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Voc + synonymes IEP Flashcards

1
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To struggle, to fight

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Lutter

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Safety, security

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La sécurité

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A border, a boundary, a frontier

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Une frontière

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To drown , to drench

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Se noyer

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Aftermath, impact, consequence

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Une conséquence, une répercussion

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To flee, to avoid

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Fuir

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A tide

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La marée

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A column, a columnist = a section, a journalist

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Une rubrique, un chroniqueur

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To drag on, to lug around

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Traîner

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To swamp

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Surcharger / submerger quelqu’un de quelque chose

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To shrug

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Hausser les épaules

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To slash, to cut

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Taillader, entailler

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To strike out, to hit

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Frapper

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To hamper, to brake

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Freiner, ralentir

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Unaware, reckless, oblivious

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Inconscient

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Manageable

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Gerable, surmontable

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The run-up, the period before

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Période qui précède quelque chose

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18
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On our watch

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Sous notre responsabilité

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To back something

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Pour sauvegarder quelque chose

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20
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To pat oneself on the back

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To congratulate oneself

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21
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The threat, menace, intimidation

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La menace

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Granted

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Certes, je vous l’accorde

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To provide, to supply

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Fournir

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Settlement , arrangement, judgement

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Décision, accord

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Ongoing , open-ended, in process

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En cours

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To escape

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To flee

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Editorial

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A column

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Submerged

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Swamped

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To show you don’t care about something

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To shrug

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30
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To prevent

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To hamper

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31
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Unconscious

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Unaware

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Easy to control

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Manageable

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Shift / period of duty

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On our watch

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34
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Accommodate

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To put someone up

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35
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To support

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To back

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36
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Admittedly

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Granted

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37
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To live

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To settle

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38
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To achieve

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To attain, to accomplish

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To acknowledge

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To admit, to recognize ( reconnaître )

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Admamant

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Inflexible , unyielding

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41
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To advocate

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To support, to favour ( soutenir, plaidoyer )

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42
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Aim

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Goal, objective

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43
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To alleviate

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To relieve

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44
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To alter

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To modify, to change

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45
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Antiquated

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Old-fashioned, out-dated

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46
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To assert

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To claim, to affirm

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47
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To assume

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To suppose, to presume ( supposer )

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48
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Awkward

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Embarassing, uncomfortable

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49
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Baffling

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Confusing, puzzling ( déroutant )

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50
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Biased

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Prejudiced / unbiased = objective

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51
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Bleak

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Gloomy, dreary

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52
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Burden

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Weight

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53
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To carry out

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To implement

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54
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Circumvent

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To dodge, to avoid

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55
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To claim

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To assert , to request, to demand

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56
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Crumble

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To fall down, to collapse

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57
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Deadlock

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Stalemate

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58
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A foreigner

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Un étranger

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59
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A stranger

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Un inconnu

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60
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Nationality

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La nationalité

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61
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A foreign national

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Un ressortissant étranger

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62
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French citizens

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Les personnes de nationalité française

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63
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To emigrate To New Zealand

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Émigrer en nouvelle Zélande

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64
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To immigrate to France

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Immigrer en France

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65
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A wave of immigration

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Une vague d’immigration

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66
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Large-scale / mass immigration

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Immigration à grande échelle / de masse

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67
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An exodus

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Un exode

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68
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A newcomer

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Un nouvel arrivant

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69
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Native country, home country

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Pays natal, pays d’origine

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70
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Homeland

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La patrie

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71
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A host country

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Un pays d’accueil

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72
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An adoptive country, a country of adoption

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Un pays d’adoption

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73
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To welcome

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Accueillir

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74
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Welcoming

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Accueillant

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75
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Immigration policy

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La politique d’immigration

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76
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Selective immigration, controlled

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Immigration choisie

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77
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Migration flows

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Les flux migratoires

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78
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A stowaway

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Un passager clandestin

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79
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Illegal immigration

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L’immigration clandestine, irrégulière

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80
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Uncontrolled immigration

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L’immigration sauvage

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81
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An illegal immigrant, an illegal alien, an undocumented alien

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Un immigrant clandestin, un sans-papiers

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His papers are not in order

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Il est en situation irrégulière

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83
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A border, a frontier

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Une frontière

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84
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To close one’s borders

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Fermer ses frontières

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85
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Border controls

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Les contrôles aux frontières

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86
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Identity checks

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Les contrôles d’identité

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87
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A holding centre, a detention facility

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Un centre de rétention ( administrative )

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88
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A passport

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Un passeport

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89
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An identity card

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Une carte d’identité

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90
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A visa

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Un visa

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91
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A scape goat

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Un bouc émissaire

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92
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A refugee

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Un réfugié

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93
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A displaced person

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Une personne déplacée

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A stateless person

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Un apatride

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95
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To take refuge, take shelter

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Se réfugier

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96
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To seek political asylum

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Demander l’asile politique

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97
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An asylum-seeker

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Un demandeur d’asile

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98
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To flee persecution / destitution

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Fuir la persécution / la misère

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99
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To espace poverty

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Échapper à la pauvreté

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To be in search of better living-conditions

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Chercher de meilleures conditions de vie

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101
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Human trafficking

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Le trafic des êtres humains

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102
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A smuggler

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Un contrebandier , un passeur

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103
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People smugglers

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Les passeurs d’immigrants clandestins

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104
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A smuggling ring

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Un réseau de passeurs

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105
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A fake passport

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Un faux passeport

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106
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To escort somebody to the border

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reconduire quelqu’un à la frontière

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107
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To send an immigration back to his native country

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Renvoyer un immigrant dans son pays d’origine

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108
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To deport somebody

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Expulser quelqu’un

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109
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To be turned away at the border

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Être refoulé à la frontière

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110
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To be ordered out of the country

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Être expulsé

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111
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To go into exile

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S’exiler

112
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An exile

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Un exilé

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To exile, to banish somebody

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Exiler , bannir quelqu’un

114
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To expatriate oneself

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S’expatrier

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An expatriate, an expat

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Un expatrié

116
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To defect to the West / to the enemy

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Passer à l’ouest / a l’ennemi

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Brain drain / brain gain

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Fuite des cerveaux / afflux des cerveaux

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To start from scratch

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Partir de rien

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Moonlighting

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Le travail au noir

120
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A sweatshop

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Un atelier clandestin

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To exploit migrant workers

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Exploiter les travailleurs immigrés

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A work permit

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Un permis de travail, une carte de travail

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A residence permit / a resident permit

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Un permis de séjour, une carte de séjour

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A migrant worker

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Un travailleur migrant

125
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A guest worker

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Un travailleur invité ( disposant d’un visa temporaire )

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To become integrated

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S’intégrer

127
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To integrate well into a society

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Bien s’intégrer dans une société

128
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Social integration

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L’insertion sociale

129
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To regularise the status of illegal immigrants

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Régulariser la situation des clandestins

130
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Regularisation

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La régularisation

131
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To be granted British citizenship, to become a British citizen

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Se faire naturaliser britannique, être naturalisé britannique, obtenir la nationalité britannique

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A quota

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Un quota

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Family reunion, reunification

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Le regroupement familial

134
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A benefit cheat

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Quelqu’un qui abuse du système des prestations sociales

135
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Benefit fraud

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La fraude aux prestations sociales

136
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A freeloader

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Un parasite

137
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A sham marriage, a marriage of convenience

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Un mariage blanc

138
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To flood

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Inonder

139
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To be swamped with foreigners

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Être envahi par les étrangers

140
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The influx of workers

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L’arrivée massive, l’afflux de travailleurs

141
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To stem the flow of immigrants

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Endiguer l’afflux d’immigrés

142
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To restrict / curb immigration

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Limiter / freiner l’immigration

143
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A far-right party

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Un parti d’extrême droite

144
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To scare immigrants away

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Faire fuir les immigrants

145
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To keep out undesirables

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Empêcher les indésirables d’entrer

146
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Xenophobia

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La xénophobie

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Xenophobic

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Xénophobe

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Second-generation immigrants

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Des immigrés de deuxième génération

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To have a foreign-born grandfather

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Avoir un grand père né à l’étranger

150
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Young men of Asian / portuguese descent

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Des jeunes gens d’origine asiatique / portugaise

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A native of France

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Un français de naissance

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A born and bred New Yorker

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Un New Yorkais de souche

153
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He’s of French origin, of French extraction

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Il est français de souche

154
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North Africa

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Le Maghreb

155
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North Africans

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Les Maghrébins

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Pakistani / bengladeshi

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Pakistanais / du Bengladesh

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Spanish speaking / Hindi speaking

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Hispanophone / parlant le Hindi

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Diaspora

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Diaspora

159
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Covered or flooded with water

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Awash / submerged, swapped

160
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Ignore ( someone) by turning away

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To turn one’s back on, abandon /reject

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A short, confused fight or struggle

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A scuffle, a tussle

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Take up an attitude of confrontation

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To face off, to stand up to

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A barrier or upright structure to mark a boundary

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Fencing

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Support or strenghten

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To bolster, to reinforce

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A request made in an urgent and emotional manner

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A plea, an appeal

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Show or guide someone somewhere

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To usher, to escort

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Severe mental or physical pain

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Anguish, distress, suffering

168
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Have difficulty coping with / handling something

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To struggle, to endeavor, to try hard

169
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The land along the edge of the sea

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The shores, a cost

170
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Approximately

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Roughly, about

171
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Deal with / manage / handle

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To cope with

172
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A sudden powerful movement

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A surge, an increase, a rise

173
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Shine with a soft light

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Shimmer, to glimmer

174
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A narrow passage of water containing two seas

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A strait , a channel

175
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A steep precipice at the edge of the sea

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A cliff, a crag

176
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Conceal oneself on a ship ( or other passenger vehicle) in order to travel secretly

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To stow away

177
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Extremely dirty and unpleasant

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Squalid, filthy ( insalubre )

178
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An informal photograph

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A snapchat

179
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To remove

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To be displaced

180
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The press, the print media

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La presse (écrite)

181
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A newspaper, a paper

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Un journal

182
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A glossy magazine

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Un magazine de luxe

183
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A journal

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Un magazine (sérieux)

184
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A journalist, a newspaperman, a newsman

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Un journaliste

185
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A commentator, a news analyst

A

Un commentateur

186
Q

A columnist

A

Un chroniqueur

187
Q

A correspondent

A

Un correspondant

188
Q

A reporter

A

Un reporter

189
Q

To report on something

A

Faire un reportage sur quelque chose

190
Q

A report

A

Un reportage

191
Q

To inform

A

Informer

192
Q

To investigate

A

Mener une enquête

193
Q

Investigative journalism

A

Le journalisme d’investigation

194
Q

To cover an event

A

Couvrir un événement

195
Q

Media coverage

A

La couverture médiatique

196
Q

A news agency , a press agency

A

Une agence de presse

197
Q

A news stand

A

Un kiosque à journaux

198
Q

A newsagent

A

Un marchand de journaux

199
Q

A newspaper proprietor

A

Un propriétaire de journal

200
Q

A press baron, a press tycoon, a press magnate

A

Un magnat de la presse

201
Q

A media mogul , a media magnate

A

Un grand patron des médias

202
Q

To publish

A

Publier

203
Q

To print

A

Imprimer

204
Q

(Media) hype

A

Le battage médiatique

205
Q

Journalese

A

Le jargon des journalistes

206
Q

An evening, a morning paper

A

Un journal du matin / soir

207
Q

A Sunday paper

A

Un journal du dimanche

208
Q

Daily / weekly / monthly

A

Quotidien / hebdomadaire / mensuel

209
Q

The headlines

A

Les gros titres

210
Q

To hit the headlines

A

Faire les gros titres

211
Q

The front page

A

La première page

212
Q

An editorial, a leading article, a leader

A

Un editorial

213
Q

A (News) editor, a chief editor

A

Rédacteur en chef

214
Q

The business section, pages

A

Les pages affaires

215
Q

A book / film review

A

Une critique de livre / film

216
Q

A literary / film critic

A

Un critique littéraire / cinématographique

217
Q

Small ads, personal ads

A

Les petites annonces

218
Q

Agony column

A

Le courrier du cœur

219
Q

An agony aunt

A

Une rédactrice de la rubrique courrier du cœur

220
Q

A graph, a chart

A

Un graphique, un diagramme

221
Q

A pie chart

A

Un graphique circulaire, un camembert

222
Q

A cartoon

A

Un dessin humoristique

223
Q

A caption

A

Une légende

224
Q

The comics

A

Les bandes dessinées

225
Q

To subscribe to a magazine, to take out a subscription to a magazine

A

S’abonner à un magazine

226
Q

A subscriber

A

Un abonné

227
Q

Readership

A

Le lectorat, le nombre de lecteurs

228
Q

Circulation

A

Le tirage

229
Q

A copy

A

Un exemplaire

230
Q

An issue

A

Un numéro

231
Q

A newspaper cutting

A

Une coupure de journal

232
Q

Current events, current affairs

A

L’actualité

233
Q

A news item

A

Une information

234
Q

A topical issue

A

Un sujet d’actualité

235
Q

A scoop

A

Un scoop

236
Q

To reveal

A

Révéler

237
Q

To expose

A

Dénoncer

238
Q

A leak

A

Une fuite

239
Q

Check, disclose one’s sources

A

Vérifier / révéler ses sources

240
Q

A disclosure

A

La révélation, la divulgation ,

241
Q

Reliable / unreliable

A

Fiable / peu fiable, sujet à caution

242
Q

Biased , prejudiced, partial

A

Partial

243
Q

Unbiased, impartial

A

Impartial

244
Q

Broadcast media

A

Radio et télévision

245
Q

Satellite / cable television

A

La télévision par satellite / par cable

246
Q

A TV channel, a TV network

A

Une chaîne de télévision

247
Q

A programme (GB) , a program ( US)

A

Une émission

248
Q

Prime time

A

Les heures de grande écoute

249
Q

A TV show

A

Une émission de télé

250
Q

A talk show, a chat show

A

Un débat ( à la radio ou à la télévision )

251
Q

A host, an achorman

A

Un présentateur, un animateur d’émission télévisée

252
Q

A soap (opera), a serial

A

Un feuilleton

253
Q

A phone-in

A

Une émission où les auditeurs ou les spectateurs participent en appelant

254
Q

Reality TV

A

La télé-réalité

255
Q

Live

A

En direct

256
Q

A news bulletin

A

Un bulletin d’information, un journal télévisé

257
Q

A news flash, newsflash

A

Un flash d’information

258
Q

A newsreader, a newscaster

A

Un présentateur du journal télévisé

259
Q

To watch the news

A

Regarder les informations, les actualités

260
Q

A current affairs programme

A

Une émission d’actualités

261
Q

A documentary

A

Un documentaire

262
Q

A TV viewer

A

Un téléspectateur

263
Q

A couch potato

A

Quelqu’un qui passe son temps devant la télé

264
Q

A listener

A

Un auditeur

265
Q

Audience ratings, audience figures

A

L’audimat

266
Q

A commercial

A

Un spot publicitaire

267
Q

A commercial break

A

Une page de publicité, une pause publicitaire

268
Q

To broadcast

A

Diffuser

269
Q

Privacy

A

La vie privée

270
Q

Breach of privacy

A

Atteinte à la vie privée

271
Q

Libel

A

La diffamation

272
Q

Slander

A

La calomnie

273
Q

To censor

A

Censurer

274
Q

Censorship

A

La censure

275
Q

To circumvent, bypass censorship

A

Contourner la censure

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