5 - Le rêve américain et le self-made man Flashcards

(49 cards)

1
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faire route, vaguer

A

to sail

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2
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vers l’ouest

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westward

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3
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un itinéraire

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a route

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4
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réaliser, accomplir, exaucer

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to fulfil

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5
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s’installer

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to settle

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6
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être doté de

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endowed by

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7
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la quête

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the pursuit

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8
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fuir

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to flee, fled fled

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9
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exprimer

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to voice

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10
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faire fortune

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to strike it rich

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11
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durable, tenace

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enduring

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12
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un attrait

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an appeal

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13
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le travail acharné

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labour

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14
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le courage, la force morale

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fortitude

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15
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l’esprit d’économie (care with money)

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thrift

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16
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une échelle

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a ladder

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17
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le diable

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the Devil

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18
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prétendre à qqch

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to claim sth

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19
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de la misère à la richesse

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from rags to riches

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20
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le fondement

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the cornerstone

21
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un imprimeur

22
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sage, avisé

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une épreuve, difficulté

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un prêt

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l'acier
steel
26
un comptable
a bookkeeper
27
exigeant
demanding
28
un point de vente
an outlet
29
un bon exemple
a case in point
30
une cabane en bois
a log-cabin
31
de petits boulots
odd jobs
32
pendant un moment
awhile
33
un outil
a tool
34
embaucher
to hire
35
très répandu
widespread
36
transmettre
to convey
37
aller à l'université
to attend college
38
une entrave, obstacle
a hindrance
39
un jeu tv
a game show
40
le gros lot
the jackpot
41
saluer
to hail
42
manquer de
to be short of
43
un paumé, sans but dans la vie
a drifter
44
un licenciement
a lay-off
45
un cauchemar
a nightmare
46
la pénurie
shortage
47
un taudis
a slum
48
la famine
starvation
49
un vagabond
a vagrant