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1
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clandestin

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illegal

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déranger

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to trouble/disturb/bother

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en situation réguliere

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legal

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en situation irréguliere

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illegal

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en vouloir a quelqu’un

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to bear a grudge against

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etre a la dérive

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to exploit

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exprimer

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to express

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expulser

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expel/deport

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francophone

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French speaking

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humilier

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to humiliate

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l’antiracisme

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antiracism

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l’attentat terroriste

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terrorist attack

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l’élargissementde l’UE

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EU enlargement

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l’embauche

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employment/recruitment

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l’entre deux-guerres

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period between two world wars

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l’épouvantail

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scarecrow

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l’expulsion

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expulsion

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l’hébergement

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accommodation

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l’incitation a la haine raciale

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incitement to racial hatred

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l’industrialisation

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industrialisation

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l’intégration

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integration

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l’Islam

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Islam

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l’obtention de la nationalité francaise

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obtaining French nationality

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la burqa/burka

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burka

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la cité

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housing estate

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la citoyenneté

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citizenship

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la discrimination contre

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discrimination against

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la discrimination positive en faveur de

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positive discrimination in favour of

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la haine

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hatred

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la liberté d’expression

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freedom of expression

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la lutte contre

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the fight against

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la main-d’oeuvre

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workforce

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la méfiance

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suspicion/mistrust

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la mosquée

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mosque

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la naturalisation

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naturalisation

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la pratique culturelle

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cultural practice

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la précarité

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precariousness/insecurity

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la préférence nationale

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giving priority to people of French origin

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la reprise économique

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economic recovery

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la ségrégation

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segregation

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la terre d’accueil

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welcoming country

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la vague d’immigration

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wave of immigration

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la xénophobie

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xenophobia

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laique

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secular

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lancer une campagne

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to launch a campaign

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le téléspectateur

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TV viewer

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le beur/la beure

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young person born in France of N.African descent

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le bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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le chercheur/demandeur d’asile

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asylum seeker

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le citoyen

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citizen

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le comportement

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behaviour

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le controle policier

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police check

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le droit du sol

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right to nationality based on birthplace

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le droit du sang

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right to nationality based on parentage

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le Francais de souche

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real French person

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le ghetto

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ghetto

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le licenciement

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redundancy

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le Maghreb

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North Africa

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le minaret

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minaret

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le niqab

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full veil

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le pays d’origine

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country of origin

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le pays natal

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country of birth

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le quota

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quota

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le réfugié

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refugee

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le regroupement familial

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an immigrant’s family joins him/her

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le repeuplement

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repopulation

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le ressortissant

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French national/citizen

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le titre d’identité républicain

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French identity papers

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le titre de séjour

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visa

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le voile

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veil

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le préjugé

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prejudice

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les délocalisations

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companies moving their manufacturing abroad

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les émeutiers

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rioters

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les idées toutes faites

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pre-conceived ideas

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les jeunes issus de l’immigration

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young people born into immigrant families

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les racines

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roots

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les sans-papiers/les clandestins

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illegal immigrants

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les Trente Glorieuses

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period of economic growth between the end of WW2 and 1974

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les violences urbaines

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rioting

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maghrébin

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from North Africa

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marginaliser

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to exclude from society

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mépriser

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to scorn/despise

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musulman

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muslim

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originaire de

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originating from

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porter plainte de

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to make an official complaint

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privé de

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deprived of

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provisoire

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temporary

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régulariser

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to make official

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renoncer a

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to renounce/give up

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s’en prendre a

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to attack

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s’indigner

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to be indignant

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sanctionner

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to punish

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s’assimiler

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to assimilate

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se plaindre

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to complain

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se révolter

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to rebel

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s’intégrer

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to intergrate

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sombrer dans

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to sink into

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subir (quelque chose)

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to suffer/experience

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supprimer

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to remove/do away with/suppress

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suspendre

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to suspend

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témoigner de

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to show (pity etc)

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un acte de violence

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an act of violence

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un assaillant

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assaillant

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un enrichissement mutuel

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mutual enrichment

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un entretien (d’embauche)

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(job) interview

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un groupe ethnique

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ethnic group

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un propos raciste

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a racist remark

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un/e HLM

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council flat

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une aggression raciste

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racist attack

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une bavure policiere

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police error

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une émeute

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riot

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une injure

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insult

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une peine de prison

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a prison sentence

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une plainte

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a complaint

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Un immigré

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Immigrant

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Un immigré clandestin

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Illegal immigrant

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L’immigration clandestine

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Illegal immigration

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Les sans-papiers

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Illegal immigrant

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La nationalité française

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French nationality

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Immigrer

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To immigrate

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Émigrer

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To emigrate

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A national

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Un ressortissant

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A second generation immigrant from North Africa

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Un Beur

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North African countries

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Les pays du Maghreb

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Somebody from North Africa

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Le maghrébin

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A refugee

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Un réfugié

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Host country

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La Terre d’accueil

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L’asile politique

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Political asylum

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La fermeture des frontières

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Closing of borders

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Travailler au noir

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Moonlighting

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Les conditions de logement

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Housing conditions

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Un foyer

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Hostel

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Le rapatriement

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Repatriation

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Être raciste

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To be racist

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L’extrême droite

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Far right

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La xénophobie

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Xenophobia

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La haine raciale

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Racial hatred

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Intolerance

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L’intolérance

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Les préjugés

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Prejudices

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Les droits de l’homme

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Human rights

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S’intégrer

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To integrate

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Régulariser

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To sort out

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Immigrants came to France because of the lack of work force

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Les immigrés sont venus en France à cause du manque de main-d’oeuvre

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The Beurs are the second generation of immigrants from North Africa

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Les Beurs sont des immigrés maghrébins de la seconde génération

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Some immigrants run away from the poverty of their own country

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Certains immigrés fuient la misère de leur pays d’origine

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Immigrants have less spending power than the French

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Les immigrés ont un pouvoir d’achat inférieur à celui des Français

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Housing conditions for immigrants are not as good as for french people

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Les conditions de logement des immigrés sont moins bonnes que celles des Français

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Some French people accuse immigrants to be responsible for unemployment

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Certains Français accusent les immigrés d’être responsables du chômage

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Immigrants should adapt to the way of life of their host country

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Les immigrés devraient s’adapter aux modes de vie de leur pays d’accueil

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The government fights against illegal immigration

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Le gouvernement lutte contre l’immigration clandestine

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The fight against racism should be daily

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La lutte contre le racisme doit être quotidienne

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Un vrai moment de mixité sociale

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A true time of social integration

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Immigrants were encouraged to come

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On a fait venir les immigrés

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The criteria for

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Les critères de

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La cible

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Target

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Immigration remains at the heart of political debates

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L’immigration reste au coeur des débats politiques

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Une réalité

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Reality

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Le mode de vie

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Way of life

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Les Français de souche

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French national

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La scolarité

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School system

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Les délits

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Crimes

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Les tensions montent

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Tension rises

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Étant Français

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Being french

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Souffrant du racisme

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Suffering from racism

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En évitant la violence

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Avoiding violence

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Ils ont connu tant de difficultés

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They encountered many difficulties

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En gardant sa double culture

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Whilst keeping two cultures

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Tout en restant en contact avec

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Whilst maintaining contact with

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Because of this

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En raison de cela

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What will the end result be

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Quelles seront a termes les consequences

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On a l’impression que

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We have the impression that

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C’est Une idée fausse

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It’s a false idea

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The opposite of what people think

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À l’inverse de ce que l’on croit

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Un manque d’infrastructures sociales

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Lack of infrastructure

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Rien ne va plus

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Nothing is working

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Une mosaïque multiculturelle

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A multicultural mosaic

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Un excellent moyen de communication

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An excellent method of communication

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In order to be accepted

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Pour être accepté

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To forget their origins

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Oublier leurs origins

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Il faut transmettre son histoire et sa tradition

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One must pass on history and tradition

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They suffered so much

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On avait tant souffert

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Nobody dares to say

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Personne n’ose Le dire

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Une société cosmopolite

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A cosmopolitan society

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Un melange de traditions

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Mixing of tradition

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La naturalisation

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Naturalisation

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Un pays d’accueil

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Host country

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Les demandeurs d’asile

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Asylum seekers

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Exclure

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To exclude

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S’engager

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To involve

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To experience

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Eprouver

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Signifier

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To mean

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Se deplacer

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To move

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Renoncer a

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To give up

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Aimer mieux

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To prefer

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Transmettre

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To pass on

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Entrainer

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To bring about

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Réagir

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To react

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Rêver de

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To dream about

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Se dérouler

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To happen

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Rester en contact

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To stay in contact

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Marginalisé

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Pushed out

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Provisoire

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Temporary

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Diverse

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Diverse

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Hostile

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Hostile

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Inaccessible

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Inaccessible

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Vulnérable

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Vulnerable

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Accentue

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Accentuated

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Rejeté

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Rejected

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Shocked

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Choqués

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Sous-payé

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Underpaid

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Équilibré

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Balanced

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Dynamique

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Dynamic

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Par rapport à

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In relation to

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Par contre

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On the other hand

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I really intend to

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J’ai pleinement l’intention de

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Du point de vue gouvernementale

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From a government point of view

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Du point de vue individuel

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From an individual point of view

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Sur Le plan politique

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On the political plan

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It is obvious to me that

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Cela me paraît evident que

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Jouer un rôle énorme

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To play a big part

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Cela peut s’expliquer par plusieurs facteurs

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Several contributing factors explain this

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For many reasons

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Pour de multiples raisons

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Il s’avère que

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It turns out that

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Le plus frappant est que

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The most striking thing is

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Il importe de savoir

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One needs to know

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To define the problem

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Cerner le problème

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On est obligé de

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One is obliged to

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