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1
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l’Etat-providence (m)

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welfare state

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la sécurité sociale

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social security

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les services sociaux (m)

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social services

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les services d’assistance sociale (m)

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welfare services

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l’assistance publique (f)

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welfare services

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l’aide sociale (f)

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welfare benefits, social security

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l’assistance sociale

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social work

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l’assistant(e) sociale(e)

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social worker

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le service de l’aide sociale

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welfare department

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les logements sociaux (m)

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social housing

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le logement provisoire

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temporary accommodation

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les logements ouvriers (m)

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workers’ housing

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la dégradation urbaine

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urban decay

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les quartiers déshérités (m)

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the inner city

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le quartier déshérité

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inner city area

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le surpeuplement

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overcrowding

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la surpopulation

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overpopulation

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le ghetto

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ghetto

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le terrain vague

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waste ground

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abandonné

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derelict

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ruiné

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derelict

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inoccupé

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unoccupied

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délabré

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dilapidated

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infesté de rats

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rat-infested

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l’humidité (f)

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dampness

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le risque pour la santé

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health hazard

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le squat

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squat

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le squatter

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squatter

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squatter

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to squat

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30
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squattériser

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to squat

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une région en déclin

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depressed area

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32
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les opprimés (m)

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the oppressed

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les défavorisés (m)

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the disadvantaged, the underprivileged

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une classe défavorisée

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underclass

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une zone défavorisée

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disadvantaged area

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à faible revenu

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low-income

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37
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les sans-abri

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homeless

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sans domicile fixe

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with no fixed abode

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39
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mendier

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to beg

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le mendiant/la mendiante

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beggar substandard housing

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insalubre

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unfit for human habitation

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le refuge

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shelter

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l’alcool

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alcohol

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l’alcoolisme

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alcoholism

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l’alcoolique (m/f)

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alcoholic

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la société d’entraide des alcooliques (f) anonymes

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alcoholics anonymous

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les drogues (f)

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drugs

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les stupéfiants (m)

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drugs

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49
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les stups

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drugs

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50
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les drogues dures (f)

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hard drugs

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les drogues douces (f)

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soft drugs

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52
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la consommation de stupéfiants

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drug abuse

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le narcotique

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narcotic

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54
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la pharmaco-dépendance

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drug dependency

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le/la drogué(e)

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drug addict, drug abuser

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le/la toxicomane

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drug addict

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57
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la toxicomanie

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drug addiction

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le cannabis

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cannabis

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la marijuana

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marijuana

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les amphétamines (f)

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amphetamines

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le LSD

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LSD

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la cocaïne

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cocaine

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le/la cocaïnomane

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cocaine addict

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la ligne de cocaïne

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line of cocaine

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l’héroïne (f)

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heroin

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l’héroïnomane (m/f)

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heroin addict

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l’ecstasy (m)

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ecstasy

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le ministère de l’Environnement

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Ministry of the Environment

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le ministre de l’Environnement

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Minister for the Environment

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l’hygiène publique (f)

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environmental health

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l’inspecteur de l’Hygiène Publique

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inspector of Environmental Health

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le mouvement écologique

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environmental/green movement

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les Verts

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the Greens

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l’écologiste (m/f)

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environmentalist, Green

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l’écolo

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Green

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écologique

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environmental; environmentally friendly

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77
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la pollution

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pollution

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78
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la pollution des eaux

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water pollution

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79
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la pollution marine

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marine pollution

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la pollution des fleuves

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river pollution

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la pollution atmosphérique

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air pollution

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la pollution des sols

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land pollution

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83
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la pollution sonore

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noise pollution

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84
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les polluants (m)

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pollutant

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85
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l’effluent (m)

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effluent

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les détritus (m)

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litter

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les déchets urbains (m)

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municipal waste

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les déchets ménagers (m)

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household waste

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les déchets dangereux (m)

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hazardous waste

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les déchets toxiques (m)

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toxic waste

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les déchets chimiques (m)

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chemical waste

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les déchets industriels (m)

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industrial waste

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les déchets radioactifs (m)

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radioactive waste

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les déchets nucléaires (m)

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nuclear waste

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95
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vivre de l’aide sociale

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to live on social security

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recevoir l’aide sociale

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to receive benefits

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le/la bénéficiaire de l’aide sociale

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welfare recipient

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98
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le conseiller/la conseillère en matière d’aide sociale

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welfare rights adviser

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les prestations sociales (f)

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welfare benefits

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les prestations de sécurité sociale (f)

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welfare payments

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101
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les prestations familiales (f)

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family allowance

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102
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les allocations familiales (f)

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child benefit

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103
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l’allocation chômage (f)

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unemployment benefit

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l’allocation de fin de droits (f)

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income support

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105
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l’allocation logement (f)

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housing benefit

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106
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l’allocation de maternité (f)

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maternity benefit

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107
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les allocations familiales (f)

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family allowance

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108
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le/la prestataire

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benefits recipient

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109
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le seuil de pauvreté

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poverty line

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au-dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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below the poverty line

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le bidonville

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slums

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les bas-quartiers (m)

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slums

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le taudis

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hovel, slum

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les marginaux (m)

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the marginal

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les exclus (m)

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the outcasts

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la privation

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hardship

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le foyer d’accueil

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shelter

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l’asile de nuit (f)

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night shelter

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l’armée du salut (f)

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Salvation Army

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l’organisation caritative (f)

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charity, charitable organisation

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le travail bénévole

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charitable work

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le/la bénévole

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charity worker

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les bonnes oeuvres (f)

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charity work

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le bénévolat

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charity

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l’organisation humanitaire (f)

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relief agency

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le travail humanitaire

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relief work

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l’effort d’aide (m)

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relief effort

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le fonds d’aide

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relief fund

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le vagabond

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drifter, tramp

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le clochard

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down-and-out

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la clocharde

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bag-lady

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clochardiser

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to be reduced to vagrancy

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la clochardisation

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process by which someone is reduced to vagrancy

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le cloche

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down-and-out

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le clodo

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down-and-out

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les nécessiteux (m)

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the needy

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les démunis (m)

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the dispossessed

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le sans-papiers

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illegal immigrant

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vivre à la dure

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to live rough

140
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dormir à la dure

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to sleep rough

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la malnutrition

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malnutrition

142
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la soupe populaire

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soup kitchen

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le resto du coeur

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soup kitchen

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le ticket restaurant

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meal ticket

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l’accoutumance à la drogue (f)

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drug habit

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créer une accoutumance

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to be habit-forming

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le revendeur de drogue

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drug dealer

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le narcotrafiquant

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drug trafficker

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le réseau de trafiquants de drogues

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drugs ring

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se déintoxiquer

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to kick a habit

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décrocher

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to kick the habit

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le centre de réinsertion pour toxicomanes

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drug rehabilitation centre

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la cure de désintoxication

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drug therapy

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le programme de déintoxication

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drug-treatment programme

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le test de dépistage de la drogue

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drug-screening test

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le groupe d’entraide

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self-help group

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la rechute

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relapse

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dépénaliser

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to decriminalise

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la dépénalisation

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decriminalisation

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la colle

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glue

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le sniffeur/la sniffeuse de colle

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glue-sniffer

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l’inhalation de colle (f)

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glue-sniffing

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la décharge

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rubbish dump

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la décharge municipale

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municipal tip

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le dépotoir

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rubbish dump

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la casse

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scrap yard

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le chantier de ferraille

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scrap yard

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le ramassage des ordures

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rubbish collection

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le traitement des déchets

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waste disposal

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la société de consommation

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throwaway society

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la société de gaspillage

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throwaway society

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le gaspillage

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wastage

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la déperdition

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wastage (heat, energy)

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recycler

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to recycle

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le recyclage

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recycling

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recyclable

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recyclable

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

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non dégradable

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non biodegradable

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les gaz d’échappement (m)

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exhaust fumes

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la loi anti-pollution

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clean-air act

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l’effet de serre (m)

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greenhouse effect

182
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la catastrophe écologique

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environmental disaster

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les conséquences sur l’environnement

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effects on the environment

184
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la marée noir

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oil slick

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la nappe de pétrole

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oil slick

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la fuite

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leak

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nettoyer

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to clean up

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le détergent

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detergent

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le dispersant

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dispersing agent

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la doctrine de l’Etat-providence

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welfarism

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assisté

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receiving benefit, on welfar

192
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vivre en parasite

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to freeload

193
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le parasite

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freeloader

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une société à deux vitesses

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a two-tier society

195
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les nouveaux pauvres

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the new poor

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le niveau minimum pour vivre

A

subsistence level

197
Q

le minimum vital

A

subsistence wage

198
Q

la régression sociale

A

downward mobility

199
Q

le salaire de misère

A

subsistence wage

200
Q

être sans ressources

A

to be destitute

201
Q

être indigent

A

to be destitute

202
Q

le dénuement

A

destitution

203
Q

l’indigence (f)

A

destitution

204
Q

vivre dans l’indigence

A

to be destitute

205
Q

dans la gêne

A

in straitened circumstances

206
Q

le chanteur/la chanteuse ambulant(e)

A

busker

207
Q

le musicien/la musicienne ambulant(e)

A

busker

208
Q

chanter dans la rue

A

to busk

209
Q

jouer dans la rue

A

to busk

210
Q

faire les poubelles

A

to scavenge

211
Q

fouiller les poubelles

A

to scavenge

212
Q

taper une cigarette

A

to bum a cigarette

213
Q

taxer une cigarette

A

to bum a cigarette

214
Q

vivre de la manche

A

to bum

215
Q

vivre de la charité des autres

A

to live on handouts

216
Q

l’aumône (f)

A

handout

217
Q

donner aux pauvres

A

to give to the poor

218
Q

les bas-fonds (m)

A

dregs

219
Q

la lie

A

dregs

220
Q

les déchets de la société (m)

A

dregs of society

221
Q

vivre de la mendicité

A

to beg for a living

222
Q

être réduit à la mendicité

A

to be reduced to begging

223
Q

mendigoter

A

to beg

224
Q

le mendigot/la mendigote

A

beggar

225
Q

des tests faits/effectués au hasard

A

random testing

226
Q

le numéro spécial SOS drogue

A

drugs hotline

227
Q

le médicament inscrit au tableau B

A

controlled drug

228
Q

la came

A

drugs

229
Q

être camé

A

to be on drugs

230
Q

le camé

A

junky

231
Q

le chanvre indien

A

cannabis

232
Q

l’herbe (f)

A

weed

233
Q

le joint

A

joint

234
Q

des amphés (f)

A

uppers

235
Q

le speed

A

speed

236
Q

l’hallucinogène (m)

A

hallucinogen

237
Q

l’acide (m)

A

acid

238
Q

la coke

A

coke

239
Q

le crack

A

crack

240
Q

l’opiat

A

opiate

241
Q

se shooter

A

to mainline

242
Q

se piquer

A

to mainline

243
Q

le shoot

A

fix

244
Q

la surdose

A

overdose

245
Q

priser

A

to snort

246
Q

l’attirail (m)

A

paraphernalia

247
Q

la seringue

A

syringe

248
Q

l’aiguille (f)

A

needle

249
Q

le sévrage

A

cold turkey

250
Q

s’abstenir de

A

to go cold turkey

251
Q

être en manque

A

to be on cold turkey

252
Q

être défoncé à

A

to be high on

253
Q

se défoncer

A

to get high

254
Q

le trip

A

trip

255
Q

un trip d’acide

A

acid trip

256
Q

faire un mauvais trip

A

to have a bad trip

257
Q

avoir un flip

A

to trip

258
Q

être flippé

A

to be tripped out

259
Q

le point verre

A

bottle bank

260
Q

le réceptacle à verre

A

bottle bank

261
Q

la compagnie des eaux

A

water authority

262
Q

la station de pompage

A

waterworks

263
Q

les eaux usées (f)

A

sewage

264
Q

l’égout (m)

A

sewer

265
Q

le réseau d’égout

A

sewage system

266
Q

l’évacuation des eaux usées (f)

A

sewage disposal

267
Q

le traitment des eaux usées

A

sewage treatment

268
Q

le champ d’épandage

A

sewage works

269
Q

délétère

A

toxic

270
Q

le déversement accidentel

A

spillage

271
Q

le rivage mazouté

A

shore covered with oil

272
Q

l’oiseau mazouté (m)

A

bird covered with oil

273
Q

la Commission pour la protection de l’environnement

A

Environmental Protection Agency

🇫🇷 French Vocab 2 (64 decks)

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