The Time, "India's biggest slum" (25.09.2020) Flashcards

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a bustling informal settlement

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un campement informel fourmillant

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to be packed into

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être entassé

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a stringent lockdown

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un confinement strict

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to be doing alterations (tailor)

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faire des retouches (tailleur)

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to be out of work

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être sans emploi

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to stitch (garnments)

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recoudre (des vêtements)

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a domestic helper

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une aide ménagère

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to be down to

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en être réduit à

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9
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to sprawl

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s’étendre

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10
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a thriving economy

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une économie florissante

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nimble

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frêle

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12
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with little warning

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sans préavis

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13
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in the second quarter

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au second trimestre

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14
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the sharpest fall

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la chute la plus brutale

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workforce

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main d’oeuvre

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16
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bedrock

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socle

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first-hand experience

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expérience inédite

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in a bid to restart the economy

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dans une tentative de relancer l’économie

19
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an uptick in cases

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une résurgence de cas

20
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a garment workshop

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un atelier de confection de vêtements

21
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to stitch

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recoudre, raccommoder