Inequalities: wealth and poverty Flashcards

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1
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La richesse

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Wealth

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riche, la richesse

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rich / wealthy, riches / wealth

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aise / fortuné, la richesse / l’abondance

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affluent, affluence

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aise, nanti / très à l’aise

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well-off, well-healed

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privilégié, l’argent

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privileged, money / cash

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le fric

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dough / dosh

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acquérir, accumuler, amasser

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to acquire, to accumulate, to amass

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hériter de, un héritage

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to inherit / to come into, a legacy

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s’enrichir, faire fortune

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to get rich / to make money, to make a fortune

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énorme, fabuleux

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huge, fabulous

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gigantesque, un milliardaire

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tremendous, a multimillionaire / a billionaire (US)

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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, dilapider

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to squander, to dissipate

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prodigue, la prodigalité

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prodigal, prodigality

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extrêmement prodigue, l’extrême prodigalité

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profligate, profligacy

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La pauvreté, misérable

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Poverty, poverty-stricken

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appauvrir, pauvre, l’appauvrissement

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to impoverish, impoverished, impoverishment

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un pauvre, paupériser, la paupérisation

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a pauper, to pauperize, pauperization

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sans le sou / sans ressources, fauché

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penniless, broke / skint

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endetté, l’endettement

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indebted, indebtedness

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le besoin, nécessiteux

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need / want, 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, les laissés-pour-compte

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underprivileged, the underdogs

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démuni / sans ressources, le dénuement / l’indigence

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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, affreux

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dreadful, awful

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effroyable, impitoyable, implacable

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appalling, ruthless, merciless

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un paria, un marginal

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an outcast, a dropout

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un clochard

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a tramp / a bum / 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, un vagabond

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to panhandle, a vagrant

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sans abri / sans domicile fixe, un sans-abri, la situation des sans-abri

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homeless, a homeless person, homelessness

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sur le pavé / dans la dèche, bidonville

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down-and-out, 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 squatter

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to squat, a squatter

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avoir faim, la faim

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to go hungry, hunger

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Attitudes à l’égard de la pauvreté

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Attitudes to poverty

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indifférent, l’indifférence

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indifferent, indifference

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rejeter / exclure, l’exclusion

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to reject, 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 / un pique-assiette

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to freeload, a freeloader

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vivre aux crochets de, un profiteur / un parasite

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to scrounge on sby, a scrounger

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mériter, méritant, peu méritant / indigne

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to deserve, deserving, undeserving

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une association caritative, la charité, charitable

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a charity, 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 / aid

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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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faire don de, un don, un donateur

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to donate, a donation, a donator

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la philanthropie, un philanthrope

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philanthropy, a philanthropist

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aider qqn, l’aide / l’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, les prestations sociales

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benefits, welfare