Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

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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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5
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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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12
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la class moyenne

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middle class

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13
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la classe ouvrière

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working class

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14
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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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18
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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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20
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le niveau d’instruction

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education level

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21
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le concert

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concert

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22
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le jazz

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jazz

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23
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le niveau de vie

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standard of living

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24
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un nouveau riche

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nouveau riche

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le pauvreté
poverty
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la réussite
success
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le revenu
income
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être pauvre
to be poor
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faire la charité
to give to charity
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hériter de
to inherit
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mendier
to beg
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moyen(ne)
middle
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ouvrier/ère
working class
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voir de la classe
to have class
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être snob
to be a snob
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faire partie de
to belong to
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inférieur
inferior
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raffiné
refined
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sophistiqué
sophisticated
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une soirée
party
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faire du l'équitation
to horseback ride
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faire de l'escrime
to fence
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faire de la natation
to swim
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jouer au baseball
to play baseball
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jouer au billard
to play billiards
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jouer à un jeu
to play a game
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jouer au poker
to play poker
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jouer au tennis / volleyball
to play tennis / volleyball
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un(e) arriviste
social climber
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arriviste
climber / ambitious
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le dénigrement
denigration
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le haut fonctionnaire
top civil servant
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les membres des professions libérales
professionals
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un(e) parvenu(e)
nouveau riche
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le savoir-faire
practical knowledge
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un SDF
homeless person
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avoir bon genre / mauvais genre
to be distinguished / unrefined
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avoir de bonnes manières
to be well-bred
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dénigrer
to denigrate
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être aisé
to be affluent
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l'hébergement (m.)
lodging
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un(e) HLM
housing project
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un logis
home
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le milieu sociale
social environment
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un quartier
neighborhood
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gravir les échelons de la hiérarchie sociale
to move up the social ladder
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héberger
to lodge / shelter
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manquer de bonnes manière
to be ill-bred
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parvenir
to reach
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un sans-logis
homeless person
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un taudis
slum
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une villa
second residence
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bâtir
to build