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loin des yeux, loin du coeur

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out of sight, out of mind

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faire des économies

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to save money

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enterrer/ enfouir/ plonger quelque chose

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to bury

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un étranger

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a foreighner

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un inconnu

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a stranger

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récompenser/ valoriser

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to reward

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un enterrement

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a burial

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dans une étude

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in a piece of research

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dans des études

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in research

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fiable

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reliable

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sur qui on peu compter

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dependable

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travailleur

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industrious

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indépendamment

sans tenir compte de

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regardless

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les emprunteurs en général
les emprunteurs (que je connais)
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borrowers

the borrowers

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ça te dirait de

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do you fancy + ing
how do you fancy + ing
do you feel like + ing

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Que cela te plaise ou pas

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Wether you like it or not

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un expert comptable

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a chartered accountant

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avoir des intentions cachées

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to have a hidden agenda

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c’est une priorité

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it’s top/ high of the agenda

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être mal fondé

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to be ill-founded

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à l’ordre du jour

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on the agenda

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sensibiliser qqn a qqc

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to sensitize sb to sth

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ne pas faire confiance

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to distrust

to mistrust

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méfiant

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distrustful

suspicious

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emprunter: faire un emprunt

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to borrow money from sby

to take out a loan

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prêter de l’argent

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to lend/ loan money

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un ressortissant étranger

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a foreign national

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émigrer en…

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To emigrate to

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immigrer en

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to immigrate to

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une vague de migration

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a migration wave

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immigration à grande échelle

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large-scale/ mass immigration

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un exode

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an exodus

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un nouvel arrivant

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a newcomer

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pays d’origine

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Home/ native country

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la patrie

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homeland

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un pays d’accueil

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a host country

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un pays d’adoption

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an adoptive country

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accueillir

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to welcome

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accueillant

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welcoming

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une politique migratoire

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an immigration policy

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immigration choisie

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Controlled/ selective migration

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flux migratoires

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migration flows

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se déraciner

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to uproot

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un mendiant

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a beggar

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45
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l’immigration clandestine

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illegal immigration

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l’immigration sauvage

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uncontrolled immigration

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un passager clandestin

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a stowaway

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il est en situation irrégulière

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his papers are not in order

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49
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How many migrants in the UK in 2005 ?

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565.000 (32% African, 40% Asian)

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contrôles d’identité

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identity check

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un centre de rétention

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a holding centre

a detention facility

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un visa

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a visa

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fébrile

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feverish

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mettre les nerfs à vif

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jangle raw nerves

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croque-mitaine

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bogeyman

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un réfugié

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refugee

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une personne déplacée

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a displaced person

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un apatride

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a stateless person

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se réfugier

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to take refugee/ shelter

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demander l’asile politique

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to seek political asylum

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un demandeur d’asile

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an asylum-seeker

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fuir la persécution/ la misère

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to flee persecution/ destitution

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échapper à la pauvreté

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to escape poverty

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chercher des meilleures conditions de vie

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to escape poverty

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banlieues lointaines

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exurbs

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The number of illegal immigrants in the US in 2006

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11 million

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faire pression sur

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to undercut

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le trafic d’êtres humains

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human trafficking

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un contrebandier/ passeur

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a smuggler

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les passeurs d’immigrants clandestins

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people-smugglers

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un réseau de passeur

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a smuggling ring

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reconduire quelqu’un à la frontière

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to escort sb back to the border

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renvoyer un immigrant dans son pays d’origine

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to send an immigrant back to his native country

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expulser qn

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to deport sb

75
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être refoulé à la frontière

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to be turned away at the border

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être expulsé

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to be ordered out of a country

77
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What is the Green Card ?

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The nickname given to a resident card in the US. It is granted to foreigners who have permanent resident status.
50.000/y migrants visas are made available through the Green Card Lottery

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s’exiler

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to go into exile

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un exilé

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an exile

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exiler/ bannir qn

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to exile/ banish sb

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s’expatrier

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to expatriate oneself

82
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un expatrié

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an expatriate/ expat

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passer à l’Ouest/ à l’ennemi

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to defect to the West/ to the ennemy

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fuite des cerveaux/ afflux des cerveaux

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Barin drain/ gain

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partir de rien

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to start from scratch

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un travail au noir

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moonlighting

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exploiter des travailleurs immigrés

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to exploit migrant workers

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un permis de travail

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a work permit

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permis de séjour

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a residence permit

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un travailleur invité

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a guest worker

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s’intégrer

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to become integrated

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bien s’intégrer dans une société

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to integrate well into a society

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l’insertion sociale

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social integration

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régulariser la situation des clandestins

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to regularize the status of illegal immigrants

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la régularisation

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regularisation

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se faire naturaliser britannique

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to be granted British citizenship

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un quota

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quota

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regroupement familial

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family reunion/ reunification

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citoyenneté méritée

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earned citizenship

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accéléré

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fast-tracked

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qn qui abuse du système des prestations sociales

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a benefit cheat

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la fraude aux prestations sociales

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benefit fraud

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un parasite

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a freeloader

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un mariage blanc

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a sham marriage

a marriage of convinience

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inonder

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to flood

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être envahi par des étrangers

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to to be swamped with foreigners

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l’arrivée massive de travailleurs

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the influx of workers

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endiguer l’afflux des migrants

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to stem the flow of immigrants

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limiter/ freiner l’immigration

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to restrict/ to curb immigration

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un parti d’extrême droite

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a far-right party

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faire fuir les immigrants

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to scare immigrants away

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empêcher les indésirables de rentrer

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to keep out undesirables

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la xénophobie

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xenophobia

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un xénophobe

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a xenophobic

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mettre à rude épreuve

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to put a strain on

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des immigrés de deuxième génération

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second-generation immigrants

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avoir un grand-père né à l’étranger

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to have a foreign-born grandfather

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des jeunes gens d’origine asiatique

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young men of Asian descent

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un Français de naissance

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a native of France

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un New Yorkais de souche

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a born and bred New Yorker

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il est français de souche

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he is of French origin/ extraction

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Le Magherb

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North Africa

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Pakistanais

Bangladais

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Pakistani

Bangladeshi

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Parlan le Hindi

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Hindi-speaking

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diaspora

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diaspora

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un pays de cocagne

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a land of milk and honey

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trouver la poule aux oeufs d’or

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to strike it rich

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imposer

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to burden

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appartement

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tenement

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a burden

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un fardeau

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passer de la misère à la richesse

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to gro from rags to riches

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entrer furtivement

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to sneak into

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rester dans un pays au-delà de la durée de son visa

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to overstay one’s visa

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