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79 Cards in this Set
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anglophone
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someone who speaks English
M/F |
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apprentissage
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learning
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colonie
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colony
F |
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colonisation
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colonization
F |
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colonisateur
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colonizer
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ethnie
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ethnic group
F |
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compétence
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competence
F |
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exploitation
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exploitation
F |
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fierté
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pride
F |
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francophone
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someone who speaks French
M/F |
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francophile
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someone who loves the French language and culture
M/F |
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francophonie
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areas of the world where French is spoken by a significant part of the population mastery
F |
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maîtrise
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mastery
F |
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plurilinguisme
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use or coexistence of many languages within a single community, country, etc.
M |
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ressentiment
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resentment
M |
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rappeler quelque chose à quelqu'un
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to remind someone of something
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anglophone
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English-speaking
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bilingue
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bilingual
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colonial(e)
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colonial
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cultive(e)
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cultured, cultivated
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francophone
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French-speaking
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couramment
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fluently
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quotidiennement
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on a daily basis
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langue maternelle
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native tongue, mother tongue
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lingua franca
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language of communication used by people who do not have the same native language
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analphabétisme
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illiteracy
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autochtone
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indigenous person, denizen
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colonisé(e)
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colonized person
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dilemme
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dilemma
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hégémonie
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hegemony, influence, dominance
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lettré(e)
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well-read person, intellectual
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métropole
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the "mother country" (as opposed to its colonies and/or overseas territories)
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outil
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tool
M |
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peuple
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people, nation
(the French people) M |
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public
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readership
M |
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se détourner de
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to turn away from
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mépriser
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to despise, have contempt for
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s'obstiner à + faire qqch
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to stubbornly insist on doing something
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se servir de
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to use, make use of
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valoriser/dévaloriser
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to affirm the value of something/to denigrate
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affectif (-ive)
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emotional
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analphabète
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illiterate
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conscient(e)
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aware
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curieux (-ieuse)
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strange, odd, curious
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autochtone
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native
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métropolitain(e)
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metropolitan (referring to France as opposed to its former colonies or overseas territories: le francaise metropolitain, le francaise quebecois)
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valorisé(e)/dévalorisé(e)
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affirmed/denigrated
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crise d'identité
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identity crisis
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ne...que
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only
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tradition orale
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oral/written tradition
F |
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atout
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advantage
asset M |
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avenir
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future
M |
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déclin
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decline
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force
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strength
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langue dominante
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language most used in the area
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langue minoritaire
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minority language
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part
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portion
share F |
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partie
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piece
F |
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référendum
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election
referendum M |
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souci
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worry
M |
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souveraineté
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sovereignty
independence F |
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appartenir (à)
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to belong (to)
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craindre
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to fear
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dépendre de
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to depend on
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être favorable à
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to favor
approve of |
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instaurer
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to establish
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maintenir
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to maintain
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miner
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to undermine
to eat away at |
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prévoir
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predict
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démographique
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demographic
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fier (fiere) (de)
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proud (of)
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habile
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skillful
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de plus en plus
(de moins en moins) |
more and more (less and less)
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langue véhiculaire
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linga franca
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plus..plus (plus...moins,etc.)
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the more..the more (the more...the less)
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Plus tu es petit, moins tu es important.
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The smaller you are, the less important you are.
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rendre quelqu'un/quelque chose + adj
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to make someone/something + adj
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Ca va redre le francais désuet.
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That will make French obsolete.
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tuax de (+ nom)
(taux de natalité) |
(noun) rate
(birth rate) |
