Promised land Flashcards

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un fardeau

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a burden

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un handicap

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a disability

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la colère

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anger

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l’excitation

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excitement

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les difficultés

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hardships

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une porte overte sur

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a gate way to

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une situation delicate

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a predicament

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le niveau de vie

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the living standard

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une récompense

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a reward

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un atelier de misère

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a sweatshop

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la main d’oeuvre

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the workforce

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sous le seuil de pauvreté

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below the poverty line

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des attentes

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expectations

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un échappatoire à la pauvreté

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a way out of poverty

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la loi du plus fort

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the survival of fittest

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une terre d’abondance

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a land of plenty

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une histoire de réussite

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the rages-of-riches story

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le pays natal

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the homeland

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riche

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affluent, well-off

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insalubre

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unsanitary, unhygienic

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dépendant de

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dependant from

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rigoureux

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thorough

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analphabète

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illiterate

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déconcerté

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baffled

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traumatisant

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traumatic

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fascinant

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mesmerizing

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de bonne augure

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auspicious

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mécontent

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dissatisfied

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desenchanter

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disillusioned

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dans la misère

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poverty-striken

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démuni

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destitude

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sans papier

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undocumented

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sans scrupule

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unscrupulous

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perseverant

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persevering

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découragé

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discouraged

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déraciné

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uprooted

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subir

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undergo

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avoir le mal du pays

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be homesick

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avoir le mal de mer

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be seasick

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manquer de

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lack something

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être traité comme du bétail

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be treated cattle

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singulariser

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single out

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être placé en détention

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be kept on custody

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obtenir qqc a force de travail

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achieve smt through hard work

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se réaliser

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come true

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être coupé

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be cut off from

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plaire à

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appeal to

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repartir à zero

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start afresh

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profit de

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take advantage of

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s’adapter à

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adapt yourself to

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surmonter

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overcome

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gérer

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cope with