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88 Cards in this Set
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un autochtone
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native (of a country)
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autoritaire
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authoritarian
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une aventure
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love affair
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bilingue
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bilingual
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le bouddhisme
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Buddhism
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un colon
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colonist
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un communiste
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communist
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une congaï
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from the Ammanite language, con gaï: an Annamite girl; used pejoratively by the French
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un coolie
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pejorative term for an unskilled laborer in India, China or Indochina
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dur/e
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hard, harsh
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une élite
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elite
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une émeute
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riot
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être expulsé/e
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to be deported
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un fils adoptif/ une fille adoptive
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adopted son/daughter
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froid/e
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cold
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Le Front Populaire
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Communist/Nationalist party led by Ho-Chi Minh, who became the first president of Vietnam after its independence from France in 1054
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la grâce
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pardon (e.g. a pardon for a prisoner)
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impitoyable
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merciless, ruthless, pitiless
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un/e Indochinois/e
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person from Indochina
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irrésistible
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irresistible
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la main d'oeuvre
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labourers
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un mandarin
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public official of the Chinese empire
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un marin
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sailor
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la Marine
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navy
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un masque
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mask
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une mutation
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transfer
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un officier
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officer
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l'opium (m.)
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opium
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un/e ouvrier/ère
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manual worker
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un procès
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trial
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un rendez-vous
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meeting
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un/e rouge
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communist
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le sort
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destiny
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un/e terroriste
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terrorist
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un/e trafiquant/e
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drug (or other illegal substance) runner/dealer
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une troupe
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troupe of actors
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un uniforme
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uniform
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Annam
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one of the three provinces of the ancient empire of Vietnam: le Tonkin (north), l'Annam (middle), la Cochinchine (south).
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un bagne
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penal colony (prison camp where prisoners are forced to do hard labour)
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une colonie
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colony
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un domaine
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estate, property
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un empire
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empire
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un hévéa
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rubber tree
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une jonque
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junk, boat of traditional Chinese design with square sails
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un marché aux escalves
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slave market
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une piste
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lead, trail
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une plantation
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plantation
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un sampan
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small boat with a roof and propelled by one oar
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une usine à caoutchouc
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rubber-producing factory
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une vente aux enchères
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auction
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Viêt-Nam
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la République socialiste du Viêt-Nam, nom de la region qui était l'Indochine depuis 1975
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accoucher
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to give birth
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adopter
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to adopt
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allaiter
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to breastfeed, nurse
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assassiner
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to murder
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bouleverser
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to disrupt, to overwhelm (emotionally), distress
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commettre un crime
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to commit a crime
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commettre un meutre
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to commit a murder
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confronter
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to confront
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contrôler
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to control
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se déguiser en
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to disguise oneself as...
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déserter
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to desert
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errer
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to wander
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étouffer
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to suffocate
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être muté/e
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to be transferred
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exécuter
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to execute
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faire couler un bateau
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to sink a boat
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fuir
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to flee
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s'intégrer
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to integrate oneself
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jalouser
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to be jealous of
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manipuler
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to manipulate
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mettre le feu
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to set fire to, commit arson
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obéir aux règlements
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to obey the rules, regulations
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prendre une décision
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to make a decision
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prier
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to pray
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protéger
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to protect
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réprimer
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to suppress (as in emotion)
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saigner
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to bleed
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sauver la vie à quelqu'un
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to save someone's life
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tirer sur
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to shoot at
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tuer
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to kill
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se venger
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to take revenge
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Laissez-vous aller.
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Let yourself go.
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Ne bougez pas!
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Don't move!
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Vous avez des ennuis?
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Are you upset?
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Elle ne manque pas de culot!
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She's got a lot of nerve!
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Elle t'aime à la folie.
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She is madly in love with you.
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Tu n'as aucune nouvelle?
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Do you have any news?
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