immigration Flashcards

1
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civil strife

A

guerre civile

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2
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to be displaced

A

être expulsé, transplanté

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3
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to lift the gates on emigration

A

ouvrir les portes à l’émigration

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4
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to open the floodgates

A

ouvrir les vannes

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5
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to stem the flow

A

endiguer le flot

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6
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to relax restrictions on

A

assouplir les interdictions (de, sur)

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7
Q

to be escorted back to the frontier

A

être reconduit a la frontiere

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8
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to send packing

A

expédier sans menagement

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9
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to scale back one’s hospitality

A

mettre un frein a l’hospitalité

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10
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an irritant

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une cause d’irritation

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11
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to crack down on

A

reprimer

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12
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to root out illegal immigrants

A

chasser les emigrés clandestins

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13
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to feel ostracized

A

se sentir exclu

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14
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cultural wrench

A

deracinement culturel

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15
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to resent

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s’indigner de, éprouver du ressentiment

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16
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nationalistic

A

nationaliste

17
Q

a scapegoat

A

un bouc emissaire

18
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a butt

A

une cible

19
Q

a racist bias

A

un préjugé raciste

20
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overt racism

A

racisme affiché

21
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deeply ingrained

A

invétéré

22
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a bigot/bigotry

A

un sectaire/sectarisme

23
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to engage in discrimination

A

se livrer a la discrimination

24
Q

bigoted

A

intolérant

25
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a rash of incidents

A

une série d’incidents

26
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to stoke concern

A

alimenter l’inquietude

27
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a flare-up

A

une flambée de violence

28
Q

to alleviate tensions

A

apaiser les tensions

29
Q

Equal Pay Act

A

loi sur l’égalité des salaires

30
Q

to be on the same footing as

A

être sur le mm pied que

31
Q

desecration

A

profanation