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Today's Big Issues Flashcards

1
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La population

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The world’s population

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La démographie

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Demography

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3
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Un recensement

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A census

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Les estimations, prévisions

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The forecast

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La croissance démographique mondiale

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World population growth

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La surpopulation

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Overpopulation

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7
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Une tranche d’âge

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An age group

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8
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Le taux de natalité

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The birth rate

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9
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Le taux de fécondité

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The fertility rate

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10
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Le contrôle des naissances

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Birth control

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11
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Le taux de mortalité

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The death rate

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12
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Le taux de mortalité infantile

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The infant mortality rate

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13
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Espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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14
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Culminer

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To peak

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15
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Augmenter en flèche

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To soar
To spiral
To skyrocket

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Le dénuement, la misère

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Destitution

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17
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Les indigents, les pauvres

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The destitute

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18
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Les pauvres

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The poor, poor people

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19
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La misère extrême

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Extreme poverty

Dire poverty

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20
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Etre dans la misère

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To be poverty-stricken

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21
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Vivre en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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To live below the poverty line

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22
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Les défavorisés

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The underprivileged

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23
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Vivre au jour le jour

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To live a hand to mouth existence

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24
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La précarité

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Precariousness

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25
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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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26
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Un salaire de misère

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Starvation wages

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27
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Basculer, sombrer dans

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To sink into

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28
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Toucher le fond

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To reach rock bottom

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29
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Etre sur le pavé

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To be down and out

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30
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Ne pas avoir le minimum vital

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To live at the subsistence level

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31
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Etre sans argent

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To be moneyless

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32
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Une meilleure répartition des richesses

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A better distribution of wealth

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33
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La banque mondiale

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The world bank

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34
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Le FMI

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The IMF

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35
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L’OCDE

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the OECD

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36
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Le PNB

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The GDP

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37
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Vivre avec un dollar par jour

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To live on a dollar a day

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38
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Etre fauché

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To be hard up/ broke/ skint

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39
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Les riches et les pauvres

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The haves and the have-nots

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40
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La famine

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Starvation

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41
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La faim dans le monde

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World famine

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42
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Ne pas manger à sa faim

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To go hungry

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43
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Sous alimente

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Undernourished

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44
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Avoir un poids insuffisant

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To be underweight

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45
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Mourir de faim

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To die of hunger

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46
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Des enfants décharnés

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Emaciated children

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47
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Manquer de nourriture

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To lack food

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48
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La pénurie

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Scarcity

Shortage

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49
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Lutter pour se nourrir

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To struggle for food

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50
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Faire les poubelles pour se nourrir

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To scavenge for food

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51
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L’aide alimentaire

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Food relief

Food aid

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52
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Une ONG

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An NGO

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53
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Un bénévole

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A volunteer

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54
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Un pays donateur

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A donor country

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55
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Des denrées alimentaires

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Foodstuffs

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56
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Etre sans abri

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To be homeless

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57
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Errer sans but

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To wander about aimlessly

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58
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Un vagabond

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A vagabond

A wanderer

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59
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Un mendiant

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A beggar

A panhandler

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60
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Mendier, tendre la main

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To beg

To panhandle

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61
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Vivre dans la charité des autres

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To live on handouts

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62
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Un clochard

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A tramp
A bum
A hobo

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63
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Les sans abri

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Street people

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64
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Un carton

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A cardboard box

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65
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Une bouche d’aération

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An air-vent

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66
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Un centre d’accueil pour sans abri

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A homeless shelter

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67
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Lutter contre le froid

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To fight off the cold

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68
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Un sac de couchage

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A sleeping bag

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69
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Immigrer

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To immigrate

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70
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Émigrer

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To emigrate

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71
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Etre attire par un pays

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To be attracted to a country

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72
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Un candidat à l’immigration

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A would-be immigrant

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73
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Échapper à la pauvreté

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To escape poverty

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74
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Chercher à fuir la guerre

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To seek refuge from the war

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75
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Chercher l’asile politique

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To seek political asylum

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76
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L’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

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The lure of well-paid job

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77
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Rompre avec le passé

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To break with the past

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78
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Partir de rien

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To start from scratch

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79
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Prendre un nouveau départ

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To start anew

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80
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Un atelier clandestin

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A sweatshop

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81
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Fermer les frontières

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To seal one’s border

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82
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Endiguer mes flot des immigrés

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To stem the flow of immigrants

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83
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Renforcer le contrôle aux frontières

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To tighten border controls

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84
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Un passager clandestin

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A stowaway

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85
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Un travailler immigré

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A guest worker

A migrant worker

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86
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Les sans papiers

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The undocumented

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87
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Un passeur

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A smuggler

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88
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Réprimer l’immigration clandestine

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To crack down on illegal immigration

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89
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Un attentat

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A terrorist attack

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90
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Un groupe terroriste

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A terrorist group

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91
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Une cellule terroriste

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A terrorist cell

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92
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Poser une bombe

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To plant a bomb

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93
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Faire exploser une bombe

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To detonate a bomb

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94
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Une attaque à la bombe

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A bomb attack

95
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Une alerte à la bombe

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A bomb scare

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Une menace d’attentat

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A bomb threat

97
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Une fausse alerte

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A bomb hoax

98
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Une voiture piégée

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A car bomb

99
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Un kamikaze

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A suicide bomber

100
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Une attaque kamikaze

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A suicide bombing

101
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Faire sauter un avion

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To blow up a plane

102
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Détourner un avion

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To hijack

To skyjack a plane

103
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Un détournement d’avion

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A plane hijacking

104
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Un otage

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An hostage

105
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Etre pris en otage

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To be taken hostage

106
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La lutte contre le terrorisme

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The war on terror/ against terror

107
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Agir au nom de l’islam

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To act in the name of Islam

108
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Le 11 septembre

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9/11

109
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Le fléau du terrorisme

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The plague of terrorism

110
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Vivre avec la peur

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To live with fear

111
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Revendiquer un attentat

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To claim responsibility for an attack

112
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Un fanatique

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A fanatic

A zealot

113
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La discrimination raciale

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Racial discrimination

The color line

114
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Incitation à la haine raciale

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Incitement to racial hatred

115
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Faire qqch par haine

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To do sth out of hatred

116
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Harcèlement racial

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Racial harassment

117
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Violence raciste

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Racial violence

118
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Des provocations racistes

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Racist taunts

119
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Une insulte raciste

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A racist slur

120
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Prôner le racisme

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To advocate racism

121
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Etre victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

122
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Des mois racistes

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Racially discriminatory laws

123
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Faire preuve de discrimination envers qqn

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To discriminate against sb

124
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Antisémitisme

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Anti-semitism

125
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Un juif

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A Jew

126
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Profaner une tombe

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To desecrate a grave

127
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La profanation d’un cimetière

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The desecration of a cemetery

128
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La maltraitance des enfants

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Child abuse

129
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Le commerce des enfants

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Trading in children

130
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Etre victime de trafiquants

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To fall victim to traffickers

131
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Tomber entre les mains de

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To fall into the hands of

132
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Le commerce à caractère pedophile

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The child sexual industry

133
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Des réseaux pedophiles

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Child sex rings

134
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La pedophilie

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Paedophilia

135
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Sévir contre

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To crack down on

136
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La main d’œuvre bon marché

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Cheap labour

137
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La situation critique des enfants

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The children’s plight

138
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Enlever un enfant

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To abduct/ to kidnap a child

139
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Frapper un enfant

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To batter a child

140
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Violer

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To rape

141
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Torturer

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To torture

142
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Un bordel

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A brothel

143
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Souffrir de négligence

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To suffer neglect

144
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Libérer les enfants

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To rescue children

145
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Bafouer les droits de la femme

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To violate women’s rights

146
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Etre victime de la maltraitance

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To be abused

147
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La violence conjugale

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Domestic violence

148
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Un violeur

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A rapist

149
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Violer son épouse

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To commit marital rape

150
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Une femme battue

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A battered woman

151
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Un mariage forcé

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A forced marriage

152
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La lapidation

Etre lapidée

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Stoning

To be stoned

153
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Une femme voilée

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A veiled woman

154
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Résister, se rebiffer

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To fight back

155
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Etre pratiquement asservie

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To be held in slave-like conditions

156
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Etre contrainte de travailler démesurément

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To be forced to work excessive hours

157
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L’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes

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Gender equality

158
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Le statut des femmes

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The status of women

159
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Un misogyne

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A misogynist

160
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Combler le fossé hommes-femmes

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To fill the gender gap

161
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Un défenseur du droit des femmes

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A women’s rights activist

162
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L’égalité des chances

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Equal opportunities

163
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Parvenir à l’égalité totale

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To achieve full equality

164
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La loi sur l’égalité des salaires

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The Equal Pay Act

165
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Les disparités salariales

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Wage disparities

166
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Les écarts de salaires

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The pay gap

167
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Etre à la traîne (les salaires)

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To lag behind

168
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Rivaliser avec les hommes

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To compete with men

169
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Etre à la hauteur

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To make the grade

170
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Participer à la vie politique

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To take part in political life

171
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Progresser en politique

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To get ahead in politic

172
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La parité hommes femmes

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Gender equality in politics

173
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Donner un coup de main

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To help out with

174
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Mettre la main à la pâte

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To pitch in

175
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Etre enceinte

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To be pregnant

176
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Attendre un enfant

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To be expecting

177
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L’IVG

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The termination of pregnancy

178
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Se faire avorter

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To abort

179
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Un avortement clandestin

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A backstreet abortion

180
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Un avortement bâclé

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A botched abortion

181
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La pilule du lendemain

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The morning-after pill

182
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Un avortement tardif

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A late-term abortion

183
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Une loi sur l’avortement

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An abortion act

184
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Etre contre l’avortement

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To be pro-life

185
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Etre pour l’avortement

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To be pro-choice

186
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Un partisan de l’avortement

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A pro-choicer

A pro-choice activist

187
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Un adversaire de l’avortement

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A pro-lifer

A pro-life activist

188
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Un embryon

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An embryo

189
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Interdire l’avortement

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To ban abortion

190
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Etre celle qui décide

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To have the final say

191
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Etre maître de son corps

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To control one’s own body

192
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Se marier

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To get married

193
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Accoucher

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To give birth

194
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Allaiter un bébé

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To breastfeed a baby

195
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Un biberon

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A feeding bottle

196
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Une couche

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A nappy

A diaper

197
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Élever un enfant

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To bring up a child

198
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S’occuper des enfants

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To look after the children

199
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Un réfrigérateur

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A fridge

200
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Un congélateur

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A freezer

201
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Un four/ micro onde

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An oven/ a microwave

202
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Une cuisinière (appareil)

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A stove

203
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Faire le ménage

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To do the housework

204
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Faire le nettoyage

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To do the cleaning

205
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Ranger la maison

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To tidy the house

206
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Faire la lessive

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To do the washing

207
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Un lave linge

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A washing machine

208
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Faire la vaisselle

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To do the washing up

209
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Un lave vaisselle

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A dishwasher

210
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Faire le repassage

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To do the ironing

211
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Un fer à repasser

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An iron

212
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Passer l’aspirateur

A

To do the hoovering

213
Q

Un aspirateur

A

A vacuum cleaner

214
Q

Un chiffon

A

A cloth

215
Q

Les appareils électroménagers

A

Household appliances

216
Q

Les tâches ménagères

A

Household tasks

217
Q

Envahir le marcher du travail

A

To flood/ to pour into the job market

218
Q

L’emploi féminin

A

Female employment

219
Q

Embrasser une Carriere

A

To take up a career

220
Q

Un emploi à plein temps

A

A full time job

221
Q

Un emploi à mi temps

A

A part time job

222
Q

Un travailleur à temps partiel

A

A part timer

223
Q

Les congés de maternité

A

Maternity leave

224
Q

Prendre un congé après une naissance

A

To take time off after a birth

225
Q

Une nourrice

A

A nanny

226
Q

Une crèche

A

A creche

227
Q

Une garderie

A

A nursery

228
Q

Avoir des horaires compatibles avec ceux des enfants

A

To have child friendly hours

229
Q

Avoir une activité professionnelle

A

To be economically active

230
Q

Etre soutien de famille

A

To be a breadwinner

231
Q

Arriver au sommet, réussir

A

To make it the top

232
Q

L’épanouissement personnel

A

Self-realization

233
Q

Concilier travail et vie de famille

A

To combine/ to balance work and family

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