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the world’s population /

world population

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la population mondiale

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demography

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la démographie

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a demographer /

a population scientist

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un démographe

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a census

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un recensement

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to take a census

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effectuer un recensement

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the forecast

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les estimations, les prévisions

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world population growth

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la croissance démographique mondiale

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the population explosion

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l’explosion démographique

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overpopulation

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la surpopulation

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an age pyramid

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une pyramide des âges

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an age group

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une tranche d’âge

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the birth rate

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le taux de natalité

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the fertility rate

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le taux de fécondité

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birth control

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le contrôle des naissances

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the death rate /
mortality /
the mortality rate

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le taux de mortalité

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the infant mortality rate

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le taux de mortalité infantile

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life expectancy /

the expectation of life

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l’espérance de vie

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a densely populated area /

an area of high population density

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une région fortement peuplée

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a sparsely populated area /

an area of low population density

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une région faiblement peuplée

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to rise by /
to increase by /
to grow by (5%)

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augmenter de (5%)

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a rise /

an increase in (the world population)

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une augmentation de (la population mondiale)

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22
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to rise dramatically

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augmenter de façon spectaculaire

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to soar /
to spiral /
to skyrocket

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augmenter en flèche

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to double

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doubler

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to triple

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tripler

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to increase fourfold

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être multiplé par quatre

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to peak at 9 billion

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culminer à 9 millards

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the current trend

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la tendance actuelle

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the reversal of a trend

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un renversement de tendance

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30
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a baby boom

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un baby boom

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31
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the baby boomers

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les enfants du baby boom

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destitution

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le dénuement, la misère

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the destitute

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les indigents, les pauvres

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the poor /

poor people

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les pauvres

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a poor man

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un pauvre

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dire poverty /
grinding poverty /
extreme poverty

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la misère noire, la misère extrême

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37
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to be poverty-stricken

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être dans la misère

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38
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to live below the poverty line

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vivre en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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39
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the underprivileged

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les défavorisés

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40
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to live a hand-to-mouth existence

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vivre au jour le jour

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41
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precariousness

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la précarité

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to live a precarious existence

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vivre une existence précaire

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43
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to make ends meet

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joindre les deux bouts

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44
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starvation wages

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un salaire de misère

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45
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to sink into poverty

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sombrer, basculer dans la pauvreté

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46
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to hit /

to reach rock bottom

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toucher le fond

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47
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to be down-and-out

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être sur le pavé

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48
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to keep the wolf from the door

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tirer le diable par la queue

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49
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to live at the subsistence level

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avoir juste de quoi vivre

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50
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to live below the subsistence level

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ne pas avoir le minimum vital

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51
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the bare necessities (of life)

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le strict nécessaire

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52
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to be moneyless

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être sans argent

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53
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to be short of money /
to be pressed for money /
strapped for cash

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être à court d’argent, manquer d’argent

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54
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to be hard-up / broke / skint

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être fauché

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55
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the haves and the have-nots

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les riches et les pauvres

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56
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world poverty /

global poverty

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la pauvreté mondiale

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57
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to live on a dollar a day

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vivre avec un dollar par jour

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58
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gross inequalities

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les inégalités criantes

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59
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to eradicate poverty

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éradiquer la pauvreté

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60
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the GDP

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le PNB

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61
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the OECD

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l’OCDE

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62
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the IMF

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le FMI

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63
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the World Bank

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la Banque mondiale

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64
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to meet a target

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atteindre un objectif

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65
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a better distribution of wealth

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une meilleure répartition des richesses

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66
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to redistribute wealth

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redistribuer les richesses

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67
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hunger / starvation

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la famine, la faim

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68
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world hunger / world famine

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la faim dans le monde

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69
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to be hungry

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avoir faim

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70
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to go hungry

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ne pas manger à sa faim

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71
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malnutrition / undernourishment

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la malnutrition

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72
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malnourished / undernourished / underfed

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sous-alimenté

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to be underweight

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avoir un poids insuffisant

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to die of hunger / to die from hunger

to die of starvation / to starve to death

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mourir de faim

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starving children / famished children

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des enfants affamés

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emaciated children

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des enfants décharnés

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to lack food / to be short of food

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manquer de nourriture

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the lack of food

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le manque de nourriture

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the food scarcity / the food shortage

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la pénurie de nourriture

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to struggle for food

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lutter pour se nourrir

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to scavenge for food

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faire les poubelles pour se nourrir

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nutritional deficiencies

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les carences alimentaires

83
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vitamin C deficiency

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une carence en vitamine C

84
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the food situation

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la situation alimentaire

85
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the food crisis

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la crise alimentaire

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to feed

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nourrir

87
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severe famine / widespread famine

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une famine étendue

88
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a biblical famine

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une famine sans précédent

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to be facing famine

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être confronté à la famine

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a famine area

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une région frappée par la famine

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the World Food Summit

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le Sommet mondial sur la faim

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the World Food Programme

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le Programme alimentaire mondial

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food relief / famine relief / food aid

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l’aide alimentaire

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emergency food aid

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l’aide alimentaire d’urgence

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a charity

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une organisation caritative

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an NGO

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une ONG

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humanitarian aid

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l’aide humanitaire

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a volunteer

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un bénévole

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to airdrop food supplies

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larguer des vivres

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to distribute food

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distribuer de la nourriture

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a donor country

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un pays donateur

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to raise funds for

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collecter des fonds au profit de

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foodstuffs

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des denrées alimentaires

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the homeless

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les sans-abri

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homelessness

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le fait d’être sans-abri

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to have no fixed abode

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ne pas avoir de domicile fixe

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to be homeless / to be down-and-out

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être sans-abri

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a homeless person / a down-and-out / a dosser

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un sans-abri, un SDF

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2 million homeless / the number of homeless

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2 millions de sans-abris, le nombre de sans-abri

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to wander about aimlessly

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errer sans but

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a vagabond / a vagrant / a wanderer

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un vagabond

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vagrancy

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le vagabondage

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begging (GB) /

panhandling (US)

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la mendicité

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a begger (GB) /
a panhandler (US)
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un mendiant

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to beg (GB) /
to panhandle (US)
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mendier, tendre la main

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to live on handouts

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vivre de la charité des autres

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a tramp (GB) /
a bum, a hobo (US)
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un clochard

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a bag lady

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une clocharde

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destitution

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la clochardisation, le dénuement

120
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to be reduced to destitution

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se clochardiser

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to be forced into the streets

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être condamné à vivre dans la rue

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street people

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les sans-abri

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to live on the streets

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vivre dans la rue

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to sleep in the streets

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dormir dans la rue

125
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to sleep rough

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dormir à la dure

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a rough sleeper

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quelqu’un qui dort à la dure

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to bed down for the night

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s’installer pour la nuit

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to sleep in an underground corridor

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dormir dans le couloir d’un métro

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a cardboard box

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un carton

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an air-vent

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une bouche d’aération

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a sleeping bag

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un sac de couchage

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to squat / a squatter

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squatter / un squatter

133
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to stay clean

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rester propre

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to fight off the cold

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lutter contre le froid

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to take to drinking

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se mettre à boire

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a homeless shelter

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un centre d’accueil pour les sans-abri

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to assist the homeless

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venir en aide aux sans-abri

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a charity

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une association caritative

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a voluntary organisation

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une association de bénévoles

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a soup kitchen

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une soupe populaire

141
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benefit (GB) /

welfare (US)

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l’aide sociale

142
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to immigrate / an immigrant

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immigrer, un immigrant

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to emirgate / to migrate to the SUA

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émigrer aux USA

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to be attracted to a country

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être attiré par un pays

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a would-be immigrant

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un candidat à l’immigration

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to push sb to emigrate

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pousser qqun à émigrer

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to flee a country, a regime

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fuir un pays, un régime

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to escape poverty

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échapper à la pauvreté

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to seek refuge from the war

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chercher à fuir la guerre

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to seek political asylum

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chercher l’asile politique

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to be in search of a better life

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chercher une vie meilleure

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the lure of well-pais jobs

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l’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

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to look for higher wages

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chercher des salaires plus élevés

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to make a fortune

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faire fortune

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to break with the past

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rompre avec le passé

156
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to start from scratch

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partir de rien

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to start anew

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prendre un nouveau départ

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to be faced with / to be confronted with difficulties

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être confronté à des difficultés

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to be exploited

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être exploité

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a sweatshop

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un atelier clandestin

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to overcome obstacles

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surmonter les obstacles

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the language barrier

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la barrière du langage

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to integrate

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intégrer

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an immigration policy

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une politique d’immigration

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to seal one’s borders

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fermer ses frontières

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to stem the flow of immigrants

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endiguer le flot d’immigrés

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to impose quotas

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imposer des quotas

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to be turned away at the border

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être refoulé à la frontière

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to tighten border controls

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renforcer les contrôles aux frontières

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to be expelled from a country

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être expulsé d’un pays

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illegal immigration

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l’immigration clandestine

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an illegal immigrant / an illegal

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un immigré clandestin

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an illegal alien

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un étranger clandestin

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a stowaway

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un passager clandestin

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a guest worker / a migrant worker

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un travailleur immigré

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a smuggler

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un passeur

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the undocumented

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les sans-papiers

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a fake passport

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un faux passeport

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to crack down on illegal immigration

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réprimer l’immigration clandestine

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