Word Wise Words Flashcards

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Émigrer

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To migrate

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2
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L’immigration de masse

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Mass immigration

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3
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Une vague d’immigration

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A wave of immigration

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4
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Un flux d’immigrés

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A flow of immigrants

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5
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La patrie

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Homeland

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6
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Un ressortissant étranger

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An alien

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7
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Un ressortissant

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A national

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8
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Un autochtone

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A native

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9
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Un pays d’émigration

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A sending / donor country

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10
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Un pays de migration

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A recipient country

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11
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Un américain issu de deux cultures

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A hyphenated American

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12
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Être originaire de

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To come from

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13
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Fuir / échapper

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To flee / escape

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14
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Fuir la persécution

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To flee from persecution

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15
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Un réfugié politique

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A political refugee

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16
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Un demandeur d’asile

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An asylum seeker

17
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Être déplacé

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To be displaced

18
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Refaire une nouvelle vie

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To put down new roots

19
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L’ascenseur social

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Social mobility

20
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Se déraciner

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To uproot oneself

21
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S’implanter

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To strike new roots

22
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Se couper de

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To cut oneself from

23
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Partir en quête de

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To go in search of

24
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Un exode

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An exodus

25
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Attirer

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To draw / attract / appeal

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L’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

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The lure of well paid jobs

27
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Se fondre dans

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To blend in / to merge into

28
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Assimiler / l’assimilation

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To assimilate / assimilation