Poverty Flashcards

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1
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le dénuement, la misère

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destitution

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les pauvres

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the destitute

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un pauvre

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a poor man

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la misère extrème

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dire poverty / grinding poverty / extreme poverty

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être dans la misère

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to be poverty-stricken

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vivre en dssous du seuil de pauvreté

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to live below the poverty line

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les défavorisés

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the underprivileged

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vivre au jour le jour

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to live a hand-to-mouth existence

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la précarité

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precariousness

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vivre une existence précaire

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to live a precarious existence

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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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12
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un salaire de misère

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starvation wages

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basculer dans la pauvreté

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to sink into poverty

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toucher le fond

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to hit / to reach rock bottom

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tirer le diable par la queue

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to keep the wolf from the door

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avoir juste de quoi vivre

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to live at the subsistence level

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ne pas avoir le minimum vital

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to live below the subsistence level

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être sans argent

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to be moneyless

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être à court d’argent

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to be short of money

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les riches et les pauvres

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the haves and the have-nots

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la pauvreté mondiale

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world poverty / global poverty

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vivre avec un dollar par jours

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live on a dollar a day

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des inégalités criantes

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gross inequalities

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éradiquer la pauvreté

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to eradicate poverty

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le PNB

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the GDP

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L’OCDE

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the OECD

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le FMI

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the IMF

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la banque mondiale

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the world bank

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atteindre un objectif

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to meet a target

30
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une meilleure répartition des richesses

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a better distribution of wealth

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redistribuer les richesses

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to redistribute wealth