2.1 Vocab Flashcards by Parker McQuain | Brainscape

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France

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L’Hexagone (m)

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Multicultural society

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La societé pluriculturelle

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Multicultural Country

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Le pays multiculturel

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In search of a better life

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À la récherche d’une vie meilleure

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Causes and effects of immigration

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Les causes et les effets des migration

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The disadvantages of

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Les inconvénients/désavantages de

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The advantages of

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Les avantages de

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An emigrant

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Un(e) emigré(e)

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An immigrant

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Un(e) immigré(e)/Une(e) immigrant(e)

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An expatriate

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Un(e) expatrié(e)

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An economic migrant

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Un(e) migrant(e) économique

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A refugee

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Un(e) refugié(e)

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An undocumented immigrant

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Un sans-papiers

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To arrive as undocumented

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Arriver comme clandestin(e)

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A citizen

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Un(e) citoyen(ne)

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A foreigner

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Un étranger/Une étrangère

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To go work abroad

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Partir travailler à l’étranger

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Refugee camp

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Le camp de réfugiés

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Residence permit

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La carte de séjour

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Work permit

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La carte de travail

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To migrate

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Migrer

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To flee their country

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Fuir (fuis fuis fuit fuyons fuyez fuient) son pays

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To flee the war

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Fuir La guerre

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They fled the country for political reasons

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Ils ont fui leurs pays pour des raisons politiques

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To escape the war

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Échapper à La guerre

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Brain drain

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La fuite des cerveaux

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To find asylum in France

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Chercher/trouver asile en France

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To try to reach Europe

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Tenter d’atteindre l’Europe

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To become a French national

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Obtenir La nationalité française

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A neighboring country

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Un pays voisin

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A developing country

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Un pays en voie de développement

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A third world country

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Un pays du tiers-monde

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A developed country

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Un pays développé

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The country of origin/birth

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Le pays d’origine/natal

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The adopted country

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Le pays d’accueil/d’adoption

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To welcome

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Accueiller

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To chip in

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Se cotiser

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The family chips in to sponsor the trip

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La famille se cotiser pour financer le voyage

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To leave on an impulse

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Partir sur Un coup de tête

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An overwhelming/distressing testimony

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Un témoignage bouleversant

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A calvary/ an ordeal

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Un calvaire/Une épreuve insupportable

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The ordeal endured by undocumented immigrants

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Le calvaire enduré par Les clandestines

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A border

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Une frontière

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To cross the border

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Passer/traverser la frontière

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To overcome some difficulties

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Surmonter des difficultés

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The corrupt government

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Le gouvernement corrompu

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The corruption

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La corruption

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A badly governed country

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Un pays mal gére

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To run/govern well/badly the country

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Diriger/gérer/administrer bien/mal le pays

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The rulers/leaders of the country

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Les dirigeants du pays

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to deceive oneself

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Se faire des illusions/Se donner des illusions/se tromper

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Voilà sept ans je joue au tennis

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Cela/ça fait sept ans que

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Cela/ça m’a pas importance

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Cela/ça fait rien