Advanced French | Chapter 7 vocab (page 258-260)

aide (f.) sociale

social welfare (aid provided by the state)

arrivant(e)

a person who arrives somewhere

carte (f.) de résident

resident (identification) card

centre (m.)

the (political) center

contrôle (m.)

surveillance

crise (f.) économique

economic crisis

différence (f.)

difference

dirigeant(e)

leader

droite (f.)

the (political) right

durée

duration

emploi (m.)

job

étranger(-ère) en situation irrégulière

undocumented immigrant

francité (f.)

Frenchness

gauche (f.)

the (political) left

hégémonie (f.)

hegemony

(in)sécurité

(in)security, (lack of) safety

logement (m.)

housing

nationalisme (m.)

nationalism

parti (m.) politique

political party

pays (m.) en développement

developing countries

sans-papiers (m., f)

person without legal identification papers

séjour (m.)

stay (period of time spent in a certain place)

stéréotype (m.)

stereotype

accorder l’asile, la citoyenneté

to grant asylum, citizenship

avertir

to warn

contrôler

(here) to keep under surveillance

établir

to establish

expulser

to deport, expel

héberger

to house

imposer des quotas

to impose quotas

interdire

to forbid, outlaw

limiter

to limit

médiatiser

to place or keep in the public eye through the media

rapatrier

to repatriate (send back to country of origin)

réduire

to reduce

réglementer

to regulate

régulariser

(here) to grant legal status

de droite

conservative, right-wing

de gauche

liberal, left-wing

hostile

hostile

être de + chiffre

to be + number (e.g., La population de la France est de 67 millions d’habitants.)

prendre (qqch ou qqn) au sérieux

to take (something or someone) seriously