THE AMRICAN LAND Flashcards
Land of milk and honey
Land of opportunity
Promised land
Affluent
Well-off
Wealthy
Affluence
Opulence
Wealth
A higher standart of living
Better living conditions
To start from scratch
To start at the bottom of the social ladder
To work one’s way up
To climb the social ladder
To achieve one’s dream
To fulfill one’s dream
To make one’s dream come true
To make it
To achieve success
To be on an equal footing
To have the same rights
To succeed in doing something
To manage to do something
To look forward to doing something
To long to do something
In dreadful conditions
In a difficult situation
To face
To be faced with
To cope with
Starvation
Famine, extreme hunger
To be in dire straits
To live in dire straits
Poverty-stricken
Destitute
To be very poor
Needy
Penniless
Deprived
Unemployed
Jobless
To have difficulty doing something
To find something difficult to do
To make a living
To do something for a living
To earn a living by doing something (by working as a…)
Laborer (US)
Labourer (UK)
Worker
Wages
Income, salary, earnings
To work to bones and skin
To work until one’s death
To dedicate one’s life (to)
Tu sacrifice one’s life
Exhausted
Overtired, overworked, very tired
Exhaustion
Extreme tiredness
Qui ne tente rien n’a rien !
Nothing ventured, nothing gained !
Risquer le tout pour le tout
To risk it all
Tenter sa chance
To try one’s luck
Le jeu en vaut la chandelle
It is worth the risk
La chance sourit aux audacieux
Fortune favours the brave
Quand on veut on peut
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
Sortir du tunnel
To be out of the woods
Partir de rien, gravir les échelons et réussir
To start from scratch, to work one’s way up and to make it
