Poverty Flashcards

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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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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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Redundancy

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Le licenciement

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To beg

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Mendier

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A beggar

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Un mendicant

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A tramp

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Un clochard

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Not to give a damn about

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Se ficher de

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To educate

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Scolariser

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To work

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Bosser

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Underprivileged

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Défavorisé

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Of working age

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Actif

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Branded as scum

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Traité de racaille

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To protest

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Manifester

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Precarious, unsound

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Précaire

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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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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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Significant

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Important

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Higher

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Plus élevé

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Reverse (gear)

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La marche arrière

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Real

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Véritable

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To be assertive/convincing

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S’imposer

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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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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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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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Trade, business

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Le commerce

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Primary/secondary/tertiary sector

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Le secteur primaire/secondaire/tertiaire

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Debt

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La dette, l’endettement

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To be in debt

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Etre endetté

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Growth

A

La croissance

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Subsidy

A

La subvention

39
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To subsidise

A

Subventionner

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Goods

A

Les biens

41
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Goods

A

Les marchandises

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Increase

A

La hausse

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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

A

Le taux

46
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Interest rate

A

Le taux d’intérêt

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Decline

A

Le déclin

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Decrease, fall

A

La diminution

49
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To decrease, fall

A

Diminuer

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Poverty

A

La pauvreté

51
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Poverty

A

La misère

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Well-off

A

Aisé

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Hardship

A

La privation

54
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To deprive of

A

Priver de

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Lack

A

Le manque

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To lack, be short of

A

Manquer

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Support

A

Le soutien

58
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To support

A

Soutenir

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Illiteracy

A

L’analphabetisme

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Illiterate

A

Analphabète, illettré

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Quality of life

A

La qualité de vie

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Standard of living

A

Le niveau de vie

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Family planning

A

La planification des naissances

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Family planning

A

Le planning familial

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Tendency

A

La tendance

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To tend to

A

Tendre à, avoir tendance à

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To live on

A

Se nourrir de

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To afford

A

Avoir les moyens de

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To suffer

A

Souffrir

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To eradicate

A

Éradiquer

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Deficiency

A

La carence

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Famine, hunger

A

La famine, la faim

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Crop, harvest

A

La récolte

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Distressed

A

Affligé

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Endemic

A

Endémique

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To improve (with object)

A

Améliorer

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To get better (no object)

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S’améliorer

78
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Widespread

A

Répandu

79
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To owe

A

Devoir

80
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Income tax

A

L’impôt sur le revenu

81
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To tax

A

Taxer

82
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Destitute

A

Dans le dénuement

83
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Homeless person

A

Le SDF: sans domicile fixe