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1
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a greying population

A

pop vieillissante

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2
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the better-off = the well-off

A

les riches

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3
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the post district

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les quartiers chics

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4
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the consumer society

A

la société de conso

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5
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to spend lavishly

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dépenser sans compter

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6
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a status symbol

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un symbole de reussite

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7
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an income bracket

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une tranche de revenu

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8
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the working poor

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les nv pauvres

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9
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the poverty line

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le seuil de pauvreté

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10
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the outcasts

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les marginaux/exclus

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11
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the downtrodden

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les opprimés

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12
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the destitute

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les miséreux

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13
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a two-tier society

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une société a deux vitesses

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14
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poverty-ridden

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ravagé par la pauvreté

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15
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a hardship

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une épreuve/privation

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16
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a plight = a predicament

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une situation difficile

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17
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the bare necessities of life

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le minimum vital

18
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to be down on one’s luck

A

jouer de malchange

19
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a beggar

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un mendiant

20
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a peddler

A

un petit revendeur

21
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to panhandle

A

faire la manche

22
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a shanty town

A

un bidonville

23
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a slum

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un taudis

24
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squalid

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sordide

25
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to be down on one’s luck

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soupe populaire

26
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a meal ticket

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un ticket restaurant

27
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the Salvation Army

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l’armée du Salut

28
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relief (U)

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l’aide/l’assistance

29
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a culture of dependency

A

une mentalité d’assisté

30
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a recipient

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un bénéficiaire

31
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a recipient

A

venir en aide

32
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self-reliance

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l’indépendance/l’autonomie fc

33
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to be on the welfare rolls

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beneficier de l’aide sociale

34
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an allowance

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une allocation

35
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a handout

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une aumone

36
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a starvation wage

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un salaire de misère

37
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an entitlment programme

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un programme d’aide sociale

38
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to shirk one’s duties

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fuir ses obligations

39
Q

fuir ses obligations

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avoir droit a

40
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housing benefit

A

allocation logement

41
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foreclosure

A

cessation de paiement