Essay and exam
phrases
Crime:
violent youths
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Ce qu’il me choque… |
+ subjunctive |
What shocks me is… |
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Je trouve difficilement croyable que… |
+ subjunctive |
I find it difficult to believe that… |
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Il n’y a rien de surprenant à ce que… |
+ subjunctive |
There is nothing surprising about… |
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J’ai du mal a comprendre que… |
+ subjunctive |
I have difficulty in understanding that… |
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Pour moi, l’étonnant, c’est que… |
+ subjunctive |
The thing that surprises me is that… |
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Je pense que le comportement de ces jeunes est… |
+ subjunctive |
I think the behaviour of these youths is… |
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Je n’arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi… |
+ subjunctive |
I am unable to understand why… |
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Ce genre de comportement s’explique facilement/difficilement… |
+ subjunctive |
This type of behaviour is easily explained /
difficult to explain |
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Pour qu’ils s’en sortent, il faudra que l’on… |
+ subjunctive |
In order that they see the end of it / get out of
it, it will be necessary that we/you/they +
verb |
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C’est à nous de… |
+ subjunctive |
It’s up to us to… |
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Il en impose au gouvernement de… |
+ subjunctive |
It impresses the government to… |
Politics: le
Front National (≈
the BNP)
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Le FN a envie de attiser les passions |
The FN wants to stir up emotions |
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Le FN a envie de renforcer les préjugés racistes |
The FN wants to reinforce racist prejudices |
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Le FN a l’intention de renvoyer les immigrés chez eux |
The FN intends to send immigrants back to their
country of origin |
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Le FN cherche à favoriser la recrudescence du racisme |
The FN seeks to make widespread the current
increasing trend of racism |
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Le FN essaie d’utiliser les immigrés comme de boucs émissaires |
The FN tries to treat immigrants as scape goats |
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Le FN essaie de promouvoir le patriotisme |
The FN tries to promote patriotism |
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Le FN tient à encourager l’intolérance / la méfiance / la xénophobie |
The FN is determined to encourage intolerance /
distrust / xenophobia (hate or fear of foreigners) |
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Le FN tient à refouler les immigrés |
The FN is determined to drive back immigrants |
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Le FN veut banaliser des idées racistes |
The FN wants to make commonplace (or trivialise)
racist thinking |
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Le FN veut rejeter la responsabilité de chômage sur les immigrés |
The FN wants to lay the blame for unemployment on
the immigrant population |
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Le FN vise à reprocher aux immigrés d’augmenter le taux de chômage |
The FN aims to blame immigrants for the increase
in unemployment rate |
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Le FN vise à se débarrasser des ghettos |
The FN aims to get rid of ghettos |
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Le Front National cherche à cesser le flux migratoire |
The Front National seeks to halt the influx of
migrants |