Racism Flashcards
To improve
Améliorer
Universal phenomenon
Phénomène universal
To leave
Quitter
Major change (usually negative)
Bouleversements
Droughts
Des sécheresses
Floods
Des inondations
To leave
Laisser
Welcome
Accueillis
To blame
Reprocher
Unemployment
Chômage
To hold
Tenir
The increase
La monté
To cost
De coûter
Poverty
Pauvreté
Also
Également
Place
Lieu
Family allowance (pension)
Allocations familiales
To push
Pousser
Invading
Envahi
To clash
Être en conflict
To be bullied
Se faire embêter
To get angry
Se mettre en colère
To work (e.g. My computer doesn’t work)
Marcher
Caught
Surprise
To show
Montrer
Proud
Fière
Misunderstandings
Malentendus
Anguish
Angoisse
The right
Le droit
To occupy, be responsible for
D’occuper
To go up/to increase
Monter
Level
Niveau
Middle
Milieu
Asylum
D’asile
The lack
Le manque
Labour
Main d’oeuvre
Without
En dehors
Illegal
Clandestine
To kill
Tuer
That is to say
C’est à dire
Farms
Fermes
Factories
Les usines
Wave
Vague
Hidden
Cachés
Boats
Des bateaux
Trucks
Camions
Increase
Augmentation
To slow down
Freiner
Prohibiting
Interdiser
Veil
Du voile
Because of
À cause de
Term used for how in France, no religion can interfere with everyone’s lives
La laïcité
Both
Tous les deux
Algeria
L’Algérie
As an immigrant
En tant au immigrant
Terrorism campagne
Une campagne de terrorisme
A random shooting
Une rafale
To dare
Oser
Homesick
Le mal du pays
A business
Une enterprise
Term for French people who are born in Algeria (black feet)
Pied-noir
A person who is born in New Caledonia
Caldoche
Colonised
Colonisateur (-trice)
Bitter
Amer/amère
To move/settle (in a different country)
S’installer
Painful
Pénible
Away
Loin
To remember
Souvenir
Also
D’ailleurs
Aware
Conscient
To chase/ to hunt
Chasse
To lead
Mener
Term used for all the African counties
Maghrébins
A person coming from Maghreb
Un maghrébin
Term used foe generations of people born in France but who have parents born in Maghreb
Un beur
Back bone
De squelette
Low rents
Peu élevés
The French who originate from France are called:
Les nationaux
People who have never lived anywhere but France are called:
Les français de souche
People who are born in France are called:
Les autochtones
A refugee/ asylum seeker
Un réfugiè
A legal immigrant
In immigrant
An illegal immigrant
Un immigrant clandestine
Extreme right-wing group in France:
Le front national
Jaw dropped
Resta bouche bée
To promote
Promouvoir
To encourage
Encourager
To make an effort
Mette du sien
Enriching
Enrichissant
The customs
Les coutumes
To express
Exprimer
Deep down
Au fond
To play cards
Taper la carte
To disgust
Dégoûter
Note books
Cahiers
Clean
Propre
A clîche
Un platitude
To involve
Embodiner
To embody
Incarner
To compete
Rivaliser
Yet
Pourtant
To suppress
Réprimer
Hammered/ beaten
Martelé
Fields (e.g of work- not farm fields)
Les champs
Info
Bateille
To fail
Échouer
Reliable
Fiable
The balance
La solde
To start
Entamer
To capture
Emparer
To sneak
Faufiler
The ceiling
Le plaufond
Walls
Parois
To assign
Céder
To harm
Nuitre
Copper
Cuivre
To survey
Enquêter
To land
Atterrir
To appoint
Nommer
The wing
L’aile
To rely
S’appuyer
The console
Le pupitre
To defeat, defeated
Vaincre (vaincu)
To damage
Abîmer