Immigration Flashcards

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1
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un manque de personnel qualifié

A

a lack of talent

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2
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avoir sa demande rejetée (job)

A

to be turned down for a job

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3
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un pays de cocagne (tout est en abondance) (2)

A

a land of milk and honey

a land of plenty

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4
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un pays dans lequel tout est possible

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a land of opportunity

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5
Q

travailler au noir

A

to moonlight

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6
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faire fortune (2)

A

to strike it rich

to go from rags to riches

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7
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incessamment

A

relentlessly

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8
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un atelier clandestin

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a sweatshop

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9
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contrebandiers, passeur

A

smugglers

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10
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faire passer clandestinement qn

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to smuggle sb to

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11
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pays d’origine

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native country

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12
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faire l’objet de discrimination

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to be discriminated AGAINST

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13
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des citoyens de second ordre

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second class citizens

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14
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remplir les qualification nécessaires

A

to qualify for sg

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15
Q

renforcer une loi ≠ relâcher

A

to tighten up a law ≠ to relax a law

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16
Q

en temps de crise éco

A

In times of economic crisis

17
Q

réduire, limiter

A

to curb sg

18
Q

se faufiller, entrer clandestinement

A

to sneak into sg

19
Q

à bord d’un avion

A

on board ø a plane

20
Q

bouc émissaire

A

scapegoat

21
Q

demander la nationalité / naturalisation

A

apply for citizenship

22
Q

un permis de travail, résidence

A

a residence / work permit

23
Q

dépasser le temps du permis

A

to overstay a permit

24
Q

indésirable

A

unwanted

25
Q

déraciné

A

unrooted

26
Q

éviter qc /fuir

A

to shun

27
Q

attiré par

A

drawn to

28
Q

une fuite / perte

A

a drain on sg

29
Q

un migrant en situation irrégulière

A

an illegal alien / immigrant

30
Q

expulser

A

deport