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Poverty (vocab) Flashcards

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1
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la pauvreté, le paupérisme

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poverty

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le dénuement, la misère

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destitution

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3
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les indigents, les pauvres

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the destitute

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les pauvres
4x

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the poor / poor people / the needy / the have-nots

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pauvre

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poor

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un pauvre
2x

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a pauper (old-fashioned) / a poor man

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paupériser, appauvrir

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to impoverish

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la paupérisation (d’une population)

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the impoverishment (of a population)

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la misère noire, la misère extrême, la grande pauvreté
3x

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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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les défavorisés
3x

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the underprivileged / the deprived / the disadvantaged

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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

17
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un salaire de misère

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starvation wages

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sombrer, basculer dans la pauvreté

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to sink into poverty

19
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toucher le fond
2x

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to hit / to reach rock bottom

20
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tirer le diable par la queue

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to keep the wolf from the door

21
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avoir juste de quoi vivre

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to leave at the subsistence level

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ne pas avoir le minimum vital

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to live below the subsistence level

23
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le strict nécessaire

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the bare necessities (of life)

24
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être sans argent

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to be moneyless

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être sans le sou

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to be penniless

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être à court d’argent, manquer d’argent
3x

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to be short of money / to be pressed for money / strapped for cash

27
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être fauché
3x

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to be hard up / broke / skint

28
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la pauvreté mondiale
2x

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world poverty / global poverty

29
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les pays les moins avancés

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the least developed countries = LDCs

30
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peiner à s’en sortir
2x

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to get by / to scrape by

31
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vivre avec un dollar par jour

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to live on a dollar a day

32
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réduire la pauvreté

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to alleviate poverty

33
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éradiquer la pauvreté

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to eradicate poverty

34
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atteindre un objectif

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to meet a target

35
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une tâche gigantesque, énorme
2x

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a mammoth task / a daunting task

36
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(l’aide de) la Banque mondiale

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(the aid of) the World Bank

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Cours d'anglais (6 decks)

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