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town, urban area
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une agglomération
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suburbs (negative association), outskirts
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la banlieue
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number
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un chiffre
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unemployment
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le chômage
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closing, shutdown
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la fermeture
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inexpensive public housing
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un HLM
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appartment building
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un immeuble
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immigrant
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un(e) immigré(e)
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relationship, family tie
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un lien de parenté
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part of North Africa comprising Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
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le Maghreb
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birthrate
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la natalité
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citizen, national
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un(e) ressortissant(e)
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retirement; pension
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une retraite
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health
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la santé
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about twenty
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une vingtaine
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to give, to grant
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accorder
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to work
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bosser (fam.)
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to hold a grudge against (someone)
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en vouloir à
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to hurt (someone's) feelings
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faire de la peine à
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flee (from injustice)
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fuir (l'injustice)
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to earn; to win
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gagner
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to keep (a secret)
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garder (un secret)
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to make someone worry
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inquiéter quelqu'un
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to walk; to work (machine)
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marcher
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to dare
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oser
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to wear a veil
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porter le voile
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to retire
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prendre sa retraite
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to reassure
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rassurer
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to rest
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se reposer
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to wish
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souhaiter
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supposed to
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censé(e)
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disappointed
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déçu(e)
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moved; deeply touched
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ému(e)
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foreign
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étranger/étrangère
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forbidden
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interdit(e)
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from the Maghreb, North African
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Maghrébin(e)
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threatened
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menacé(e)
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minor, below legal age
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mineur(e)
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Moslem, Muslim
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musulman(e)
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hardworking
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travailleur/travailleuse
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comfortable; at ease
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à l'aise
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deep down
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au fond du coeur
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similarly
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dans le même ordre d'idées
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of (French) extraction
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de souche (française)
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until
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d'ici là
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Doctors Without Borders
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Médecins Sans Frontières
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provided that + subjunctive
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pourvu que + subjonctif
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How + indicative!
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Que + indicatif!
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so; so much; to such an extent
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tellement
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so-so; slowly
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tout doucement
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lecture hall
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un amphithéâtre
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scholarship
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une bourse
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classmate
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un(e) camarade de classe
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quiz; small test
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un contrôle
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to repeat a school year; to stay back
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redoubler
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result; grade
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le résultat
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last (senior) year in the lycée
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la terminale
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