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Lesson 68 : Inequalities, wealth and poverty Flashcards

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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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Aisé, fortuné

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Affluent

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L’abondance

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Affluence

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Aisé

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Well-off

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Nanti / 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

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Money / cash

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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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Hériter de

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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

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To get rich / to make money

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Faire fortune

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To make fortune

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Énorme

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Huge

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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

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To spend

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Qui jette l’argent par les fenêtres

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A spendthrift

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Dépensier

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Extravagant

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Sans compter

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Extravagantly

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Gaspiller

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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

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Profligate / profligacy

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la pauvreté

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Poverty

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Misérable

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Poverty-stricken

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Appauvrir

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To impoverish

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Pauvre / l’appauvrissement

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Impoverished / impoverishment

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Un pauvre

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A pauper (old-fashioned)

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Paupériser / la paupérisation

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To pauperize / pauperization

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Sans le sous / sans ressources

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Penniless

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Fauché

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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

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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

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Destitute

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Le dénuement / l’indigence

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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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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

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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

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To panhandle

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Un vagabond

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A vagrant

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Sans abri / sans domicile fixe

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Homeless

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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 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 / indifférence

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Indifferent / indifference

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Rejeter / exclure

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To reject

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L’exclusion

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Rejection / exclusion

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Marginaliser

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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

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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 / méritant

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To deserve / deserving

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Peu méritant / 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 / 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

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To relieve

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Le secours / l’aide

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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

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To donate / a donation

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Un donateur

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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 assit 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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