L'identité

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La xénophobie

Xenophobia

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L'état/ la nation

The state/ the nation

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Une majorité/ une minorité

A majority/a minority

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4

Chauvin

Nationalist

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5

La quête d'identité

To look for one's identity

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6

Un malentendu culturel

A cultural misunderstanding

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7

La peur/ le rejet de l'autre

Being scared/ rejecting the other

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8

Chez nous

In our country

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9

Faire la bise

To kiss on both cheeks

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10

Serrer la main

To shake hands

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11

Une attirance/ être attiré par

An attraction/ to be attracted by

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12

L'identité comprend une multitude de facettes

Identity contains multiple facets

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Il faudrait accepter la diversité culturelle

One should accept cultural diversity

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14

Il faut avoir l'esprit ouvert

One must be open minded

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15

La tolérance est une preuve d'ouverture d'esprit

Tolerance is a proof of mental openness

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16

Les étrangers

Foreigners

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Se mélanger

To mix

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18

Le flux migratoire

The migration flux

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19

La pénurie des ressources / le manque

The lack of resources

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Être pauvre/ la pauvreté

To be poor/poverty

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Laïc/ La laïcité

Secular/ secularism

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22

PAR exemple

For example

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23

Un métis / une métisse

Mixed-race

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24

Le port du voile

Wearing the veil

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Être têtu comme une mule

To be as stubborn as a mule

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Un sentiment d'appartenance

A Feeling of belonging

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Un mélange de cultures

A mix of cultures

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28

Un équilibre

A balance

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Se sentir isolé

To feel isolated

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Se sentir tiraillé entre deux mondes/cultures

To feel torn between two worlds/cultures

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Ne rien avoir dans le crâne

To have no brains/be stupid

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32

Ne rien avoir dans le ventre

to not have guts

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33

Avoir du pot / du bol

to be lucky

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Ne rien avoir contre

have nothing against

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35

Ne rien avoir de prévu

to not have plans

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Ne rien avoir à se mettre

to have nothing to wear

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37

Avoir tendance à

to tend to

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38

Picoler

to drink booze

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39

Vaincre sa timidité

to overcome one's shyness

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40

Manquer de confiance en soi

to lack self-confidence

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41

Ça ne se fait pas!

It's not polite/ it's not done/ it's bad form

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Emprunter

to borrow

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En avoir ras le bol, en avoir plein le dos

to be fed up (slang)

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44

S'épanouir

to blossom/flourish

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45

Un fardeau

a burden

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Prêter

to lend/loan

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47

Renier ses origines

to forget/deny where one comes from

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48

Un entretien d'embauche

a job interview

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49

Au sein de

within/ at the heart of

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Un pays d'accueil

host country

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51

Grandir

to grow up

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Il ne faut pas avoir peur de bousculer les habitudes

We must not be scared to shake up people's habits

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53

Se réfugier

to find refuge

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Une société où on se voile la face

a society where we bury our heads in the sand/in denial

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Besoin de réconfort

need of reassurance

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56

Les inquiétudes

worries, concerns

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57

Se faire du souci

to worry

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Se creuser la tête

to rack one's brains/think really hard

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Mettre sur pied

to put in place, to organize, to set up

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60

Il faut appeler un chat un chat

you must call a spade a spade

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61

Rabâcher

to repeat over and over

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62

Engendrer la violence

to generate/lead to violence

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Faire la grève

to go on strike

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64

Arriver en tête

to be in the lead/come first

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65

Mettre de l'huile sur le feu

to put oil on the fire, to make things worse

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66

Dans le pire des cas

if worst comes to worst

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67

Ébranler les croyances de qqun

to shake someone's beliefs

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Bouder dans son coin

to sulk in a corner

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69

Être choqué par

to be taken aback by

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70

Le maquillage

makeup

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71

Motus et bouche cousue

lips are sealed

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72

Dépenser

to spend (money)

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73

Mes racines

my roots

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74

La mère patrie

motherland

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75

Trouver le juste milieu

to find the right balance/a happy medium

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Rouler sa bosse

to travel around

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77

Français de souche

of French origin

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78

Le Maghreb

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

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Être la preuve vivante de qqchose

to be living proof of something

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80

Être ouvert d'esprit

to be open-minded

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81

Oser

to dare

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82

S'habituer à

to get used to

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Être mal vu

to be frowned upon

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Être sans le sou

to be penniless

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Être en pleine forme

to be in great shape

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Être au bout du rouleau

to be at the end of your rope/tether

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Être au chômage

to be unemployed (getting benefits)

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Se mêler de la vie des autres

to meddle in the lives of others

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89

Se fondre dans la foule

to disappear in the crowd

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90

Je n'en reviens pas!

I can't get over it! / I can't believe it!

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91

Se replier sur soi-même

to withdraw into oneself

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92

Une source de bien-être

a source of well-being

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93

Remettre en cause

to question/challenge (an idea)

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94

Dans une moindre mesure

to a lesser extent

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95

Une génération désenchantée

a disappointed/disillusioned generation

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96

Enrichir ta culture

to enrich your culture

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97

Se faire happer par

to get sucked into (a situation)

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98

la superficialité

shallowness

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Tomber dans le piège

to fall in the trap

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tomber en panne

to break down (vehicle)

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