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1
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acid

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l’acide (m)

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acid trip

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un trip d’acide

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alcohol

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l’alcool

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alcoholic

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l’alcoolique (m/f )

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alcoholics anonymous

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la société d’entraide des alcooliques (f ) anonymes / les alcooliques anonymes

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alcoholism

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l’alcoolisme

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amphetamines

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les amphétamines

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cannabis

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le cannabis / le chanvre indien

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cocaine

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la cocaïne

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cocaine addict

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le/la cocaïnomane

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coke

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la coke

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cold turkey

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le sévrage

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controlled drug

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la drogue contrôlée/le médicament contrôlée

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crack

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le crack

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decriminalisation

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la dépénalisation

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drug abuse

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la consommation de stupéfiants

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drug addict, drug abuser

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le/la toxicomane, le/la drogué(e)

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drug addiction

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la toxicomanie

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drug dealer

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le revendeur de drogue

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drug dependency

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la dépendance à la drogue/la pharmaco-dépendance

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drug habit

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l’accoutumance à la drogue (f )

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drug rehabilitation centre

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le centre de réinsertion pour toxicomanes

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drug therapy

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la cure de désintoxication

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drug trafficker

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le narcotrafiquant

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drugs

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la came / les drogues (f ) / les stupéfiants (m) / les

stups

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drugs hotline

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le numéro spécial SOS drogue

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drugs ring

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le réseau de trafiquants de drogues

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drug-screening test

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le test de dépistage de la drogue

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drug-treatment programme

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le programme de désintoxication

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ecstasy

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l’ecstasy (m)

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fix

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le shoot

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glue

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la colle

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glue-sniffer

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le sniffeur/la sniffeuse de colle

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glue-sniffing

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l’inhalation de colle (f )

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hallucinogen

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l’hallucinogène

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hard drugs

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les drogues dures (f )

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heroin

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l’héroïne

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heroin addict

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héroïnomane

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joint

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le joint

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junky

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le camé

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41
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line of cocaine

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la ligne de cocaïne

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LSD

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le LSD

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marijuana

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la marijuana

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narcotic

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le narcotique

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needle

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l’aiguille (f )

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opiate

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l’opiat

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overdose

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la surdose

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paraphernalia

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l’attirail (m)

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random testing

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des tests aléatoires/effectués au hasard

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relapse

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la rechute

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self-help group

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le groupe d’entraide

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soft drugs

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les drogues douces (f )

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53
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speed

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le speed

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54
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syringe

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la seringue

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55
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to be habit-forming

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créer une accoutumance

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56
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to be high on

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être défoncé

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57
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to be on cold turkey

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être en manque

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58
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to be on drugs

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être camé

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59
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to be tripped out

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être flippé

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60
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to decriminalise

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dépénaliser

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61
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to get high

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se défoncer

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62
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to go cold turkey

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s’abstenir de

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63
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to have a bad trip

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faire un mauvais trip

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to kick a habit

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se désintoxiquer

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65
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to kick the habit

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décrocher

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66
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to mainline

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se shooter, se piquer

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67
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to snort

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renifler

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68
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to trip

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avoir un flip

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trip

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le trip

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70
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uppers

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des amphés (f )

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71
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weed

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l’herbe (f )

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Environment

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Environnement

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73
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green

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l’écolo

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74
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air pollution

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la pollution atmosphérique

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75
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biodegradable

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biodégradable

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bird covered with oil

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oiseau recouvert de mazout

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bottle bank

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le réceptacle à verre

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78
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chemical waste

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les déchets chimiques (m)

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79
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clean-air act

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la loi anti-pollution

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80
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detergent

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le détergent

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81
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dispersing agent

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le dispersant

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82
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effects on the environment

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les conséquences sur l’environnement

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83
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effluent

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l’effluent (m)

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84
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environmental disaster

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la catastrophe écologique

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85
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environmental health

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l’hygiène publique (f )

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86
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Environmental Protection Agency

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la commission pour la protection de l’environnement

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87
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environmental/green movement

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le mouvement écologique

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88
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environmental; environmentally friendly

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écologique

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89
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environmentalist, Green

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l’écologiste (m/f )

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exhaust fumes

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les gaz d’échappement (m)

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greenhouse effect

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l’effet de serre (m)

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hazardous waste

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les déchets dangereux (m)

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household waste

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les déchets ménagers (m)

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industrial waste

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les déchets industriels (m)

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inspector of Environmental Health

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l’inspecteur de l’hygiène publique

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land pollution

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la pollution des sols

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leak

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la fuite

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98
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litter

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les détritus (m)

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marine pollution

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la pollution marine

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Minister for the Environment

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le ministre de l’environnement

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Ministry of the Environment

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le ministère de l’environnement

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102
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municipal tip

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la décharge municipale

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municipal waste

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les déchets urbains (m)

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noise pollution

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la pollution sonore

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non biodegradable

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non dégradable

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nuclear waste

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les déchets nucléaires (m)

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oil slick

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la marée noir / la nappe de pétrole

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pollutant

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les polluants (m)

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pollution

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la pollution

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radioactive waste

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les déchets radioactifs (m)

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recyclable

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recyclable

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recycling

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le recyclage

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river pollution

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la pollution des fleuves

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rubbish collection

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le ramassage des ordures

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rubbish dump

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la décharge, le dépotoir

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scrap yard

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la casse / le chantier de ferraille

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sewage

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les eaux usées (f )

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sewage disposal

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l’évacuation des eaux usées (f )

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sewage system

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le réseau d’égout

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sewage treatment

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le traitment des eaux usées

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sewage works

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le champ d’épandage

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sewer

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l’égout (m)

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shore covered with oil

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le rivage mazouté

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spillage

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le déversement accidentel

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the Greens

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les Verts

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throwaway society

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la société de gaspillage / la société de consommation

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to clean up

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nettoyer

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to recycle

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recycler

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toxic

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toxique

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toxic waste

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les déchets toxiques (m)

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wastage

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le gaspillage

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wastage (heat, energy)

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la déperdition

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waste disposal

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le traitement des déchets

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water authority

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la compagnie des eaux

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water pollution

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la pollution des eaux

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waterworks

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la station de pompage

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Poverty and homelessness

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Pauvreté

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a two-tier society

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une société à deux vitesses

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bag-lady

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la clocharde

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beggar

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le mendigot/la mendigote

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beggar substandard housing

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le mendiant/la mendiante

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below the poverty line

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au-dessous du seuil de la pauvreté

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busker

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le chanteur/la chanteuse ambulante / le musicien/la musicienne ambulante

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charitable work

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le travail bénévole

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charity

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le bénévolat

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charity work

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les bonnes oeuvres (f )

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charity worker

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le/la bénévole

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charity, charitable organisation

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l’organisation caritative (f )

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dampness

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l’humidité (f )

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depressed area

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une région en déclin

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derelict

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abandonné

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destitution

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l’indigence (f ) / le dénuement

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dilapidated

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délabré

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disadvantaged area

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une zone défavorisée

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down-and-out

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le clodo / le cloche / le clochard

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downward mobility

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la régression sociale

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dregs

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les bas-fonds (m)

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dregs of society

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les déchets de la société (m)

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drifter, tramp

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le vagabond

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ghetto

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le ghetto

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handout

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l’aumône (f ) / la charité

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hardship

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la privation

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health hazard

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le risque pour la santé

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homeless

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les sans-abri

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hovel, slum

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le taudis

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illegal immigrant

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le sans-papiers

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in straitened circumstances

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dans des circonstances difficiles / dans la gêne

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inner city area

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la zone du centre-ville

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low-income

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à faible revenu

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malnutrition

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la malnutrition

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meal ticket

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le ticket restaurant

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night shelter

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l’abri de nuit

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overcrowding

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le surpeuplement

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overpopulation

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la surpopulation

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poverty line

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le seuil de pauvreté

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process by which someone is reduced to vagrancy

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la clochardisation

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rat-infested

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infesté de rats

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relief agency

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l’organisation humanitaire (f )

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relief effort

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l’effort d’aide (m)

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relief fund

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le fonds d’aide

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relief work

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le travail humanitaire

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Salvation Army

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l’armée du salut (f )

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shelter

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le refuge

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slums

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les bas-quartiers (m) / le bidonville

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soup kitchen

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le resto du coeur, la soupe populaire

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squat

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le squat

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squatter

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le squatter

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subsistence level

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le niveau minimum pour vivre

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subsistence wage

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le salaire de subsistance / le minimum vital

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the disadvantaged, the underprivileged

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les défavorisés (m)

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the dispossessed

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les démunis (m)

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the inner city

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le centre-ville

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the marginal

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les marginaux (m)

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the needy

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les nécessiteux (m)

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the new poor

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les nouveaux pauvres

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the oppressed

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les opprimés (m)

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the outcasts

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les exclus (m)

198
Q

to be destitute

A

être sans ressorces/être démunis

199
Q

to be reduced to begging

A

être réduit à la mendicité

200
Q

to be reduced to vagrancy

A

être réduit au vagabondage

201
Q

to beg

A

mendier

202
Q

to beg for a living

A

vivre de la mendicité

203
Q

to bum

A

vivre en clochard

204
Q

to bum a cigarette

A

taper une cigarette

205
Q

to busk

A

jouer dans la rue / chanter dans la rue

206
Q

to give to the poor

A

donner aux pauvres

207
Q

to live on handouts

A

vivre de la charité des autres

208
Q

to live rough

A

vivre à la dure/vivre une vie rude

209
Q

to scavenge

A

faire les poubelles

210
Q

to sleep rough

A

dormir dans la rue

211
Q

to squat

A

squatter

212
Q

underclass

A

une classe défavorisée

213
Q

unfit for human habitation

A

insalubre

214
Q

unoccupied

A

inoccupé

215
Q

urban decay

A

la dégradation urbaine

216
Q

waste ground

A

le terrain vague

217
Q

with no fixed abode

A

sans domicile fixe

218
Q

Social services

A

les services sociaux (m)

219
Q

bargain

A

la bonne affaire

220
Q

benefits recipient

A

le/la prestataire

221
Q

cash register

A

la caisse enregistreuse

222
Q

child benefit

A

les allocations familiales (f )

223
Q

closed

A

fermé

224
Q

Closed on Sundays.

A

Fermé le dimanche.

225
Q

closing time

A

l’heure de fermeture (f )

226
Q

customer

A

le/la client€

227
Q

desire

A

désirer

228
Q

dressing room

A

le salon d’essayage

229
Q

escalator

A

l’escalier roulant (m)

230
Q

family allowance

A

les prestations familiales (f )

231
Q

fire exit

A

la sortie de secours

232
Q

freeloader

A

le parasite

233
Q

help

A

aider

234
Q

housing benefit

A

l’allocation logement (f )

235
Q

income support

A

l’allocation de fin de droits (f )

236
Q

Let me help you.

A

Permettez-moi de vous aider.

237
Q

maternity benefit

A

l’allocation de maternité (f )

238
Q

merchandise

A

la marchandise

239
Q

No returns, no exchanges!

A

Pas de remboursement, pas d’échange!

240
Q

open

A

ouvrir

241
Q

receiving benefit, on welfare

A

assisté/bénéficiant de l’aide sociale

242
Q

refund

A

le remboursement

243
Q

security guard

A

le garde

244
Q

sell

A

vendre

245
Q

service desk

A

le service d’information

246
Q

social housing

A

les logements sociaux (m)

247
Q

social security

A

la sécurité sociale

248
Q

social services

A

les services sociaux (m)

249
Q

social work

A

l’assistance sociale

250
Q

social worker

A

l’assistant(e) sociale(e)

251
Q

temporary accommodation

A

le logement provisoire

252
Q

to freeload

A

vivre en parasite / profiter

253
Q

to live on social security

A

vivre de l’aide sociale

254
Q

to receive benefits

A

recevoir l’aide sociale

255
Q

unemployment benefit

A

l’allocation chômage

256
Q

welfare benefits

A

les prestations sociales (f )

257
Q

welfare benefits, social security

A

l’aide sociale (f )

258
Q

welfare department

A

le service de l’aide sociale

259
Q

welfare payments

A

les prestations de sécurité sociale (f )

260
Q

welfare recipient

A

le/la bénéficiaire de l’aide sociale

261
Q

welfare rights adviser

A

le conseiller/la conseillère d’aide sociale

262
Q

welfare services

A

les services d’assistance sociale (m)

263
Q

welfare state

A

l’etat-providence (m)

264
Q

welfarism

A

la doctrine de l’etat-providence

265
Q

workers’ housing

A

les logements ouvriers (m)

266
Q

wrap

A

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Dean French Subject Vocab (70 decks)

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