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CH68: Society: Inequalities, wealth and poverty Flashcards

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Riche -> La richesse

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rich -> riches OR wealthy -> wealth

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Aisé, fortuné —> Richesse, abondance

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affluent —> affluence

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Aisé

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Well-off

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Nanti (=qui a les moyens financiers), très à l’aise

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well-healed

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Le fric

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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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un héritage

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a legacy

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s’enrichir

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to get rich, to make money

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faire fortune

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to make a fortune

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fabuleux

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fabulous

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gigantesque

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tremendous

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un milliardaire

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a multimillionaire / a billionaire

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Dépenser —> dépensier, qui jette l’argent par les fenêtres

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to spend —> a spendthrift

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Dépensier —> sans compter

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extravagant —> extravagantly

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Gaspiller (monnaie ou figuré) ≠ waste

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to squander

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dilapider

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to dissipate (money)

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Prodigue —> la prodigalité

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prodigal —> prodigality

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Extrêmement prodigue —> l’extrême prodigalité (= propension à la dépense)

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profligate —> profligacy

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Misérable

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poverty-stricken

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Appauvrir —> pauvre, l’appauvrissement

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to impoverish —> impoverished, impoverishment

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un pauvre (old-fashioned)

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a pauper

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paupériser —> la popérisation

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to pauperize —> pauperization

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sans le sou

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penniless

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endetté —> l’endettement

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indebted —> indebtedness

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le besoin —> nécéssiteux

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need —> needy

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précaire —> la précarité

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precarious —> precariousness

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priver —> les déshérités —> la privation

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to deprive —> the deprived —> deprivation, hardship

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défavorisé

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underprivileged

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les laissés-pour-compte

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the underdogs

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démuni, sans ressources —> le dénuement (état de qqun qui manque complètement des choses nécessaires à la vie normale), l’indigence (grande pauvreté)

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destitute —> destitution

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misérable —> la misère

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wretched —> wretchedness

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la misère noire

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squalor

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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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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

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a bum / a tramp / a hobo

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mendier —> un mendiant —> la mendicité

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to beg —> a beggar —> begging

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Faire la manche

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to panhandle

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Un vagabond

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a vagrant

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Un sans abri —> la situation des sans-abri

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a homeless person —> homelessness

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Sur le pavé, 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 , un abri

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to shelter, a shelter

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un asile de nuit

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a dosshouse / a flophouse

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squatter —> un squatteur

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to squat —> a squatter

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avoir la faim

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to go hungry

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l’exclusion

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rejection, exclusion

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marginaliser, la marginalisation

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to marginalize, marginalization

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vivre en parasite —> un parasite/ pique-assiette

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to freeload —> a freeloader

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vivre aux crochets de —> un profiteur

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to scrounge on somebody —> a scrounger

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méritant ≠ peu méritant

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deserving ≠ undeserving

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une association caritative

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a charity

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la charité, charitable

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charity ; charitable

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la compassion, compatissant

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compassion, compassionate

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secourir, venir en aide -> le secours,l’aide

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to relieve —> relief, aide

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La solidarité

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solidarity

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Généreux ; la générosité

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generous ; generosity

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un don / donateur

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a donation / a donator

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la philanthropie, un philanthrope

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philanthropy, a philanthropist

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aider quelqu’un -> l’aide, assistance

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to assist sby -> assistance

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allouer, une allocation

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to allow -> 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 ≠ réduire l’écart

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to widen≠ to close the gap

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des inégalités criantes

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gross/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

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to be short of money, to be strapped for cash

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être dans le besoin

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to be in need, in want

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basculer/sombrer dans la pauvreté

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to sink/fall into poverty

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avoir juste de quoi vivre

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to eke out a living, to live at a subsistence level

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en-dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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below the poverty line

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vivre au jour le jour

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to live a hand to mouth existence

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le strict nécessaire

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the bare necessities

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toucher le fond

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to hit rock bottom

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la misère noire

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dire/grinding poverty

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vivre de la charité des autres

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to live on hand-outs

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vivre à la dure

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to rough it

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faire la manche

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to pass the hat round

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un centre d’accueil pour les sans-abri

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a homeless shelter

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une soupe populaire

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a soup kitchen, a bread line

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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

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vaincre la pauvreté

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to overcome poverty

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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

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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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