Immigration Racism terrorism Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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Un candidat à l’immigration

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A would-be immigrant

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Fuir un pays

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To flee a country

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Chercher à fuir la guerre

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To seek refuge from the war

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Chercher l’asile politique

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To seek political asylum

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L’attrait de l’Occident

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The lure of the West

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Être confronté à

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To be faced with

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Fermer ses frontières

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To seal one’s border

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Endiguer le flot

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To stem the flow

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Un atelier clandestin

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A sweatshop

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Être refoulé

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To be turned away

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Renforcer les contrôles aux frontières

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To tighten border controls

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Être bloqué

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To be stranded

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Être expulsé de

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To be expelled from

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Un passager clandestin

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A stowaway

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Les sans papiers

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The undocumented

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Un passeur

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A smuggler

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Un faux passeport

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A fake passport

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18
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Réprimer

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To crack down on

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19
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Racial discrimination

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The colour bar/line

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Faire quelque chose par haine

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To do something out of hatred

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Les préjugés

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Prejudice

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Le harcèlement

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Harassment

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Provocations racistes

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Racisme taunts

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Une insulte raciste

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A racist slur

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Prôner

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To advocate

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Être victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

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Profaner une tombe

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To desecrate a grave

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Le racisme continue de se dissimuler

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Racism is lurking

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Un attentat

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A terrorist attack

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Poser une bombe

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To plant a bomb

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Faire exploser une bombe

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To detonate a bomb

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Une alerte à la bombe

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A bomb scare

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Une fausse alerte

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A bomb hoax

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Voiture piégée

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A car bomb

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Détourner un avion

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To hijack a plane

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Être pris en otage

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To be taken hostage

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Un intégriste

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A fundamentalist

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Un fanatique

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A zealot

A diehard

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Revendiquer

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To claim reponsibility for

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Les victimes

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The casualties

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Le fléau du terrorisme

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The plague of terrorism

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La barbarie

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Barbarity

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En représailles à

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In retaliation for

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Au nom de

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In the name of

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La guerre sainte

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The holy war

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Perpétrer

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To carry out