The USA Flashcards by Caroline Jiang

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Les états unis

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The USA / the US / the states

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L’oncle sam

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Uncle sam

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La bannière étoilée (le drapeau US)

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The stars and stripes

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La bannière étoilée (le drapeau et l’hymne

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The star-sprangled banner

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La statue de la liberté

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The statue of liberty

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Un américain / les américains

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An american / the Americans

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Un amérindien

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A native American

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Un afro américain

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An african American

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Un chicano

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A chicano

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Un hispano américain / un latino

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A hispanic / a latino

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Un colon

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A settler

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Un wasp

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a WASP

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Le creuset

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The melting pot

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Une société multiculturelle

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A multicultural society

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Le rêve américain

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The American Dream

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La destinée manifeste

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Manifest destiny

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La ruée vers l’or

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The gold rush

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Un pays d’abondance / un eldorado

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A land of plenty / an El Dorado

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Un pays où tout est possible

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A land of opportunity

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L’égalité des chances

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Equality of opportunity

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Le pays de la libre entreprise

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The land of free enterprise

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L’esprit d’entreprise

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Entrepreneurship

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Un self-made man

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A self-made man

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Une attitude de battant de gagneur

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A can-do attitude

L'indépendance

Self-reliance

Ne pas avoir besoin des autres

To be self-reliant

L'individualisme forcené

Rugged individualism

Être individualiste

To be individualistic

Le pragmatisme / être pragmatique

Pragmatism / to be pragmatic

Partir de rien

To start from scratch

Avoir la possibilité de s'élever dans la société

To upwardly mobile

Gravir les échelons du succès

To climb up the ladder of success

La discrimination positive

Affirmative action

Le mode de vie américain

The American way of life

Le gendarme du monde

The global policeman

Se sentir supérieur / invulnérable

To feel superior / invulnerable

Être plein d'arrogance

To be full of arrogance

La fragilité de l'Amérique

America's frailty