Chap 68&69 Flashcards by Elias W

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Affluent

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Aisé

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Well-off

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Aisé

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Le fric

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Dough/dosh

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To come into

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Héritier de

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Un héritage

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A legacy

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Faire fortune

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To make a fortune

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A spendthrift

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Un dépensier

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Extravagant

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Dépensier

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To squander

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Gaspiller

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Dilapider

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To dissipate

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Profligate

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Extrêmement prodigue

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Misérable

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Poverty-striken

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Appauvrir

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To impoverish

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Sans le sou

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Penniless

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Skint

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Fauché

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Endetté

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Indebted

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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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Defavorisé

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Underprivileged

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Démuni

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Destitute

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Misérable

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Wretched

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Une situation désespérée

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A plight

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A plight

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Une situation désespérée

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Dreadful

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Épouvantable

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Appalling

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Effroyable

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Ruthless

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Impitoyable

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Merciless

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Implacable

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An outcast

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Un paria

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A dropout

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Un marginal

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Mendier

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To beg

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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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Homeless

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Sans abri

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Un bidonville

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A shantytown

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A shelter

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Abriter

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Un asile de nuit

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A flophouse

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Un parasite

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A freeloader

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Secourir

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To relieve

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Les prestations sociales

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Welfare

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Le droit de vote

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Suffrage

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To struggle

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Se battre

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Une doléance

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A grievance

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Une grève de la fin

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A hunger strike

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Sous-représenté

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Outnumbered

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Une corvée

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A chore