Immigration Flashcards

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Épreuves, souffrance

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Hardship

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Contestataire

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Dissident

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L’exil

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Exile

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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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Malheureux

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Misérable

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Incitation

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Incentive

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Leurre

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Lure

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Attraction

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Appeal

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Désir ardent

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Yearning

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L’envie l’aspiration

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Longing

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Quête de

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The quest for

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Pôle d’attraction

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Magnet

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Grande occasion

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Occasion à

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Gagne Pain

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Livelyhood

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Abri refuge

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Shelter

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Scolarisation

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Schooling

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Abondance richesse

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Afluence

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Les richesses

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Riches

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Ascension sociale

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Upward mobility

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En cas d’ascension sociale

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A success story

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Réussite spectaculaire

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A rags to riches story

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Satisfaire Des attentes

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Meet expectations

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Désirer

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Yearn for

Long for

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Satisfaire les besoins de sa famille

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Provide for one’s family

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S’enrichir

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Get rich

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S’élever socialement

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Work one’s way up

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Faire fortune

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Make a fortune

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Construire un empire

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Set up an empire

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Tentant attirant

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Appealing
Attracting
Alluring
Enticing

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Police Des frontières

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Border patrol

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Limiter le flot

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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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Empêcher d’entrer

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Keep out

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Faire une rafle

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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 back

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Reconduire à la frontière

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Escort back to the border

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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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Sévère

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Harsh

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Exclusion

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Rejection

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Animosité ressentiment

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Resentment

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En vouloir à

Ne pas supporter

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Resent

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Mépriser

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Look down on

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47
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Rendre qqun responsables

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Blâme smdy

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Prendre l’emploi de

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Take jobs away from

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Exclure

Isoler

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Segregate

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Amer

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Resentful

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Bilinguisme

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Bilingualism

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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)’intégrer

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Assimilate

Integrate

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De fondre dans

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To blend into

To merge into

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Se créer de nouvelles racines

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Put down new roots

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Demander nationalité

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Apply for citizenship

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Les pauvres ET les riche

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The haves and the have not

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Détruire un mythe

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To dispel

To debunk a myth

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Ca appartient au passé

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A thing of the past

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Sonner le glas

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To toll the knell for something

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Esprit américain

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American psyche

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Ingénieur info

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A computer scientist

An IT engineer

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Poumon économique

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Economic powerhouse

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Sévir

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To be rife

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Détruire un rêve

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Shatter a dream

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Pépinière

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Breeding ground for talents

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Sans tenir compte de

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Regardless

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Colon

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Settler

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Colonie

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Settlement

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Un résident étranger

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A resident alien

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Nouveau venu

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Newcomer

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Un flot, un torrent

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A stream

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Afflux

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Flow

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Laisser entrer

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Let in

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Autoriser l’entrée

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Allow smdy in

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Attirer

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Entice

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Revendeur

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A peddler

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Ramasseur de fruit

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Fruit picker

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Ouvrier saisonnier

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A seasonal worker

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Atelier

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Workshop

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Atelier ou LA personne st exploitée

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Sweatshop

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Fabriqu

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Manufacture

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Travail paye à la pièce

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Piecework

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Enploi mal payé

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Low paid job

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Travail ingrat

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Thankless job

Unrewarding job

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Emploi subalterne

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A menial job

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Travail au noir

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Moonlighting

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Trimer

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Slave away

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Coudre

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Sew

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Altérité

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Otherness

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Mélange

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Medley

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Creuset

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Melting pot

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Atout

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Asset

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Ouverture d’esprit

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Openness

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Nourriture exotique

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Ethnic food

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Personne d’origine étrangère

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Foreign Born person

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Se distinguer

PAS passer inaperçu

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Stand out

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Partage entre 2 cultures

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To be torn between 2 cultures

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S’accrocher à ses coutumes

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Stick to one’s way

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Apprécier

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Value

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D’ue grande variété

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Multifarious

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Peu habituel

Bizarre

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Outlandish

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Immigre en règle

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Legal immigrant

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Immigre clandestin

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Illegal immigrant

Alien

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Sans papiers

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Undocumented migrant

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Entrée clandestine

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Illegal crossing

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Passeur

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Smuggler

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Permis de résidence

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À résidence permit

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Un permis de séjour

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A Green card

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Entrer clandestinement

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Enter illegally

Sneak into

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Demander asile

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Seek asylum

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Excéder une durée fixée

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Overstay

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Déraciné

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Uprooted

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DANS racine

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Rootless

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Entrave

Gêne

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Hindrance