Immigration Flashcards

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1
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Les USA en tant que terre promise

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the land of milk and honey

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les mexicains qui traversent le Rio Grande à la nage pour entrer clandestinement sur le territoire américain

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the Wetbacks

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Blancs d’origine anglo-saxonne et de religion protestante

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the WASP

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un Américain d’origine étrangère

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a hyphenated American (hyphen = trait d’union)

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jeunes cadres dynamiques cubain

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Yuccas (Young Urban Cuban Americans)

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jeunes cadres dynamiques chinois

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Chuppies (Chinese + Yuppies)

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7
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les attentes et les rêves

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expectations and dreams

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réaliser un rêve

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to fulfil a dream

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un ressortissant étranger

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an alien (a stranger = un inconnu)

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10
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la misère extrême

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dire poverty

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la soif de

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the thirst for

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12
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un aimant, pôle d’attraction

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a magnet

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accueillir (favorablement)

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to welcome

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14
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ouvrir ses frontières

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to open one’s borders

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offrir un refuge

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to provide a shelter, a haven

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un demandeur d’asyle

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an asylum-seeker

17
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un permis de séjour

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a Green Card (US)

18
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faire entrer clandestinement

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to smuggle into

ex : ..to smuggle into Spain large amount of drugs