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Immigration Flashcards

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An unorganised protest

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Une émeute

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A protest / demonstration organised in advance

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Une manifestation

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What is the difference between a manifestation and an emeute?

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Une émeute est normalement politique ou économique et c’est souvent causée par un événement
C’est spontanée

Une manifestation est plus organisée et organisée en avance

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A housing estate

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Une cité

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Police violence

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Une bavure

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To burn (3)

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Brûler
Incendier
Mettre le feu à

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To harrass

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Harceler

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To arise

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Surgir

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It’s not right/It’s not acceptable

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Ce n’est pas juste

Ce n’est pas acceptable

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Protesters (2)

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Des émeutiers

Des manifestants

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Law enforcement

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Forces de l’ordre

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To target / targeted

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Cibler / ciblé

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To trigger

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Déclencher

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Discrimination in employment

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La discrimination à l’embauche

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15
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Job applications

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Des candidatures

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16
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To insult

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Injurier

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17
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Racist prejudices

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Des préjugés racistes

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18
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The colour of their skin

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La couleur de leur peau

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This is a part of the aggressive nature of man

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Cela fait partie de la nature agressive de l’homme

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The fear of the unknown

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La peur de l’inconnu

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21
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Inter-ethnic conflicts

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Des conflits inter-ethnique

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22
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North-African

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Maghrébin

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They feel excluded

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Ils se sentent exclus

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They don’t have a known place in society

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Ils n’occupent aucune place reconnue dans la société

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25
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The suburbs

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Des banlieues

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26
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Of foreign origin

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D’origine étrangère

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27
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Emergency aid

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Porté secours

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28
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Blaze

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Flambée

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29
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To suspect

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Soupçonner

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30
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To interrogate / question

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Interpeller

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31
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To hunt / chase

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Pourchasser

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32
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An appeal/to appeal

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Une apaisement / appaiser

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33
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To blame

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Accuser (de)

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34
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Not favoured

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Défavorisé

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35
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To jump over

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Franchir

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36
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To escape (3)

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S’enfuir / s’echapper / s’evader

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To cope

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Se débrouiller

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38
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To resign (2)

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Démissionner / céder

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39
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A racist gesture used in football

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Le geste de singe

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40
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The referee

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L’arbitre (mf)

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41
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Religious beliefs (2)

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Des convictions religieusesCroyances

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42
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The sentenced

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Les condamnées

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43
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Distrust

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Méfiance

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44
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Wicked

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Méchant

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45
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Appearance-based prejudice

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Un délit de faciès

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46
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To come from

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Provenir

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47
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Far away

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Lointain

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48
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An asylum

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Un asile

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49
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Their low income

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La faiblesse de leurs revenus

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50
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Overcrowded

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Surpeuplé

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51
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A worker

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Un ouvrier

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52
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The border zone

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La zone frontalière

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53
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Persecution

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La persécution

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54
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An illegal immigrant (3)
Illegal immigration (3)
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Un immigré clandestin / illégal / illicite / sans-papiers

L’immigration clandestine / illégale / illicite / sans papiers

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55
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To find refuge

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Trouver refuge

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56
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To escape from one’s country (3)

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S’exiler de / s’echapper de / fuir son pays

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57
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To cause an outcry

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Faire grand bruit

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58
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Shanty town

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Le bidonville

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59
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To enrich our culture

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Enrichir notre culture

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60
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Modern slavery

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L’esclavage moderne (m)

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61
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Multiculturalism

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Le multiculturalisme

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62
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Secular / secularity

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Laïque / laïcité

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63
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Arab / North African living in France

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Le / la beur

64
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So that integration is possible, it must be that…

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Pour que l’integration soit possible, il faudrait que…

65
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We must learnt to live together

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On doit apprendre à vivre ensemble

66
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An ethnic / religious diversity

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Une diversité ethnique / religieuse

67
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A multicultural society

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Une société multiculturelle

68
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Banning of religious signs

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L’interdiction des signes religieux

69
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Fundamentalism

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Intégrisme

70
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To be scared by terrorist attacks

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Etre frappe par des attentats terroristes

71
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Roots

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Des racines

72
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The unemployment rate

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Le taux de chômage

73
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An employment

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Une embauche

74
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The riots have been linked to

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Des émeutes ont eu lieu..

75
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A welcoming country

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Une terre a’accueil

76
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A labour worker

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Un ouvrier

77
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National itentity

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Identité nationale

78
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The repopulation / to repopulate

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Le repeuplement / repeupler

79
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To discriminate

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Discriminer

80
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Mass migrations

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Les migrations de masse

81
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The neighbouring countries (2)

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Des pays frontaliers

Des pays voisins

82
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To reject unemployed foreigners

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Expulser / rejeter les étrangers au chômage

83
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Prohibit / forbid (4)

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Interdire / empêcher / prohiber / bannir

84
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Worsened

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Exacerbé / aggravé / agacé

85
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Xenophobia

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La xénophobie

86
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Human rights

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Les droits de l’homme

87
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To strike

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Se syndiquer

88
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A hardship

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Une épreuve

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Heritage

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La patrimonie

90
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The fatherland

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La patrie

91
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To oppress / suppress

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Opprimer / suprimer

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An asylum seeker

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Un demandeur d’asile

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Religious persecution

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La persécution religieuse

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Humanitarian crisis

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Un crise humanitarien

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An earthquake

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Un tremblement de terre

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An epidemic

A pandemic

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Une épidémie

Une pandémie

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A hurricane

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Une ouragon

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Family regroupment

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Regroupement familiale

99
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People born from immigrants

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Des gens issus de l’immigration

100
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Secular traditions

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Traditions laïques

101
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Selective immigration

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L’immigration choisie

102
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A pure French person

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Un Français de souche

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Benefits

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Les cotisations

Les allocations

104
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To adapt to the culture of a country

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S’adapter à la culture du pays

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To belong to a union

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Se syndiquer

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To go on a strike / a strike

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Faire la gréve / un gréviste

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The christian cross

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La croix chretienne

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The burka

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Le burqa

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The idea of equality

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L’idée d’égalité

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France doesn’t encourage / favourise religions

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La France n’encourage / favourise pas des religions

111
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Double identity

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Le double appartenance culturelle

112
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Mutual respect

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Le respect mutuel

113
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To fight (against) (4)

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Lutter
Se battre
Combattre
Manifester

114
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The National Front

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Le Front National

115
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Intolerance

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L’intolérance (f)

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Anti-racist associations

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Des associations antiracistes

117
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View / mindset

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Mentalité

118
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Fundamentalists (strongly religious/conservative)

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Des intégristes

119
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Enslavement

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Asservissement

120
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Controversy

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La polémique

121
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To keep the traditions of your country of origin

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Garder/maintenir les pratiques/traditions de son pays natal/d’origine

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To take it out on someone

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De s’en prendre à quel qu’un

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The custom

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La costume

124
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The dominant race

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Le race dominant

125
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Ethnicity

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L’ethnicité (f)

126
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The background (eg social)

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Le milieu

127
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The fight

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La lutte

128
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Solidarity

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La solidarité

129
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To go on strike / a striker

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Faire un gréve / un gréviste

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The muslam headscarf

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Le foulard islamique

131
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Peace

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La paix

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Offend / offended

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Blesser / blessée

133
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An area where there is lots of violence

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Un quatier chaud

134
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Paternal state

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L’état paternaliste

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First language

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La langue maternelle

136
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Sentenced

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Condamné

137
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Chauvinism

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Chauvinisme

138
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Hate of foreign people

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Haine de l’étranger

139
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Mutual understanding

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La comprehension mutuelle

140
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A fine

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Une Amende

141
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To be picked on

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Etre pris à parti

142
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To beg

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Mendier

143
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Political refugee

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Le réfugié politique

144
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French-speaking

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Francophone

145
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To create tensions

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Créer des tensions

146
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Standard of living

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Le niveau de vie

147
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To forget one’s origins

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Oublier ses origines

148
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Values

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Des valeurs

149
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To exploite

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Exploiter

150
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To be suspicious of

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Se méfier de

151
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Mixed-race

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Métissé

152
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To make racist comments

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Tenir des propos racistes

153
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Crime against humanity

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Un crime contre l’humanité

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Ethnic minorities

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Les groupes ethniques

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Racist threats

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Des menaces racistes

156
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Homeless

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Sans-abri

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