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An immigration policy

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Une politique d’immigration

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Valid documents

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Des papiers en règles

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An undocumented alien

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Un étranger sans papiers

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The brain drain

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La fuite des cerveaux

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The shortage of unskilled labour

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La pénurie de main d’œuvre non qualifiée

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A work permit

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Un permis de travail

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An undeclared job

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Un emploi non déclaré

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A menial job

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Un emploi subalterne

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A job opportunity

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Une possibilité d’emploi

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Push and pull factors

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Facteurs d’attraction et de répulsion

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Host country / home country

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Pays d’accueil / pays d’origine

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Upward mobility

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L’ascension sociale

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A would-be citizen

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Un citoyen potentiel

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The border

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La frontière

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The economic situation

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La situation économique

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The world economy

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L’économie mondiale

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An ailing economy

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Une économie mal en point

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The purchasing power = the buying power

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Job cuts

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Des suppressions d’emplois

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An economic upturn

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Un redressement économique

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The stock exchange

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La Bourse

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Ethnicity

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L’appartenance ethnique

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A smuggler

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Le passeur

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A safe haven

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Un havre de paix, un lieu sûr

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An asylum-seeker

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Un demandeur d’asile

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Human decency

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La dignité humaine

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Better prospects for the future

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Des perspectives d’avenir meilleures

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A flux of immigrants

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Un flux migratoire

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An ID card

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Une carte d’identité

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Working conditions

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Des conditions de travail

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A sweatshop

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Un atelier clandestin

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A magnet

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Un aimant, un pôle d’attraction

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A political refugee / political asylum

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Un réfugié politique, l’asile politique

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A second-class citizen

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Un citoyen de seconde zone

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The Border Patrol (US)

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La police des frontières

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The cost of living

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Le coût de la vie

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The living standard

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Le niveau de vie

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Economic recovery

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Une reprise économique

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A slump

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Une dépression, un marasme

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A redundancy = a layott

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Un licenciement économique

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The crédit crunch

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La crise du crédit

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A scapegoat

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Un bouc émissaire

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A melting pot

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Un creuset

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Uprooted

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Déraciné

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Inhumane

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Inhumain, cruel

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Steady

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Stable

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To be deported

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Être expulsé

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To find shelter

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Trouver un toit

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To earn a living, to make a decent living

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Gagner sa vie, vivre décemment

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To claim benefits

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Demander des prestations

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To flee from one’s home country

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Fuir son pays d’origine

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To leave everything behind

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Tout quitter

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To be British-born

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Être britannique de naissance

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To be granted citizenship

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Obtenir la citoyenneté

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To make a fresh start

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Prendre un nouveau départ

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To apply for a Green Card

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Faire une demande de carte verte

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To legalise the status of illegal aliens

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Légaliser le statut des étrangers en situation irrégulière

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To yearn for

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Désirer

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To long for

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Désirer, aspirer à

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To aspire to

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Aspirer à

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To settle

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S’installer, s’établir

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To cross the border

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Traverser la frontière

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To apply for British citizenship

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Demander la nationalité britannique

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To ship someone out

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Expulser quelqu’un

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To rise from rags to riches

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Passer de la misère à la richesse

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To flee dire poverty and persecution

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Fuir la misère et la persécution

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To seek refuge

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Chercher refuge

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To find shelter

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Trouver refuge

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To fulfil a dream

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Réaliser un rêve

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To meet expectations

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Satisfaire les attentes

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To curb the flow

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Limiter le flot

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To tighten the law

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Resserrer, renforcer les lois

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From all walks of life

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De tous milieux

MPSI 2 Anglais --> Français (11 decks)

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