immigration Flashcards

(31 cards)

1
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civil strife

A

guerre civile

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2
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to be displaced

A

être expulsé, transplanté

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3
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to lift the gates on emigration

A

ouvrir les portes à l’émigration

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4
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to open the floodgates

A

ouvrir les vannes

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5
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to stem the flow

A

endiguer le flot

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6
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to relax restrictions on

A

assouplir les interdictions (de, sur)

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7
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to be escorted back to the frontier

A

être reconduit a la frontiere

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8
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to send packing

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expédier sans menagement

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9
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to scale back one’s hospitality

A

mettre un frein a l’hospitalité

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10
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an irritant

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une cause d’irritation

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11
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to crack down on

A

reprimer

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12
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to root out illegal immigrants

A

chasser les emigrés clandestins

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13
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to feel ostracized

A

se sentir exclu

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14
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cultural wrench

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deracinement culturel

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15
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to resent

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s’indigner de, éprouver du ressentiment

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16
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nationalistic

17
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a scapegoat

A

un bouc emissaire

18
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a butt

19
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a racist bias

A

un préjugé raciste

20
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overt racism

A

racisme affiché

21
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deeply ingrained

22
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a bigot/bigotry

A

un sectaire/sectarisme

23
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to engage in discrimination

A

se livrer a la discrimination

24
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bigoted

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a rash of incidents
une série d'incidents
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to stoke concern
alimenter l'inquietude
27
a flare-up
une flambée de violence
28
to alleviate tensions
apaiser les tensions
29
Equal Pay Act
loi sur l'égalité des salaires
30
to be on the same footing as
être sur le mm pied que
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desecration
profanation