GI-Poverty and famine Flashcards

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alléger

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to relieve

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améliorer

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to improve

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annuler

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to cancel

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appauvrir

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to impoverish

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chuter

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to fall

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corrompre

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to corrupt

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créer

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to create

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déborder

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to overflow

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dédaigner

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to despise

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dépenser

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to spend

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dévier

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to deviate

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devoir

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to owe, to have to

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diminuer

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to decrease

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distribuer

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to distribute, to hand out

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échouer

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to fail

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éclabousser

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to splash

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enseigner

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to teach

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entreprendre

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to undertake

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éradiquer

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to eradicate

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errer

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to wander

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être endetté

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to be in debt

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évincer

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to evict

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exploiter

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to exploit

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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l’achat (m)

A

purchase

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l’aide au développement (f)

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development aid

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l’aide financière (f)

A

financial aid

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l’analphabète (m)

A

illiterate person

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l’analphabétisme (m)

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illiteracy

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l’argent (m)

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money

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l’association caritative (f)

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charity

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l’austérité (f)

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austerity

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l’avenir (m)

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future

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la baraque

A

shack

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le besoin

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need

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le bidonville

A

shantytown

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la maladie

A

illness

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la malnutrition

A

malnutrition

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le mendiant

A

beggar

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la misère

A

misery

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les moins nantis (mpl)

A

less well-off people

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la mortalité

A

mortality

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l’opulence (f)

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wealth

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l’orphelin (m)

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orphan

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la pénurie

A

shortage

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le pillage

A

looting

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le prêt

A

loan

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le quart-monde

A

fourth world

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le revenu

A

income

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affamé

A

hungry

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affecté

A

affected

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affligé

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afflicted, distressed

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aisé

A

well-off

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blessé

A

injured

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carencé

A

deficient

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charitable

A

charitable

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compatissant

A

sympathetic

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corrompu

A

corrupted

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défavorisé

A

underprivileged, deprived

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démuni

A

destitute

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digne

A

dignified, worthy

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endémique

A

endemic

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endetté

A

in debt

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faire la manche

A

to beg

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gérer

A

to handle, to manage

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héberger

A

to shelter

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manipuler

A

to manipulate

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manquer (de)

A

to lack

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mendier

A

to beg

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nécessiter

A

to need

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se nourrir de

A

to live on

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octroyer

A

to grant

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parrainer

A

to sponsor

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planter

A

to plan

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priver de

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to deprive of

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privilégier

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to favor

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rechercher

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to look for

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récolter

A

to harvest

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réguler

A

to regulate

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répandre

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to spread

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répartir

A

to share out

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réussir

A

to succeed

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souffrir

A

to suffer

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soulager

A

to relieve

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soutenir

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to support

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voler

A

to steal

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les biens (mpl)

A

goods

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la carence

A

deficiency

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la charité

A

charity

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la crise

A

crisis

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la croissance

A

growth

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le déclin

A

decline

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le destin

A

fate

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la dette

A

debt

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la distribution

A

distribution

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la faim

A

hunger

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la famine

A

famine

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l’inégalité (f)

A

inequality

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la richesse

A

wealth

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le salaire

A

salary

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le sans-abri

A

homeless person

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le SDF

A

homeless person

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le sort

A

fate

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la souffrance

A

suffering

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la soupe populaire

A

soup kitchen

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le strict minimum

A

bare necessities

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la surpopulation

A

overpopulation

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le taux

A

rate

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la tendance

A

tendency

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le tiers-monde

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third world

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généreux

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generous

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industrialisé

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industrialized

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injuste

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unfair

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insuffisant

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insufficient, inadequate

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juste

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fair

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luxueux

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luxurious

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malade

A

sick

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malnutri

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malnourished

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nanti

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affluent, well-to-do

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occidental

A

Western

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opprimé

A

oppressed

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pauvre

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poor

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riche

A

rich