American Dream Flashcards by Erin L

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une méritocratie

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a meritocracy

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optimiste

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forward-looking

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grimper les échelons

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to come up into the world

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ascenseur social

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upward social mobility

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devenir riche

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to strike it rich

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construire un empire

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to set up an empire

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attirer

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to entice

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attirant

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enticing

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attirer les gens

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to attract / draw people

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plaire à

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to appeal to

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un attrait

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an appeal

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l’envers du décor

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the seamy side / the other side of the dream

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l’envers du rêve

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the reverse of the dream

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un rêve illusoire

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an elusive dream

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une chimère

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a pipe dream

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qu’on ne peut pas atteindre

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unattainable

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ne jamais se réaliser

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to fail to materialize

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être hors de portée de qq

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unattainable

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réduire un rêve à néant

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to dash a dream

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un rêve brisé

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a shattered dream

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une société opulente

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an affluent society

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dépérir / s’étioler

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to wither

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céder à

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to give way to

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entamer / réduire

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to give a blow to

creuser l'écart

to widen the gap

prospérer

to thrive

individualisme acharné

rugged individualism

fragilité

frailty

un déclin

a downturn

être durement touché

to be hard it

une crise / des crises

a crisis / crises

être enclin à

to be prone to +ving

s'estomper / s'effacer / disparaître

to fade

période révolue

bygone days

et autres semblables

and the like

éphémère

short-lived

du jour au lendemain

overnight

être bel et bien vivant

to be alive and kicking

une tendance vers le haut

an upward trend

une chimère / une utopie

a pipe dream

puissant / fort

potent

inventer une expression

to coin a phrase

déclencher / provoquer

to give rise to

inversement

conversely

un repère / un point de référence

a benchmark

retarder / différer

to delay

un principe fondamental

a basic tenet

désolé / lugubre

bleak

indubitablement

undoubtedly

durement touché

hard-hit

sombre / maussade

grim