Immigration Flashcards

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1
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La misère

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Dire poverty

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Les épreuves, la souffrance

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Hardship

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3
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Malheureux

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Miserable

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4
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Le leurre

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The lure

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5
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L’aspiration

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The yearning, the longing

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6
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Réaliser un rêve

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To fulfil a dream

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7
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Satisfaire ses attentes

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To meet expectations

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8
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S’élever socialement

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To work one’s way up

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9
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Avide, cupide

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Greedy

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10
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Aisé

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Well-off

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11
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S’installer, s’établir

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To settle

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12
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Un travail mal payé

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A low-paid job

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13
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Un travail ingrat

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A tkankless job

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14
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Le travail au noir

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Moonlighting

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15
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Un immigré clandestin

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An alien

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16
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Faire entrer clandestinement

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To smuggle (into)

17
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Resserrer, renforcer

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To tighten

18
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Sévère

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Harsh

19
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Des sentiments xénophobes

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Anti-immigrant feelings

20
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Un fardeau social

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a social burden

21
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Mépriser

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To look down on

22
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Séparer, isoler, excluser (de)

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To segregate (from)

23
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Un citoyen potentiel

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A would-be citizen

24
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S’intégrer

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To assimilate

25
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Se fondre dans

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To blend/merge into

26
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Demander la nationalité

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To apply for citizenship

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Etre différent (de)

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To differ (from)

28
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Etre partagé entre deux cultures

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To be torn between two cultures

29
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S’accrocher à ses coutumes

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To stick to one’s ways

30
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D’une grande variété

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Multifarious

31
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Bizarre, peu habituel

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Outladish