2-Poverty Flashcards

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1
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le dénuement / la misère

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destitution / the destitute

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les pauvres

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poor people

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pauvreté extrême

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extreme poverty

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être dans la misère

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to be poverty-stricken

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5
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les défavorisés

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the underprivileged

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vivre au jour le jour

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to live a hand-to-mouth existence

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la précarité

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precariousness / to live a precarious existence

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vivre au jour le jour

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to make ends meet

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9
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un salaire de misère

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stravation wages

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10
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sombrer dans la pauvreté

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to sink into poverty

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toucher le fond

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to reach rock bottom

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être sur le pavé

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to be down-and-out

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avoir juste de quoi vivre

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to be on the subsistence level / to live below the subsistence level

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être sans argent

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to be moneyless

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manquer d’argent

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to be short of money

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être fauché

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to be broke

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vivre avec un dollar par jour

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to live on a dollar a day

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éradiquer

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ecadicate

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le PNB

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the GDp (gross domestic product)

20
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atteindre un objectif

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to meet a target

21
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malgré les beaux discours des grands de ce monde

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despite the world leaders’ fine words

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le fossé se creuse / se compler

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the gap is widening / closing

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donner de l’aide financière

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to give aid

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en termes de volume

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in volume terms

25
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installations sanitaires

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sanitation

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programmes de lutte contre la pauvreté

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poverty-reduction strategies

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les dettes dûes

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the debts owed by

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beaucoup de chemin à parcourir avant que la pauvreté ne soit éradiquée

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a long way to go before global poverty is eradicated

29
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maladies évitables

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preventable diseases

30
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enfants de moins de 5 ans

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child under five