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1
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les Etats-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 (drapeau)

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the Stars and Stripes

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la Bannière étoilée (drapeau et hymne)

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the Star-Spangled Banner

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la statue de la Liberté

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the Statue of Liberty

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un Américain

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an American

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les Américains

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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

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a Hispanic

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un Latino

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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 amérciain

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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

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a land of plenty

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un eldorado

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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-mad man

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une attitude de battant/gagneur

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a can-do attitude

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l’indépendance

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self-reliance

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ne pas avoir besoin des autres

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to be self-reliant

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l’individualisme forcené

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rugged individualism

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être individualiste

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to be individualist

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le pragmatisme

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pragmatism

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être pragmatique

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to be pragmatic

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partir de rien

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to start from scratch

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avoir la possibilité de s’élever dans la société

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to be upwardly mobile

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gravir les échelons du succès

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to climb up the ladder of success

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la discrimination positive

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affirmation action

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le mode de vie américain

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the American way of life

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le gendarme du monde

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the global policeman

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se sentir supérieur

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to feel superior

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invulnérable

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invulnerable

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être plein d’arrogance

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to be full of arrogance

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la fragilité de l’Amérique

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America’s fragility

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être capable de rebondir

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to be resilient

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innombrable

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countless

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pauvres -> riches

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rags-to-riches (stories)

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avoir tendance à

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tend to be

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considéré comme

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regarded as

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précarité

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predicament

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qui s’enorgueillit de

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that prides itself on

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faire parti de

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to among

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taux

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rate

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analphabétisme

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illiteracy

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consommation de drogue

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drug use

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possesseur

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ownership

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au lieu de

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instead of

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un géant au pied d’argile

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a giant with feet of clay

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recevoir quelques claques

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to take a few blows

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un fou

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a fool

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capacité

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ability

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régénérer

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to reinvigorate

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inébranlable

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unshakeable

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confiance/foi

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faith

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renoncer

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to give up

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