USA Flashcards by Jean JACQUES

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les Etats-Unis

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the USA/ the US/ the States

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l’Oncle Sam

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Uncle Sam

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la Bannière étoilée (drapeau)

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the Stars and Stripes

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la Bannière étoilée (drapeau et hymne)

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the Star-Spangled Banner

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la statue de la Liberté

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the Statue of Liberty

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un Américain

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an American

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les Américains

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the Americans

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un Amérindien

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a native American

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un Afro-Américain

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an African American

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un Chicano

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a Chicano

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un Hispano-Américain

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a Hispanic

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un Latino

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a Latino

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un colon

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a settler

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un wasp

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a WASP

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le creuset

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the melting pot

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une société multiculturelle

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a multicultural society

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le rêve amérciain

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the American Dream

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la destinée manifeste

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Manifest Destiny

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la ruée vers l’or

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the Gold Rush

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un pays d’abondance

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a land of plenty

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un eldorado

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an El Dorado

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un pays où tout est possible

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a land of opportunity

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l’égalité des chances

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equality of opportunity

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le pays de la libre entreprise

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the land of free enterprise

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l'esprit d'entreprise

entrepreneurship

un self-made-man

a self-mad man

une attitude de battant/gagneur

a can-do attitude

l'indépendance

self-reliance

ne pas avoir besoin des autres

to be self-reliant

l'individualisme forcené

rugged individualism

être individualiste

to be individualist

le pragmatisme

pragmatism

être pragmatique

to be pragmatic

partir de rien

to start from scratch

avoir la possibilité de s'élever dans la société

to be upwardly mobile

gravir les échelons du succès

to climb up the ladder of success

la discrimination positive

affirmation action

le mode de vie américain

the American way of life

le gendarme du monde

the global policeman

se sentir supérieur

to feel superior

invulnérable

invulnerable

être plein d'arrogance

to be full of arrogance

la fragilité de l'Amérique

America's fragility

être capable de rebondir

to be resilient

innombrable

countless

pauvres -> riches

rags-to-riches (stories)

avoir tendance à

tend to be

considéré comme

regarded as

précarité

predicament

qui s'enorgueillit de

that prides itself on

faire parti de

to among

taux

rate

analphabétisme

illiteracy

consommation de drogue

drug use

possesseur

ownership

au lieu de

instead of

un géant au pied d'argile

a giant with feet of clay

recevoir quelques claques

to take a few blows

un fou

a fool

capacité

ability

régénérer

to reinvigorate

inébranlable

unshakeable

confiance/foi

faith

renoncer

to give up