List 29 Flashcards by Grace Hua

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une ascension fulgurante

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success story

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l’ascension sociale

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upward mobility

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une aspiration

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aspiration

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aspirer à

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to aspire to

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attiré à

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attracted to

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l’attrait

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attraction

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avide

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greedy

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avoir accès à

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to be successful

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chasser

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to drive away

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chercher de l’or

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to dig for gold

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chercher refuge

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to look for refuge

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les conditions de vie

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living conditions

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un conflit

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conflict

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construire un empire

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to construct an empire

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le désir ardent

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yearing

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désirer

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to yearn/desire

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l’éducation

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education

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éduquer

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to educate

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un émigré

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emigrant

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l’envie

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longing

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un espoir

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hope

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un exilé

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exile

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un exode

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exodus

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faire fortune

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to make a fortune

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fuir

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to run away

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un gagne-pain

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livelihood

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une incitation

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incentive

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le leurre

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lure

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malheureux

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unhappy

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migrer

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migrate

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nourrir

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to feed

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une opportunité

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opportunity

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l’oppression

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oppression

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opprimer

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to oppress

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paisible

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peaceful

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passer du dénuement à l’opulence

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to go from rags to riches

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la pauvreté

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poverty

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une perspective

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prospect

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plein d’espoir

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full of hope

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la quête de

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the search for

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réaliser un rêve

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to fulfill a dream

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un refuge

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refuge

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la répression

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repression

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une réussite spectaculaire

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a success story

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la richesse

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wealth

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s’adapter

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to adapt oneself

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satisfaire les besoins de sa famille

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to provide for one’s family

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la scolarisation

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schooling

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se créer de nouvelles racines

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to put down new roots