Vocabulaire: La Quête de Soi Flashcards

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la quête de soi

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the search for self (what defines you)

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religieux/religieuse

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religious

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une croyance

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a belief

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croire (à / en quelque chose)

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to believe (in something)

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laïc / laïque

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secular

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la laïcité

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secularism, separation of church and state

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un système de valeurs

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belief system

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les moeurs

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morals (fem pl)

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une coutume

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a custom (tradition)

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un immigré

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an immigrant

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un réfugié

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a refugee

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la frontière

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the border

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fuir

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to flee

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un étranger / une étrangère

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foreigner

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un pays d’accueil

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host country

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le pays natal

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native country

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la culture dominante

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mainstream culture

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le pluriculturalisme

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multiculturalism

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la diversité

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diversity

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l’assimilation

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assimilation

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s’assimiler à une culture différente

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to blend in to a different culture

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s’adapter aux coutumes d’un pays

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to adapt to the customs/traditions of a country

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s’entendre bien avec

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to get along well with

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l’aliénation

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alienation, estrangement

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avoir le mal du pays

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to be homesick

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risquer de

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to risk

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perdre son identité

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to lose one’s identity

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la démocratie

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democracy

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le patriotisme

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patriotism

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un défilé

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a parade

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le feu d’artifice

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fireworks

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le discours

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a speech

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la Marseillaise

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french national anthem

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l’hymne national

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national anthem

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le drapeau tricolore

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three colored flag (how to refer to the french flag)

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la citoyenneté

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citizenship

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un citoyen(ne)

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a citizen

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une communauté

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a community

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les droits (m)

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rights

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la loi

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the law

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le racisme

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racism

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la xénophobie

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fear/dislike of what is perceived to be foreign

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la haine

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hatred

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l’intolérance

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intolerance

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la tolérance

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tolerance

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avoir l’esprit ouvert / fermé

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to have an open / closed mind

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lutter contre

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to fight against

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apprécier la diversité

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to appreciate diversity

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mettre de côté des préjugés

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to put aside prejudices

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afin de respecter

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in order to respect

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la langue

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language (English, French, etc.)

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le langage

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language (means of expression: “le langage des jeunes”)

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l’identité linguistique

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linguistic identity

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l’argot

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slang

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le verlan

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a form of slang where syllables are reversed

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la langue maternelle

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native language

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la langue officielle

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official language

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la langue commune

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common language

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bilingue

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bilingual

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une controverse / une polémique

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a controversy

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ethnique

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ethnic

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le patrimoine

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heritage (cultural)

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améliorer

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to improve

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valoriser

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to affirm the value of something

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influencer

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to influence

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encourager à

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to encourage to

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évoluer

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to evolve

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promouvoir

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to promote

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enrichir

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to enrich

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établir

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to establish

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être fier / fière de

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to be proud of

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avoir honte de

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to be ashamed of