Immigration Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
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une acte

A

a deed

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2
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Un ascendant

A

ancestor

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3
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l’asile

A

asylum

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4
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une bourse

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bursary

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5
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une croissance démographique

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population growth

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6
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une croyance

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a belief

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7
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une décennie

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a decade

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8
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un HLM (Habitation à loyer Modéré)

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housing commission flat

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9
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une notice

A

entry (in a book or a data base)

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10
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les moeurs

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way of life

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11
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un passeur

A

smuggler

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12
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une racine

A

root

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13
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la réparation

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compensation

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14
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une subvention

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subsidy

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15
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le sort

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fate

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une tromperie

17
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en vain

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amarrer

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clandestinement

A

surreptitiously

20
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se fair traiter de

A

to be treated as

21
Q

se sentir floué

A

to feel cheated

22
Q

mettre les bouchées double

A

to work twice as hard

23
Q

raser les murs

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to keep a low profile

24
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repartir à zero

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to start from scratch

25
mettre la main à la pâte
to lend a hand, to pitch in
26
se faire une place
to make a place for ourselves
27
Un bouc émissaire
scape goat (Ils font des immigrés des boucs émissaires)
28
to lend a hand
mettre la main à la pâte
29
to start from scratch
répartir à zéro
30
to keep a low profile
raser les murs
31
to feel cheated
se sentir floué
32
surreptitiously
clandestinement
33
smuggler
un passeur
34
housing commission flat
Un HLM (habitation à loyer modéré)
35
population growth
une croissance démographique
36
l'asile
asylum
37
to work twice as hard
mettre les bouchées double