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, les indigents

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The destitute

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Les pauvres

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The poor

Poor people

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Un pauvre

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A poor man

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5
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La misère noire

La misère extrême

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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 dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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To live below the poverty line

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8
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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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10
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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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12
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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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13
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Un salaire de misère

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Starvation wages

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14
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Sombrer, basculer dans la pauvreté

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To sink into poverty

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15
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Toucher le fond

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To hit rock bottom

To reach rock bottom

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Être sur le pavé

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To be down-and-out

17
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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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Le stricte nécessaire

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The bare necessities (of life)

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Être sans argent

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To be moneyless

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Être a court d argent

Manquer d argent

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To be short of money
To be pressed for money
To be strapped for cash

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Être fauché

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To be hard up
To be broke
To be skint

24
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Les riches et les pauvres

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The haves and the have-nots

25
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La pauvreté mondiale

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World poverty

Global poverty

26
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Vivre avec un dollar par jour

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To 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

29
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Le PNB

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The GDP

30
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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 mondial

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The World Bank

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Atteindre un objectif

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To meet a target

34
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Une meilleur 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

36
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La pauvreté

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Poverty