Poverty Flashcards

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Les sans ressources

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The poor / the destitute /the indigent

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Le dénuement, l’indigence, la misère

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Destitution

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Les défavorisés

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The underprivileged / the underclass

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Tomber dans le piège de la pauvreté

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To fall into the poverty trap

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Être pauvre

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To be poverty stricken/ poverty ridden (a)

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Vivre en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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To live below the poverty line

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Les démunis

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The dispossessed / the have-nots

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La précarité / précaire

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Precariousness /precarious (a)

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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

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Mener une vie d’expédients

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To live a hand-to-mouth existence

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Gagner une maigre pitance

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To eke out a living

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Avoir de maigres revenus

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To live on a meager income

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S’en sortir à peine

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To barely get by

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Être dans la gêne, dans le besoin

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To be badly off/in need / poorly off

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Être à court d’argent

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To be hard up corn/ short of money / pressed for money / strapped for cash

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Être sans le sou, fauché

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To be penniless /Broke / busted / skint

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Fréquenter les restos du cœur

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To be on the breadline

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make both ends meet

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Vivre d’expédients

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To live from hand to mouth

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Les disparités de fortune criantes

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Gross wealth disparities

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Une région en difficulté

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A depressed area / a pocket of poverty

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Aider les pauvres

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To assist the poor

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Toucher le RMI

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To be on income support

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Le RMI/RSA

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The guaranteed minimum income

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Un État-Providence / la protection sociale

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A welfare state / social welfare

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Une société d’assistés

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A Nanny state

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Un chèque d’assistance

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A welfare check / a relief check

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La solidarité

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Welfare responsibility / solidarity

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Une société solidaire

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A caring society

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Toucher l’assistance

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To be on welfare

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La sujétion à l’aide sociale

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Welfare dependency

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Dépendre d’aumônes

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To depend / to rely on handouts

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Un assisté

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A welfare recipient / a welfarite

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Un parasite / a profiteur

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A welfare scrounger

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Éradiquer, soulager la misère

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To eradicate / to alleviate poverty

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Un programme de paiement conditionnel

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A conditional cash-transfer program (CCT)

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Donner de l’argent, de la nourriture (à)

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To give stipends / food (to)

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Satisfaire certaines conditions

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To meet certain conditions

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Une incitation, une aide à l’emploi

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A job incentive

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Être poussé à renoncer à l’aide sociale

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To be forced off welfare