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Immigration Flashcards

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Les épreuves, la souffrance

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Hardship

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Un exode

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An exodus

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Échapper, s’échapper

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Escape (from)

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Fuir

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Flee, run away

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S’exiler

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Go into exile

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Chasser

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Drive away

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Opprimer

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Oppress

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Pauvre

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Poor

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Malheureux

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Miserable

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Tyrannique

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Tyrannical

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Un espoir

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A hope

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Un souhait

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A wish

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Une incitation

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An incentive

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L’attrait

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Appeal, attraction

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L’attrait (trompeur) le leurre

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Lure

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Le désir gardent, l’aspiration

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Yearning

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L’envie, l’aspiration

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Longing

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La quête de

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The quest (for)

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La soif de

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The thirst (for)

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Un aimant, un pôle d’attraction

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A magnet

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Une occasion

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An opportunity

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Un gagne pain

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Liverlihood

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Un abri, un reguge

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A shelter

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Une perspective

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A prospect

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La scolarisation

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Schooling

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La richesse, l’abondance

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Affluence

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La fortune, la richesse

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Wealth

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Les richesses

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Riches

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L’assenssion social

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Upward mobility

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La misere

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Dire poverty

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Un cas d’ascenssion fulgurante

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A succes story

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Une reussite spectaculaire

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A rags-to-riches story

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Realiser jn reve

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Fulfil a dream

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S’attendre a quelque chose

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Expect (something)

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Satisfaire des attentes

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Meet expectations

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Souhaiter avoir quelqe chose

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Wish for something

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Desirer

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Yearn for

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Nourrir

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Feed

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39
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S’elever socialement

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Work one’s way up

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Cercher de l’or

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Dig for gold

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Faire fortune

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Make a fortune

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42
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Passer du denuement a l’opulence

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Go from rags to riches

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Paisible, pacifique

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Peaceful

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Attrayant

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Attractive

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Plein d’espoir

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Hopeful

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Avide, cupide

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Greedy

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Aisé

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Well-off

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Riche

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Affluent

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Riche

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Wealthy

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Une colonie, un village

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A settlement

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51
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Un pionnier

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A pionneer

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52
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Un ressortissant etranger

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An alien

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Un nouveau venu

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A newcomer

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54
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Un afflux

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A flow

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55
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Laisser entrer

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Let in

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Attirer

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Entice

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Ouvrir ses frontieres

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Open one’s borders

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58
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Accueillir favorablement

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Welcome

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Un chercheur d’or

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A gold digger

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Un fermier

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A farmer

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Un colporteur, un revendeur

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A peddler

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Un ramasseur de fruit

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A fruit-picker

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Un atelier

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A workshop

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Un atelier ou le personnel est exploité

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A sweatshop

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Une fabrique

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A manufacture

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Un emploi mal payé

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A low paid job

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U travail ingrat

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A thankless /unrewarding job

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Un emploi subalterne

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A menial job

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Le travail au noir

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Moonlighting

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Trimer, travailler comme un forçat

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Slave away

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Colporter

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Peddle

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Coudre

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Sew

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Tirer profit de

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Take advantage of

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Bon marché

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Cheap

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Sous-payé

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Underpaid

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Un etranger

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A foreigner

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Un fugitif

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A fugitive

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Un citoyen de seconde classe

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A second-class citizen

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Une entrée clandestine

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An illegal crossing

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Un permis de residence

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A residence permit

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Un permis de sejour

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A green card

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Entrer clandestinement

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Enter illegaly

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Se faufiller, entrer clandestinnement

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Sneak into

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Excéder une duree fixée

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Overstay

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Indesirable

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Unwanted, undesirable

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Sans rzcines

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Rootless

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Une entrave, une gêne

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A hindrance

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La police des frontieres

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The Border Patrol (US)

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Limiter le flow

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Curb the flow

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Contenir

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Staunch

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Restreindre

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Restrict

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Resserer, renforcer

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Tighten

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Empecher d’entrer

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Keep out

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Attraper

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Catch

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Faire une raffle

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Round up

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Renvoyer

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Send back

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Renvoyer par bateau

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Ship out

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Jeter dehors

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Kick out

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Insurmontable

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Unsurpassable

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Serré, strict

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Tigh

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Sévère

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Harsh

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Le rejet, l’exclusion

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Rejection

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Des sentiments xenophobes

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Anti-immigrant feelings

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L’animosité, le ressentiment

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Resentment

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Un bouc-emissaire

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A scapegoat

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Un fardeau social

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A social burden

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Pratiquer la discrimination

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Discriminate

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En vouloir a, ne pas supporter

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Resent

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Mepriser

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Look down on

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Prendre l’emploie de

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Take jobs away from

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Séparer, isoler, exclure

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Segregate

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Amer, plein de ressentiment

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Resentful

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Un citoyen potentiel

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A would-be citizen

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S’adapter

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Adapt, adjust

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S’integrer

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Assimilate

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Se fondre dans

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Blend/merge into

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Se conformer a

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Conform (to,with)

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Se creer de nouvelles racines

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Put down new roots

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Demander la nationalité

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Apply for citizenship

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Accorder la nationalité

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Grant citizenship

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L’altérité

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Otherness

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Un melange

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A medley, a mix

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Un creuset

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Melting-pot

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Une société multi culturelle

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A multi-cultural society

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L’heritage de l’immigration

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The heritage of immigration

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Un atout

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An asset

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L’ouverture d’esprit

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Openness

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Un marriage mixe

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A mixed marriage

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Un emprunt (style, coutume)

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Borrowing

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Un arriere plan culturel

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A cultural background

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L’origine

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Origin

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Un ancetre

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An ancestor

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Les ancetres

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Ancestry

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Une personne d’origine etrangere

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A foreign-born person

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Un natif, qqn né ds le pays

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A native

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Differer, etre different

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Differ (from)

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Se distinguer, ne pas passer inaperçu

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Stand out

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Parraitre different

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Look different

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Etre d’origine etrangere

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Be of foreign origin

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Etre partagé entre deux cultures

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Be torn between two cultures

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S’accrocher a ses coutumes

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Stick to one’s way

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Apprecier

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Value

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S’enrichir

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Be enriched

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Divers

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Diverse

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Varié

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Varied

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D’une grande variété

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Multifarious

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Etrange

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Strange

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Bizarre, peu habituel

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Outlandish

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Inhabituel

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Unusual

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A l’esprit ouvert, sans prejugés

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Open-minded

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D’origine etrangère

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Foreign-born

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De la premiere/ seconde generation

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First/second-generation

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The Mayflower what is this?

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Le navire qui en 1620 transporta les premiers colons (des Puritains qui fuyaient l’Angleterre pour aller sur la cote est du nouveau continent

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The Gold Rush

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La ruée massive vers la Californie, consécutive a la découverte de pepite d’or pres de Sacramento en 1848

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The closing of the Frontier

The Frontier =

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La fin officiel de la conquete americaine 1890 (C’est la limite mouvante entre les terres colonisées et le restee du territoire americain)

156
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The Brain Drain

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La fuite des cerveaux

L’emigratio d’une main d’oeuvre hautement qualifié, attiré par le mode de vie et les conds de travail

157
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Surnoms Americains pour les cadres dynamique et ceux qui viennent de chine

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Yuccas

Chuppies

158
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Pq Wetback ?

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Dos mouiller car ils traversent le rio grande

159
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S’installer

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To settle

160
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Installer les invités

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To settle the guests

161
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Calmer ses nerf

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To settle one’s nerves

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Trancher en tant qu’arbitre

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To settle an argument

163
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Mettre de l’ordre ds ses affaires

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To settle one’s affairs

164
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Se contenter de

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To settle for

165
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Choisir (un nom, une couleur)

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To settle on

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Voila qui est reglé

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That’s settled

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Attendre que les choses se calment

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To let the dust settle

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