Social Life Flashcards

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L’humanité

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Mankind

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Un ménage, une maisonnée

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A household

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Un parent

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A relative

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Un citadin

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A city - dweller

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Les gens de la ville

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Townspeople

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Une foule

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A crowd

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Une populace

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A mob

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La maffia

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The Mob

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Un maffieux

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A mobster

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Le succès

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Achievement, success

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Le standing

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Status

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Le dynamisme

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Drive

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Un arriviste

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An upstart

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Un jeune cadre dynamique

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A yuppie

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Le snobisme

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Snobbery

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Un mondain

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A socialite

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Une tendance

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A trend

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Une vogue, une toquade

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A fad

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Une relation, une connaissance

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A relation

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Las convenance

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Convention

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La politesse

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Politeness

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La courtoisie

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Courtesy

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La gentillesse

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Kindness, friendliness

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Une incitation

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An incentive

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Un but
A goal
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Le désespoir
Hopelessness
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La misère, la pauvreté
Poverty
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La richesse
Wealth
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L'aisance
Affluence
30
L'origine, le milieu
The background
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Un serviteur
A servant
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Un majordome
A butler
33
Un serveur
A waiter
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L'ordre établi, la classe dominante
The Establishment
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Un conservateur
A conservative
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Les riches
The rich
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Les pauvres
The poor
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Un paria
An outcast
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Un marginal, un inadapté
A misfit
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Un fardeau
A burden
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L'autosuffisance, l'autarcie
Self-sufficiency
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L'oisiveté
Idleness
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Le mécontentement
Discontent
44
L'amertume
Bitterness
45
Le militantisme
Activism
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L'agitation
Unrest
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Une émeute
A riot
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Un bouleversement
An upheaval
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Compassion
Sympathy
50
L'aide sociale
Welfare
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Une allocution
An allowance
52
L'égoïsme
Selfishness
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Le rejet
Réjection
54
L'égalitarisme
Egalitarianism
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Un réformateur
A reformer
56
Les ragots, les commérages
Gossip
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Un bouc émissaire
A scapegoat
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Le travail au noir
Moonlighting
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La propagande
Propaganda
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La haine
Hate, hatred
61
La xénophobie
Xenophobia
62
Le courant dominant
The mainstream
63
Un fossé
A gap
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Un écart, une antinomie
A discrepancy
65
Un affrontement
A clash
66
Un tabou
A taboo
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L'avilissement
Depravation
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Un proxénète
A pimp
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Le harcèlement
Harassment
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Avortement
Abortion
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Un style de vie
A lifestyle
72
Une habitude
A habit
73
Une coutume
A custom
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Les usages
Ways, customs
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Les personnes âgées
The aged, the elderly
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Les jeunes
The young
77
Les faibles
The weak
78
Le taux de natalité
The birth rate
79
Le taux de mortalité
The death rate
80
Incorrect
Antisocial
81
Bien élevé
Well - bred
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Sage, bien élevé
Well-behaved
83
(Ir)régulier, (in)égal
(Un)even
84
Égalitaire
Egalitarian
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Cordial
Génial
86
Accommodant
Easygoing
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Hautain
Haughty
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Snob
Snobbish
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Distingué, maniéré
Genteel
90
Convenable (ment)
Decent (ly)
91
Condescendant
Patronizing
92
Courtois
Courteous
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Compatissant
Sympathetic (ally)
94
Altruiste
Altruistic
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Humain, plein d'humanité
Humane
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Hospitalier, accueillant
Hospitable
97
Reconnaissance (ingrat)
(Un)grateful
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Sur qui on peut compter
Reliable, dependable
99
Sournois
Sly
100
De premier plan
Prominent
101
Controversé
Controversial
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Provocateur
Provocative
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Fauché
Broke
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Déraciné
Uprooted
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Battu
Battered
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Prospère
Affluent
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Aisé
Well-to-do | Well - off
108
Oisif
Idle
109
Lucratif
Lucrative
110
Défavorisé
Underprivileged
111
Dans ressources, démuni
Destitute
112
Pauvre
Poverty - stricken
113
(In)adapté, (in)suffisant
(In)adequate
114
Sans papiers
Undocumented
115
Partial
Prejudiced, biased
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Impartial
Unbiased
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Raciste
Racially prejudiced
118
De couleur
Coloured
119
Homogène
Homogeneous
120
Dynamique
Energetic
121
Osé, hardi(ment)
Bold (ly)
122
Hostile , défavorable
Adverse
123
Rencontrer des gens
To socialize
124
Une couche social
``` A stratum (pluriel strata) A (friendly) society ```
125
Fréquenter
To associate with
126
Éviter
To avoid
127
Servir
To wait on | To serve
128
S'occuper de
To attend to
129
Se serrer les coudes
To stick together
130
Élargir
To broaden
131
S'installer
To settle
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S'attaquer à, affronter
To tackle
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Faire face, se débrouiller
To cope (with)
134
Aller à la dérive
To drift
135
Sombrer
To sink
136
Revendiquer
To claim
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Exiger
To demand
138
Abriter, donner asile à
To shelter
139
Financer
To fund
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Venir en aide à, soulager
To relieve
141
Supporter
To bear | To stand
142
Tolérer, supporter
To put up with
143
Cautionner
To condone
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Distribuer
To distribute, to deal out
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S'efforcer , se débattre
To struggle
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Faire aller, se contenter de
To make do with
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Concurrencer
To compete with
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Évoluer
To evolve
149
De conduire mal
To misbehave
150
S'adonner à
To take to (+ing )
151
Rembarrer
To snub
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Négliger
To neglect
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Se chamailler
To bicker
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Tarabuster, harceler
To nag
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Harceler
To harass
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Réprimer
To repress
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Exploiter
To exploit | To sweat
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Priver
To deprive
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Expulser
To evict
160
Avorter
To abort