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The Third And Final Continent Flashcards

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To go/live/study/travel/move abroad

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To move from one place to another

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To leave someone/something behind

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to migrate from… to…

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To emmigrate from… To…

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To immigrate to…

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to seek one’s fortune abroad

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To pursue a career

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pursue= verfolgen/nachgehen

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to follow one’s husband/wife

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To escape financial hardship

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hardship= Not

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to flee violence

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To escape persecution

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Der Verfolgung entkommen

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To apply for/obtain a green card

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US Visa

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To become a permanent resident

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to feel/seem/become/get lonely or homesick

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to be terribly/desperately/slightly lonely or homesick

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To feel homesick for someone/something

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A feeling/sense of alienation

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Entfremdung

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to experience alienation from someone/something

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To adjust quickly/rapidly/slowly/gradually to someone/something

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To be difficult/hard to adjust

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To need/take time to adjust

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To be/feel/look/seem/smell/sound familiar

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To experience culture shock

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A mild/slight/big/huge/dreadful shock

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to connect with/to others

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To become/remain/stay/find/make friends with someone

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to need a friend

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to find/make/win/lose friends

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Faithful/loyal/real/true/trusted friends

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faithful =treu

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New/new – found friends

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To be able/allowed/free to marry someone

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To get married to someone

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To commit/get married to someone

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to be matched up with someone

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match up=align, correspond

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a good/happy/successful/broken/failed/unhappy marriage

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An arranged marriage

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A marriage in which the parents choose who their son or daughter will marry

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a love marriage

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Marriage customs

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bräuche

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Marriage plans/partner/relationship

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Marriage break – up/problems

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to see a lifelong partner

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to find a partner for one’s son or daughter

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to have an arranged marriage

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Casteism

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India, caste system

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to divide people into different castes/groups

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to believe in/adhere to the caste system

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colorism

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discrimination based on skin colour

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To discriminate against someone based on their skin colour

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to immerse oneself in a new culture

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immerse=eintauchen

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To deal with challenges

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To feel/have/demonstrate/express/show empathy

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To become familiar with someone/something

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To find humour in difficult situations

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To be willing to change yourself

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To overcome one’s preconceptions

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Vorurteil→ prejudice

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experience (cultural) misunderstandings/confusion

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To feel personal disorientation

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To feel disoriented/be confused

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To experience an unfamiliar way of life

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To suffer from something

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leiden

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