Possible vocab Flashcards

(49 cards)

1
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railway company

A

une société ferroviaire

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2
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les propos xénophone

A

xenophobic remarks

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3
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les laissés-pour-compte

A

social rejects

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4
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voter

A

électeur, électrice

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5
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labour party

A

le Parti travailliste

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6
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les signes avant-coureurs

A

forerunners, portent, clue

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7
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les ressortissants

A

immigrant, expat, foreign national

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8
Q

influx of xenophobia

A

l’irruption de xénophobie

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9
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underlying

A

sous-jacente

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10
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la prestation sociale

A

social benefit

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11
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credit crunch

A

la pénurie de crédit

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12
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quantitative easing (printing extra money)

A

l’assouplissent quantitatif

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13
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housing costs

A

les prix de l’immobilier

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14
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badly paid jobs

A

les emplois très mal rénumérés

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15
Q

a decade

A

une décennie

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16
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The demonstrations turned into war

A

Les manifestations ont basculé dans la guerre

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17
Q

they engineered the defeat of the leader

A

Ils ont ochestré la défaite du dirigeant

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18
Q

a section

A

un pan

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19
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a local shop

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un commerce de proximité

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20
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a pawn shop

A

un mont-de-piété

21
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well-off

22
Q

the stratospheric cost

A

le coût stratosphérique

23
Q

a placement year

A

une année de césure

24
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(colloquial) higgledy-piggledy

25
the marketing of education
La marchandisation de l'éducation
26
opening schooling to the masses
la massification scolaire
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competitive pressure
la pression concurrentielle
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a senior executive
un cadre supérieure
29
avoir vocation à faire [qch]
be destined for
30
a rise
un essor
31
obsolete
désuet
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the force of young people's language
la prégnance du parler jeune
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rough methods
les méthodes approximatives
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census
un recensement
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a frame of reference
un référentiel
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remand centre, short-stay prison
un maison d'arrêt
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prison, penitential
pénitentiaire
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se pencher sur [qch]
study, look at (sth)
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facial discrimination
le délit de faciès
40
trivial, unimportant
anodin
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comment enrayer les discriminations?
How can we stop discrimination?
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un récépissé
receipt, delivery note (context of text a proof, note)
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grossier
basic, rough, inaccurate
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Ministry
le ministère
45
in Texas | in California
au Texas en Californie (a state)
46
barn election spread ethnicity
``` étable élection étendre ethnicité (On utilise un accent aigu lorsque la voyelle e est la première lettre du mot ```
47
mixed
mélangé (on met un accent aigu lorsque la voyelle e est la placée entre deux consonnes) except: pedigree, repartie, revolver
48
immediate complete generation generally
``` immédiat compléter génération généralement (on met un accent aigu sur un e précédant une syllable SANS e muet ``` cf. évènement, tu complètes (before e muet)
49
advent, coming
avènement | on met un accent grave pour le e précédant une syllable contenant un e muet