Education / old age / cities/ debates Flashcards

(74 cards)

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Une école payante

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A fee-paying school

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Un programme scolaire

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A curriculum

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Un lycée

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A secondary school/ a high school

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L’équivalent du BAC

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The high school diploma (US)

The A-levels (GB)

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Arrêter ses études

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To drop out of school

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Une université

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An university a collège

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Un ancien élève

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A alumnus (pluriel alumni)

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Une formation

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A training

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U équivalent de la licence

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A bachelor’s degree

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Une thèse, un doctora

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A PhD

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Des frais de scolarité

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Tuitions fees

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Une bourse d’étude

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(Grant, a scholarship)

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Les personnes âgées

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The elderly / thé seniors

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La population vieillissante

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An ageing population

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Un retraité

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A pensioner / retiree

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Partir a la retraite

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To retire

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L’âge de la retraite

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The pensionnable âge

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L’invalidité

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Disability

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Une maison de retraite

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A nursing home

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Les loisirs

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Leisure

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Le centre ville

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Downtown

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Les banlieues

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The suburbs

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Un quartier

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A neighbourhood

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Faire le trajet entre le domicile et le lieu de travail

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To commute

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Les transports en commun
Public transportation
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Le métro
``` The subway (US) The underground (GB) ```
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Le logement
Housing
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L'immobilier
Real estate
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Un bidonville
A shanty town / slums
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Polémique, controversé
Controversial
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Provoquer un débat
To spark a debate
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Relancer un débat
To reignite a debate
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Contraire à l'éthique
Unethical
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Un organe de surveillance
A watchdog
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Inégal / l'inégalité
Unequal / inequality
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Un déséquilibre
An imbalance
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Être victime de discrimination
To be discriminated against
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L'égalité des sexes
Gender equality
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Élever un enfant
To raise / bring up a child
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La grossesse
Pregnancy
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La pilule (cc toi)
The pill
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Un bébé éprouvette (c'est quoi?)
A test-tube baby
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Un avortement
An abortion / a termination
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En faveur de l'avortement
Pro-choice
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Opposé à l'avortement
Pro-life
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Une mère porteuse
A surrogate mother
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La stérilité
Infertility
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L'euthanasie
Euthanasia
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En phase terminale
Terminally ill
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Le droit de garde (apres un divorce)
The custody
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Une pension alimentaire
An alimony
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Une famille monoparentale
A single-parent / one-parent family
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Une famille recomposée
A reconstituted / blended family
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Une belle mère un beau père
A stepmother / a stepfather
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Homophobe ( homophobie)
Homophobic (homophobia)
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Le marriage homosexuel
Same-sex mariage
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Une organisation caritative
A charity
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Une ONG
A NGO (a Non-Governmental Organization)
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Bien payer
Well paid
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Bouché
Overcrowded
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Consigne de sécurité
Safety régulation
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Céder (le passage)
Yield
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Des honoraires
Fees
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Diriger une entreprise à domicile
Run a business from home
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Du temps pour les loisirs
Leisure Time
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Du travail (non) déclaré
(Un)declared work
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Décidé/déterminé
Determined
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Démissionner
Resign
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Employer quelqu'un comme
Employ somebody as
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Faire des concessions
Make concessions
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Faire des heures supplémentaires
Work overtime
72
Faire le trajet domicile travail
Commute
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Faire passer un entretien a qqn
Interview someone
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Gagner un maigre salaire
Eke out a living