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Poverty Flashcards

1
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A residence/home

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Une demeure

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An unemployed person

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Le chômeur

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3
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A paid job

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Un travail rémunéré

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To be paid

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Etre rémunéré

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5
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Redundancy

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Le licenciement

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6
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To beg

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Mendier

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7
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A beggar

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Un mendicant

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8
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A tramp

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Un clochard

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9
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Not to give a damn about

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Se ficher de

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10
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To educate

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Scolariser

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11
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To work

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Bosser

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12
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Underprivileged

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Défavorisé

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13
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Of working age

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Actif

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14
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Branded as scum

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Traité de racaille

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15
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To protest

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Manifester

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16
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Precarious, unsound

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Précaire

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17
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Start, job

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Une embauche

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18
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Fixed term

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La durée déterminée

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19
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Part time

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A temps partiel

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20
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To reach

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Remonter à

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21
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Significant

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Important

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22
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Higher

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Plus élevé

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23
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Reverse (gear)

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La marche arrière

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24
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Real

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Véritable

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25
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To be assertive/convincing

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S’imposer

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26
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The solution (to debt)

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L’issue (à la dette)

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27
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Indicator

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Le révélateur

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28
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To grant, allow

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Accorder

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29
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Charitable foundation, charity

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Une association caritative

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30
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Struggling against

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Aux prises avec

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31
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To strive to provide

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S’efforcer d’apporter

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32
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Economy

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L’économie

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33
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Trade, business

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Le commerce

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34
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Primary/secondary/tertiary sector

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Le secteur primaire/secondaire/tertiaire

35
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Debt

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La dette, l’endettement

36
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To be in debt

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Etre endetté

37
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Growth

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La croissance

38
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Subsidy

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La subvention

39
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To subsidise

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Subventionner

40
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Goods

41
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Goods

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Les marchandises

42
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Increase

43
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To be on the increase/decline

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Etre en hausse/baisse

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Increase (in number)

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L’augmentation

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Rate

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Interest rate

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Le taux d’intérêt

47
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Decline

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Le déclin

48
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Decrease, fall

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La diminution

49
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To decrease, fall

50
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Poverty

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La pauvreté

51
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Poverty

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La misère

52
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Well-off

53
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Hardship

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La privation

54
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To deprive of

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Lack

56
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To lack, be short of

57
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Support

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Le soutien

58
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To support

59
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Illiteracy

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L’analphabetisme

60
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Illiterate

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Analphabète, illettré

61
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Quality of life

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La qualité de vie

62
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Standard of living

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Le niveau de vie

63
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Family planning

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La planification des naissances

64
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Family planning

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Le planning familial

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Tendency

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La tendance

66
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To tend to

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Tendre à, avoir tendance à

67
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To live on

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Se nourrir de

68
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To afford

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Avoir les moyens de

69
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To suffer

70
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To eradicate

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Éradiquer

71
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Deficiency

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La carence

72
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Famine, hunger

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La famine, la faim

73
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Crop, harvest

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La récolte

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Distressed

75
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Endemic

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Endémique

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To improve (with object)

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Améliorer

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To get better (no object)

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S’améliorer

78
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Widespread

79
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To owe

80
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Income tax

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L’impôt sur le revenu

81
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To tax

82
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Destitute

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Dans le dénuement

83
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Homeless person

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Le SDF: sans domicile fixe

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