Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards by Sania Edlich | Brainscape

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le complexe (d’infériorité / supériorité)

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inferiority / superiority complex

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le comportement

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behavior

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le condescendance

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condescension

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l’élite

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elite

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les moeurs

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customs

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un snob

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snob

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le snobisme

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snobbery

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le sophistication

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sophistication

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la bourgeoisie

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bourgeoisie

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le cadre moyen / supérieur

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middle / senior management executive

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les classes défavorisées

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underpriviledged classes

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la class moyenne

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middle class

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la classe ouvrière

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working class

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les classes privilégiées

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privileged classes

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l’héritage

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inheritance

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un héritier / héritère

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heir

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un(e) homme/femme d’affaires

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businessman/woman

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un mendiant

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beggar

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le mode de vie

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lifestyle

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le niveau d’instruction

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education level

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le concert

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concert

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le jazz

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jazz

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le niveau de vie

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standard of living

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un nouveau riche

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nouveau riche

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le pauvreté

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poverty

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la réussite

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success

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le revenu

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income

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être pauvre

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to be poor

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faire la charité

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to give to charity

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hériter de

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to inherit

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mendier

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to beg

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moyen(ne)

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middle

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ouvrier/ère

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working class

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voir de la classe

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to have class

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être snob

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to be a snob

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faire partie de

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to belong to

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inférieur

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inferior

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raffiné

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refined

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sophistiqué

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sophisticated

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une soirée

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party

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faire du l’équitation

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to horseback ride

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faire de l’escrime

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to fence

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faire de la natation

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to swim

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jouer au baseball

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to play baseball

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jouer au billard

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to play billiards

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jouer à un jeu

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to play a game

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jouer au poker

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to play poker

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jouer au tennis / volleyball

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to play tennis / volleyball

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un(e) arriviste

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social climber

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arriviste

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climber / ambitious

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le dénigrement

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denigration

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le haut fonctionnaire

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top civil servant

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les membres des professions libérales

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professionals

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un(e) parvenu(e)

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nouveau riche

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le savoir-faire

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practical knowledge

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un SDF

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homeless person

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avoir bon genre / mauvais genre

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to be distinguished / unrefined

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avoir de bonnes manières

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to be well-bred

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dénigrer

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to denigrate

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être aisé

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to be affluent

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l’hébergement (m.)

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lodging

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un(e) HLM

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housing project

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un logis

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home

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le milieu sociale

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social environment

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un quartier

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neighborhood

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gravir les échelons de la hiérarchie sociale

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to move up the social ladder

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héberger

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to lodge / shelter

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manquer de bonnes manière

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to be ill-bred

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parvenir

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to reach

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un sans-logis

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homeless person

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un taudis

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slum

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une villa

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second residence

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bâtir

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to build