The American Land

Question 1

Pays de lait de miel

Answer 1

Land of milk and honey

Question 2

Riche

Answer 2

Affluent

Question 3

Richesse

Answer 3

Affluence

Question 4

Des plus haut standarts de vie

Answer 4

A higher standart of living

Question 5

Partir de zéro

Answer 5

To start from scratch

Question 6

Se débrouiller

Answer 6

To work one’s way up

Question 7

Achever un rêve (x2)

Answer 7

To achieve one's dream
To fulfill (l) one's dream

Question 8

Réussir

Answer 8

To make it

Question 9

Être sur un pied d’égalité

Answer 9

To be on an equal footing

Question 10

Réussir à faire quelque chose

Answer 10

To suceed in doing something

Question 11

Dans d’horribles conditions

Answer 11

In dreadful conditions

Question 12

Faire face (x2)

Answer 12

To face

To be faced with

Question 13

Famine

Answer 13

Starvation

Question 14

Vivre dans une situation désespérée (x2)

Answer 14

To be dire straits / to live in dire straits

Question 15

Gagner sa vie (x2)

Answer 15

To make a living

To do something for a living

Question 16

Destituer

Answer 16

Destitute

Question 17

Au chômage

Answer 17

Unemployed

Question 18

Avoir de la difficulté à faire quelque chose

Answer 18

To have difficulty doing something

Question 19

Ouvrier (x2)

Answer 19

Laborer (US)

Labourer (GB)

Question 20

Salaires

Answer 20

Wages

Question 21

Travailler jusqu’à la mort

Answer 21

To work to bones and skin

Question 22

Dédié sa vie à

Answer 22

To dedicate one’s life (to)

Question 23

Épuisé

Answer 23

Exhausted

Question 24

Épuisement

Answer 24

Exhaustion

Question 25

Meilleures conditions de vie

Answer 25

Better living conditions

Question 26

Extrême fatigue

Answer 26

Extreme tiredness

Question 27

Faim extrême (x2)

Answer 27

Extreme hunger

Famine

Question 28

Dans une situation compliquée

Answer 28

In a difficult situation

Question 29

Salaire (x3)

Answer 29

Income
Salary
Earnings

Question 30

Sans travail

Answer 30

Jobless

Question 31

Le pays des opportunités (x2)

Answer 31

Land of opportunities

Promised land

Question 32

Richesse, aisance (x2)

Answer 32

Wealth

Oppulence

Question 33

Overbooké (x3)

Answer 33

Overtired
Very tired
Overworked

Question 34

Misère

Answer 34

Poverty-stricken

Question 35

Achever un objectif

Answer 35

To achieve a success

Question 36

Être très pauvre (x4)

Answer 36

Deprived
Penniless
Needy
Very poor

Question 37

Escalader l’échelle sociale

Answer 37

To climb the social ladder

Question 38

Affronter, se mettre face à

Answer 38

To cope with

Question 39

Gagner sa vie en faisant quelque chose

Answer 39

To earn a living by doing something (by working as a…)

Question 40

Trouver quelque chose dur à faire

Answer 40

To find somethinh difficult to do

Question 41

Avoir les mêmes droits

Answer 41

To have the same rights

Question 42

Vouloir faire quelque chose

Answer 42

To long (be longing) to do something

Question 43

Rendre un rêve réel

Answer 43

To make one’s dream come true

Question 44

S’arranger pour faire quelque chose

Answer 44

To manage to do something

Question 45

Sacrifier une vie

Answer 45

To sacrifice one’s life

Question 46

Commencer en bas de l’échelle social

Answer 46

To start at the bottom of the social ladder

Question 47

Travailler jusqu’à la mort

Answer 47

To work until one’s death

Question 48

Aisé (x2)

Answer 48

Well-off

Wealthy

Question 49

Travailleur

Answer 49

Worker