Women Flashcards

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1
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Le déséquilibre entre les sexes

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Gender imbalance

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Le statut des femmes dans la société

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Women’s status in society

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Les inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes

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Gender inequalities

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La guerre entre les sexes

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Gender war

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Un phallocrate

Un machiste

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A male chauvinist

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Le machisme

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Machismo

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Misogynie

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Misogyny

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Un misogyne

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A misogynist

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Sexisme

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Sexism

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Le féminisme

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Feminism

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Le mouvement des femmes

Le mouvement pour les droits de la femme

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The women’s rights movement

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Être privé du droit de vote

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To be disenfranchised

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Le droit de vote

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The right to vote

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Introduire une discrimination contre quelqu’un

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To discriminate against somebody

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Être victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

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La parité

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Parity

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Instaurer des quotas

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To introduce quotas

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L’égalité des chances

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Equal opportunity

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Égalitaire

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Egalitarian

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20
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La violence conjugale

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Domestic violence

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21
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Une femme battue

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A battered woman

A battered wife

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Le viol

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Rape

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Un mariage forcé

Un mariage arrangé

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A forced marriage

An arranged marriage

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Un mariage blanc

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A sham marriage

A marriage of convenience

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25
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Une dot

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A dowry

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26
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La polygamie

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Polygamy

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27
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Polygame

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Polygamous

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28
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L’excision

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Female circumcision

Female genital mutilation

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29
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Le harcèlement sexuel

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Sexual harassment

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30
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Une femme au foyer

Une ménagère

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A housewife

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Faire le ménage

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To do the housework

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Faire la cuisine

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To do the cooking

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33
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Faire la lessive

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To do the washing

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34
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Faire la vaisselle

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To do the washing-up

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35
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Faire les courses

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To do the shopping

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36
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Passer l’aspirateur

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To do the vacuuming

To vacuum

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37
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Les appareils ménagers

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Domestic appliances

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38
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Les tâches ménagères

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Household chores

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39
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La main d’œuvre féminine

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Female labour

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40
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L’emploi des femmes

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Female employment

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41
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Faire carrière

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To have a career

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Être une femme qui travaille

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To be a working woman

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Une femme qui fait carrière

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A career woman

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Travailler à temps partiel

Travailler à mi-temps

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To work part time

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Travailler à plein temps

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To work full time

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L’égalité des salaires

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Equal pay

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Le différentiel de salaire entre les sexes

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The gender pay gap

Gender wage gap

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Nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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To appoint somebody to a post

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Un poste à haute responsabilités

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A responsible job

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Un poste de haut niveau

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A top job

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Un emploi subalterne

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A menial job

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Une chasse gardée pour les hommes

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A male preserve

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Tomber enceinte

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To become pregnant

To fall pregnant

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Être enceinte de six semaines

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To be six weeks pregnant

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La grossesse

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Pregnancy

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Les adolescentes enceintes

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Teenage pregnancy

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Un test de grossesse

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A pregnancy test

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Faire une échographie

Passer une échographie

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To have an ultrasound scan

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L’utérus

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The womb

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Un embryon

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An embryo

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Un fœtus

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A fœtus

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Une maternité

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A maternity hospital

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Un gynécologue

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A gynecologist

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Une sage-femme

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A midwife

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Partir en congé maternité

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To go on maternity leave

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Congé parental

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Parental leave

Career break

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La maternité

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Motherhood

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Droits des femmes en matière de reproduction

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Women’s reproductive rights

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Une naissance

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A birth

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Le taux de natalité

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The birth rate

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Accoucher d’une fille

Accoucher d’un garçon

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To hive birth to a girl

To give birth to a boy

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S’occuper de ses enfants

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To look after one’s children

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Élever un enfant

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To bring up a child

To raise a child

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L’éducation des enfants

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The upbringing of children
Child rearing
Parenting

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Des enfants d’âge scolaire

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School-age children

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Une crèche

Une garderie

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A nursery
A child-care center
A day-care center (GB)

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Une nounou

Une nourrice

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A nanny

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Une assistante maternelle

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A childminder

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Trouver un équilibre entre travail et famille

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To balance work and family

To combine work and family

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Jongler pour concilier carrière et famille

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To juggle a career and a family

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Concilier

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To reconcile

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Un moyen de contraception

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A means of contraception

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Le contrôle des naissances

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Birth control

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Le planning familial

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Family planning

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Un contraceptif

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A contraceptive

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Un préservatif

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A condom

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Un stérilet

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A coil
An intra-uterine device
An IUD

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La pilule contraceptive

La pilule

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The contraceptive pill

The pill

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Prendre la pilule

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To be on the pill

90
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La pilule du lendemain

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The morning-after pill

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Un avortement

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An abortion

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Une interruption volontaire de grossesse

Une IVG

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A termination of pregnancy

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Avorter

Se faire avorter

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To have an abortion

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Pratiquer une IVG

Se faire faire une IVG

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To terminate a pregnancy

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Pratiquer l’avortement

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To perform abortions

To carry out abortions

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Une clinique pratiquant l’avortement

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An abortion clinic

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Provoquer un avortement

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To induce an abortion

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Un avorteur

Un faiseur d’anges

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An abortionist

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Un avortement clandestin

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A backstreet abortion

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Le lobby des opposants à l’avortement

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The pro-life lobby

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Un militant contre l’avortement

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A pro-life campaigner

A pro-lifer

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Un militant pour le droit à l’avortement

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A pro-choice campaigner

A pro-choice activist