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68 - Inequalities : wealth and poverty Flashcards

1
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La richesse (3)

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Riches
Wealth
Affluence

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Aisé (2)

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Affluent

Well-off

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Fortuné

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Affluent

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L’abondance

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Affluence

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Nanti

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Well-healed

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Très à l’aise

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Well-healed

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Privilégié

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Privileged

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L’argent (2)

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Money

Cash

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Le fric (2)

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Dough

Dosh

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Acquérir

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To acquire

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Accumuler

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To accumulate

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Amasser

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To amass

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Hériter de (2)

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To inherit

To come into

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Un héritage

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A legacy

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S’enrichir (2)

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To get rich

To take money

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Faire fortune

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To make a fortune

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Énorme

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Huge

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Fabuleux(se)

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Fabulous

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Gigantesque

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Tremendous

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Riche (2)

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Rich

Wealthy

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Un milliardaire (2)

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A multimillionaire
A billionaire (US)
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Dépenser

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To spend

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Dépensier (2)

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A spendthrift

Extravagant

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Qui jette l’argent par les fenêtres

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A spendthrift

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Sans compter

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Extravagantly

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Gaspiller (argent)

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To squander

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Dilapider

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To dissipate (money)

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Prodigue

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Prodigal

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La prodigalité

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Prodigality

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Extrêmement prodigue

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Profligate

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L’extrême prodigalité

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Profligacy

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Misérable (2)

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Poverty-stricken

Wretched

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Appauvrir

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To impoverish

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Pauvre

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Impoverish

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L’appauvrissement

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Impoverishment

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Un pauvre

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A pauper

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Paupériser

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To pauperize

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La paupérisation

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Pauperization

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Sans le sou

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Penniless

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Sans ressources (2)

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Penniless

Destitute

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Fauché (2)

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Broke

Skint

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Endetté

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Indebted

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L’endettement

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Indebtedness

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Le besoin (2)

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Need

Want

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Nécessiteux

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Needy

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Précaire

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Precarious

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La précarité

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Precariousness

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Priver

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To deprive

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Les déshérités

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The deprived

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50
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La privation (2)

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Deprivation

Hardship

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51
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Défavorisé

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Underpriviledged

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52
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Les laissés-pour-compte

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The underdogs

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53
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Démuni

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Destitute

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54
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Le dénuement

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Destitution

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55
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L’indigence

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Destitution

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56
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La misère

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Wretchedness

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57
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La misère noire (2)

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Squalor

Dire/grinding poverty

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Une situation désespérée

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A plight

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Épouvantable

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Dreadful

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60
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Affreux

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Awful

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Effroyable

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Appalling

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Impitoyable

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Ruthless

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Implacable

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Merciless

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Un paria

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An outcast

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Un marginal

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A dropout

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Un clochard (3)

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A tramp
A bum
A hobo(US)

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Mendier

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To beg

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Un mendiant

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A beggar

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La mendicité

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Begging

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Faire la manche (2)

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To panhandle (US)
To pass the hat round
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Un vagabond

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A vagrant

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Sans abri

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Homeless

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Sans domicile fixe

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Homeless

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Un sans-abris

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A homeless person

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La situation des sans-abris

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Homelessness

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Sur le pavé

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Down-and-out

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Dans la dèche

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Down-and-out

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Un bidonville

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A shantytown ❤️

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Abriter

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To shelter

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Un abri

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A shelter

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Un asile de nuit (2)

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A dosshouse 
A flophouse (US)
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Squatter

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To squat

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Un squatter

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A squatter

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Avoir faim

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To go hungry

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La faim

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Hunger

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Indifférent

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Indifferent

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L’indifférence

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Indifference

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Rejeter

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To reject

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Exclure

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To reject

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L’exclusion (2)

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Rejection

Exclusion

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Marginaliser

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To marginalize

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La marginalisation

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Marginalization

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Vivre en parasite

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To freeload

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Un parasite (2)

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A freeloader

A scrounger

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Un pique-assiette

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A freeloader

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Vivre aux crochets de

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To scrounge on sby

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Un profiteur

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A scrounger

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Mériter

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To deserve

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Méritant

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Deserving

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Peu méritant

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Undeserving

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Indigne

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Undeserving

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Une association caritative

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A charity

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La charité

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Charity

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Charitable

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Charitable

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La compassion

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Compassion

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Compatissant

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Compassionate

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Secourir

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To relieve

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Venir en aide

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To relieve

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Le secours

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Relief

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L’aide

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Aid

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La solidarité

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Solidarity

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Généreux

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Generous

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La générosité

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Generosity

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Faire don de

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To donate

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Un don

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A donation

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Un donateur

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A donator

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La philanthropie

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Philanthropy

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Un philanthrope

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A philantropist

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Aider qqn

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To assist sby

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L’assistance

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Assistance

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Allouer

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To allow

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Une allocation

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An allowance

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Des allocations

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Benefits

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Les prestations sociales

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Welfare

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Les nantis

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The moneyed classes

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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in money

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Les signes extérieurs de richesse

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The trappings of wealth

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Les riches / les pauvres

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The haves / the have-nots

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Creuser l’égard

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To widen the gap

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Réduire l’écart

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Close the gap

132
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Des inégalités criantes (2)

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Gross inequalities

Stark inequalities

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Vivre au-dessus de ses moyens

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To live beyond one’s means

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Être à court d’argent (2)

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To be strapped for cash

To be short of money

135
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Être dans le besoin (2)

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To be in need

To be in want

136
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Basculer dans la pauvreté (2)

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To sink into poverty

To fall into poverty

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Sombrer dans la pauvreté

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To sink into poverty

To fall into poverty

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Avoir juste de quoi vivre (2)

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To eke out a living

To live ta subsistence level

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En-dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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Below the poverty line

140
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Vivre au jour le jour

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To live an hand to mouth existence

141
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Le strict nécessaire

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The bare necessities

142
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Toucher le fond

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To hit rock bottom

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Vivre de la charité des autres

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To live on hand-outs

144
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Vivre à la dure

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To rough it

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Un centre d’accueil pour les sans-abri

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A homeless shelter

146
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Une soupe populaire (2)

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A soup kitchen

A bread line (US)

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S’attaquer aux inégalités sociales

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To address social inequalities

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Soulager la pauvreté

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To alleviate poverty

149
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Vaincre la pauvreté

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To overcome poverty

150
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Éradiquer le fléau de la pauvreté

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To eradicate the scourge of poverty

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Réduire la pauvreté infantile

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To tackle child poverty

152
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Fournir une aide financière

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To provide financial support

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Réduire la fracture sociale

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To bridge the social divide

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