L'immigration Flashcards

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Un ressortissant

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An immigrant/ citizen

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Recenser

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To take a census of

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3
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Révolu

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Over

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A home

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Un foyer

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Illegal immigrant

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Sans-papier

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Scapegoat

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Une bouc émissaire

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Un fardeau

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A burden

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Les allocations sociales (f)

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Benefits

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Un agent d’entretien

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A cleaner

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Citizenship (becoming a citizen)

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La naturalisation

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Sheltered from

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à l’abri de

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12
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A mix up

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Un amalgame

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13
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La racine

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Root

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Une bascule

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See-saw/ weighing scales

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15
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Le patois

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Regional dialect

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Distant

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Lointain

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Suburb

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Un faubourg

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18
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A submissive woman

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Une soumise

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19
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La prestation sociale

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A social security benefit

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20
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Suer

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To sweat

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21
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Broyer

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To crush

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22
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Clothing industry

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La confection

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23
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To be forced to

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Etre astreinte de

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24
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Stock

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La souche

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25
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Un immeuble

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A block of flats

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Casser

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To break things

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L’oisivité

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Idleness

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Rent

A

La loyer

29
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Gypsies

A

Les gitans/ tsiganes

30
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A hooligan

A

Un voyou

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Un bidonville

A

A slum

32
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Le délit de faciès

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Facial discrimination

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Le désoeuvrement

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Unemployment

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Town hall

A

La mairie

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**To do

A

Foutre

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Preconceived ideas

A

À priori

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L’amertume

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Bitterness

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Les moeurs (f)

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Customs

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Valable

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Valid

40
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Périmé

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Expired

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Un/e zonard/e

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Someone from a deprived area

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Un/e loubard/e

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A yob

43
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Un maraîcher

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A market gardener

44
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Un menuisier

A

A carpenter

45
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Mettre à l’écart de la société

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Marginalised/ sidelined

46
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S’entasser

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To be piled up

47
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Habitants à loger modéré

A

HLM

48
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To be sent back

A

Etre renvoyé

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Social unrest

A

L’agitation sociale

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Hijab

A

Le foulard

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Une embauche

A

Employment

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Le CDD

A

Fixed term contract

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Le CDI

A

Permanent contract

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Low income

A

Revenu faible

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A swastika

A

Une croix gammée

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To be picked on

A

Etre pris à parti

57
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Répandu

A

Widespread

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Porter plainte

A

To file a complaint

59
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Un communiqué

A

A report

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Unusual

A

Insolite

61
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To sink

A

Couler