Promised land Flashcards

(52 cards)

1
Q

un fardeau

A

a burden

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

un handicap

A

a disability

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

la colère

A

anger

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

l’excitation

A

excitement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

les difficultés

A

hardships

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

une porte overte sur

A

a gate way to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

une situation delicate

A

a predicament

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

le niveau de vie

A

the living standard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

une récompense

A

a reward

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

un atelier de misère

A

a sweatshop

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

la main d’oeuvre

A

the workforce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

sous le seuil de pauvreté

A

below the poverty line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

des attentes

A

expectations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

un échappatoire à la pauvreté

A

a way out of poverty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

la loi du plus fort

A

the survival of fittest

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

une terre d’abondance

A

a land of plenty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

une histoire de réussite

A

the rages-of-riches story

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

le pays natal

A

the homeland

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

riche

A

affluent, well-off

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

insalubre

A

unsanitary, unhygienic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

dépendant de

A

dependant from

22
Q

rigoureux

23
Q

analphabète

24
Q

déconcerté

25
traumatisant
traumatic
26
fascinant
mesmerizing
27
de bonne augure
auspicious
28
mécontent
dissatisfied
29
desenchanter
disillusioned
30
dans la misère
poverty-striken
31
démuni
destitude
32
sans papier
undocumented
33
sans scrupule
unscrupulous
34
perseverant
persevering
35
découragé
discouraged
36
déraciné
uprooted
37
subir
undergo
38
avoir le mal du pays
be homesick
39
avoir le mal de mer
be seasick
40
manquer de
lack something
41
être traité comme du bétail
be treated cattle
42
singulariser
single out
43
être placé en détention
be kept on custody
44
obtenir qqc a force de travail
achieve smt through hard work
45
se réaliser
come true
46
être coupé
be cut off from
47
plaire à
appeal to
48
repartir à zero
start afresh
49
profit de
take advantage of
50
s'adapter à
adapt yourself to
51
surmonter
overcome
52
gérer
cope with