Chapter 5 : Immigration Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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Émigrer aux USA

A

To emigrate / to migrate to the USA

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2
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Être attiré par un pays

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To be attracted to a country

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3
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Un candidat à l’immigration

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A would-be immigrant

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4
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Pousser qq1 à émigrer

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To push sb to emigrate

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5
Q

Fuir un pays, un régime

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To flee a country, a regime

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6
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Échapper à la pauvreté

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To escape poverty

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7
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Chercher à fuir la guerre

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To seek refuge from the war

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8
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Chercher l’asile politique

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To seek political asylum

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9
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Immigrer/ un immigré

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To immigrate / an immigrant

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10
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Chercher une vie meilleure

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To be in search of a better life

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11
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L’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

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The lure of well-paid jobs

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12
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Chercher des salaires plus élevés

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To look for higher wages

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13
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Faire fortune

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To make a fortune

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14
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Rompre avec le passé

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To break with the past

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15
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Partir de rien

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To start from scratch

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16
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Prendre un nouveau départ

A

To start anew

17
Q

Être confronté à des difficultés

A

To be faced with/ to be confronted with difficulties

18
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Être exploité

A

To be exploited

19
Q

Un atelier clandestin

20
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Surmonter les obstacles

A

To overcome obstacles

21
Q

La barrière de la langue

A

The language barrier

22
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S’intégrer

23
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Une politique d’immigration

A

An immigration policy

24
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Fermer ses frontières

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To seal one’s borders

25
Endiguer le flot des immigrés
To stem the flow of immigrants
26
Imposer des quotas
To impose quotas
27
Être refoulé à la frontière
To be turned away at the border
28
Renforcer les contrôle aux frontières
To tighten border controls
29
Être expulsé d'un pays
To be expelled from a country
30
L'immigration clandestine
Illegal immigration
31
Un immigré clandestin
An illegal immigrant /an illegal
32
Un étranger clandestin
An illegal alien
33
Un passager clandestin
A stowaway
34
Un travailleur immigré
A guest worker / a migrant worker
35
Les sans-papiers
The undocumented
36
Un passeur
A smuggler
37
Un faux passeport
A fake passport
38
Réprimer l'immigration clandestine
To crack down on illegal immigration