THE AMRICAN LAND Flashcards

(33 cards)

1
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Land of milk and honey

A

Land of opportunity

Promised land

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2
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Affluent

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Well-off

Wealthy

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3
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Affluence

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Opulence

Wealth

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4
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A higher standart of living

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Better living conditions

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5
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To start from scratch

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To start at the bottom of the social ladder

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6
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To work one’s way up

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To climb the social ladder

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7
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To achieve one’s dream

To fulfill one’s dream

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To make one’s dream come true

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8
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To make it

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To achieve success

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9
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To be on an equal footing

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To have the same rights

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10
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To succeed in doing something

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To manage to do something

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11
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To look forward to doing something

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To long to do something

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12
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In dreadful conditions

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In a difficult situation

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13
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To face

To be faced with

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To cope with

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14
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Starvation

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Famine, extreme hunger

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15
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To be in dire straits

To live in dire straits

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Poverty-stricken

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16
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Destitute

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To be very poor
Needy
Penniless
Deprived

17
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Unemployed

18
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To have difficulty doing something

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To find something difficult to do

19
Q

To make a living

To do something for a living

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To earn a living by doing something (by working as a…)

20
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Laborer (US)

Labourer (UK)

21
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Wages

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Income, salary, earnings

22
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To work to bones and skin

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To work until one’s death

23
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To dedicate one’s life (to)

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Tu sacrifice one’s life

24
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Exhausted

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Overtired, overworked, very tired

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Exhaustion
Extreme tiredness
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Qui ne tente rien n'a rien !
Nothing ventured, nothing gained !
27
Risquer le tout pour le tout
To risk it all
28
Tenter sa chance
To try one's luck
29
Le jeu en vaut la chandelle
It is worth the risk
30
La chance sourit aux audacieux
Fortune favours the brave
31
Quand on veut on peut
Where there's a will, there's a way
32
Sortir du tunnel
To be out of the woods
33
Partir de rien, gravir les échelons et réussir
To start from scratch, to work one's way up and to make it