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21 Cards in this Set
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generation gap |
le fossé des générations |
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the challenge |
la contestation |
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identity crisis |
la crise d'identité |
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to be searching for your identity |
être en quête d'identité |
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to be thirsty for freedom |
avoir soif de liberté |
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to have old fashioned narrow-minded parents |
avoir des parents dépassés étroits d'esprit |
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remote from the realities of today |
loin des réalités du moment |
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parent who: behaves like a policeman preaches at their child criticises all the time is in a rut |
le parent: gendarme prêcheur critique routinier |
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to call into question |
mettre en question |
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to oppose |
s'opposer à |
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show of irritation |
le mouvement d'humeur |
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an argumentative attitude |
une attitude contestataire |
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straight jacket of rules |
le carcan du règlement |
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to push to the limit |
pousser à bout |
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to reject parental authority |
rejeter l'autorité parantale |
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to free oneself from |
s'affranchir de... |
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to test: the limits the stability of the environment |
tester: les limites la solidarité du cadre |
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to put one's parents on trial |
mettre les parents au banc d'essai |
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to do what is forbidden |
enfreindre les interdits |
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to break all the rules |
faire sauter les règles |
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to make trouble for one's parents |
donner du fil à retordre à ses parents |