Vocabulaire : Wealth And Poverty (chap 68) Flashcards

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Riche
La richesse

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Rich / wealthy
Riches / wealth

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Aisé / fortuné
La richesse / l’abondance

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Affluent
Affluence

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Privilégié

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Privileged

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L’argent

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Money / cash

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Acquérir

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To acquire

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Accumuler

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To accumulate

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Amasser

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To amass

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Hériter de

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To inherit / to come into

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Un héritage

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A legacy

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S’enrichir

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To get rich / to make money

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Faire fortune

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To make fortune

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Énorme

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Huge

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Fabuleux

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Fabulous

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Gigantesque

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Tremendous

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Un milliardaire

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A multimillionaire / a billionaire

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Depenser
Depensier / qui l’argent par les fenetres

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To spend
A spendthrift

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Depensier
Sans compter

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Extravagant
Extravagantly

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Gaspiller

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To squander

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La pauvreté

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Poverty

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Appauvrir
Pauvre
L’appauvrissement

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To impoverish
Impoverished
Impoverishment

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Un pauvre

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Pauper

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Paupériser
Paupérisation

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To pauperize
Pauperization

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Fauché

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Broke

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Endetté
L’endettement

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Indebted
Indebtedness

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Le besoin
Nécessiteux

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Need
Needly

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Précaire
La précarité

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Precarious
Precariousness

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Priver
Les déshérités
La privation

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To deprive
The deprived
Deprivation

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Défavorisé

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Underprivileged

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Démuni / sans ressources

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Destitute

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Une situation désespérée

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A plight

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Epouvantable

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Dreadful

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Affreux

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Awful

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Un clochard

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A tramp / a bum / a hobo

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Mendier
Un mendiant

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To beg
A beggar

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Faire la manche

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To panhandle

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Sans abri/ SDF
Un sans abri
La situation des sans abri

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Homeless
A homeless person
Homelessness

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Un bidonville

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A shantytown

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Abriter
Un abri

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To shelter
A shelter

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Squatter
Un squatter

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To squat
A squatter

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Avoir faim
La faim

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To go hungry
Hunger

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Rejeter / exclure
L’exclusion

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To reject
Rejection / exclusion

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Indifferent
L’indifference

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Indifferent
Indifference

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Marginaliser
La marginalisation

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To marginalize
Marginalization

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Vivre au crochet de
Un profiteur

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To scrounge on sby
A scrounger

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Mériter
Méritant
Peu méritant

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To deserve
Deserving
Undeserving

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Une asso caritative

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A charity

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La charité
Charitable

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Charity
Charitable

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La compassion
Compatissant

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Compassion
Compassionate

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Secourir / venir en aide
Secours / aide

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To relieve
Relief / aid

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La solidarité

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Solidarity

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Généreux
La générosité

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Generous
Generosity

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Faire un don
Un don
Un donnateur

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To donate
A donation
A donator

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Aider qqn
L’aide / l’assistance

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To assist sby
Assistance

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Allouer
Une allocation

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To allons
An allowance

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Des allocations

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Benefits

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Les prestations sociales

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Welfare

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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in the money

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Les riches / les pauvres

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The haves / the have-nots

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Des inégalités criantes

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Gross inequalities

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Vivre au dessus de ses moyens

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To live beyond one’s means

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Être dans le besoin

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To be in need of

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Sombrer dans la pauvreté

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To fall into poverty

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Avoir juste de quoi vivre

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To live at subsistence level

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En dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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Below the poverty line

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Le strict nécessaire

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The bare necessities

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Toucher le fond

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To hit rock bottom

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Faire la manche

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To pass the hat round

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Un centre d’accueil pour les sans abri

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A homeless shelter

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Soulager la pauvreté

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To alleviate poverty

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Vaincre la pauvreté

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To overcome poverty

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Fournir une aide financière

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To provide financial support

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Réduire la fracture sociale

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To bridge the social divide