
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plaider

A

to plead

202
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la peine de mort

A

death penalty

203
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la politique pénale

A

penal policy

204
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les poursuites (f)

A

prosecution

205
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poursuivre en justice

A

to take to court

206
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le prisonnier

A

prisoner

207
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la procédure judiciare

A

legal system

208
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se prononcer

A

to reach a verdict

209
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le pyromane

A

arsonist

210
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la réclusion à perpétuité

A

life sentence

211
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reconnaître coupable

A

to convict

212
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témoigner

A

to give evidence

213
Q

le témoin

A

witness

214
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tenir en garde à vue

A

to hold in custody

215
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le traficant

A

trafficker

216
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le travail d’utilité collective

A

community service

217
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le viol

A

rape

218
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le vol (à l’étalage)

A

theft (shop lifting)

219
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le vol à main armé

A

armed robbery

220
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le voyou

A

thug

221
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à l’essai

A

on trial

222
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alléger

A

to alleviate

223
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le chercheur

A

researcher

224
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la découverte

A

discovery

225
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décelopper

A

to develop

226
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le domaine

A

field

area

227
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l’engin spatial (m)

A

spacecraft

228
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être atteint de

A

to suffer from

229
Q

la fusée

A

rocket

230
Q

se généraliser

A

to spread

231
Q

le généticien

A

geneticist

232
Q

la génétique

A

genetics

233
Q

le génome

A

genome

234
Q

maîtriser

A

to master

235
Q

mettre au point

A

to perfect

236
Q

la percée

A

breakthrough

237
Q

perfectionner

A

to perfect

238
Q

la peste

A

plague

239
Q

se raviser

A

to change one’s mind

240
Q

réaliser

A

to acheive

241
Q

le remède

A

cure

242
Q

la renommée

A

fame

243
Q

la réussite

A

success

244
Q

le savant

le scientifique

A

scientist

245
Q

séropositif

A

HIV positive

246
Q

le spationaute

A

astronaut

247
Q

la technologie de pointe

A

cutting edge technology

248
Q

le test de dépistage

A

AIDS test

249
Q

le vaccin

A

vaccine

250
Q

VIH

A

HIV

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