Poverty Flashcards

(83 cards)

1
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A residence/home

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Une demeure

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An unemployed person

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Le chômeur

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3
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A paid job

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Un travail rémunéré

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4
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To be paid

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Etre rémunéré

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5
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Redundancy

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Le licenciement

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6
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To beg

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Mendier

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7
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A beggar

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Un mendicant

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8
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A tramp

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Un clochard

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9
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Not to give a damn about

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Se ficher de

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10
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To educate

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Scolariser

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11
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To work

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Bosser

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12
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Underprivileged

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Défavorisé

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13
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Of working age

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Actif

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14
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Branded as scum

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Traité de racaille

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15
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To protest

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Manifester

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16
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Precarious, unsound

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Précaire

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17
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Start, job

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Une embauche

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18
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Fixed term

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La durée déterminée

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19
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Part time

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A temps partiel

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20
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To reach

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Remonter à

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21
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Significant

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Important

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22
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Higher

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Plus élevé

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23
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Reverse (gear)

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La marche arrière

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24
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Real

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Véritable

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To be assertive/convincing
S'imposer
26
The solution (to debt)
L'issue (à la dette)
27
Indicator
Le révélateur
28
To grant, allow
Accorder
29
Charitable foundation, charity
Une association caritative
30
Struggling against
Aux prises avec
31
To strive to provide
S'efforcer d'apporter
32
Economy
L'économie
33
Trade, business
Le commerce
34
Primary/secondary/tertiary sector
Le secteur primaire/secondaire/tertiaire
35
Debt
La dette, l'endettement
36
To be in debt
Etre endetté
37
Growth
La croissance
38
Subsidy
La subvention
39
To subsidise
Subventionner
40
Goods
Les biens
41
Goods
Les marchandises
42
Increase
La hausse
43
To be on the increase/decline
Etre en hausse/baisse
44
Increase (in number)
L'augmentation
45
Rate
Le taux
46
Interest rate
Le taux d'intérêt
47
Decline
Le déclin
48
Decrease, fall
La diminution
49
To decrease, fall
Diminuer
50
Poverty
La pauvreté
51
Poverty
La misère
52
Well-off
Aisé
53
Hardship
La privation
54
To deprive of
Priver de
55
Lack
Le manque
56
To lack, be short of
Manquer
57
Support
Le soutien
58
To support
Soutenir
59
Illiteracy
L'analphabetisme
60
Illiterate
Analphabète, illettré
61
Quality of life
La qualité de vie
62
Standard of living
Le niveau de vie
63
Family planning
La planification des naissances
64
Family planning
Le planning familial
65
Tendency
La tendance
66
To tend to
Tendre à, avoir tendance à
67
To live on
Se nourrir de
68
To afford
Avoir les moyens de
69
To suffer
Souffrir
70
To eradicate
Éradiquer
71
Deficiency
La carence
72
Famine, hunger
La famine, la faim
73
Crop, harvest
La récolte
74
Distressed
Affligé
75
Endemic
Endémique
76
To improve (with object)
Améliorer
77
To get better (no object)
S'améliorer
78
Widespread
Répandu
79
To owe
Devoir
80
Income tax
L'impôt sur le revenu
81
To tax
Taxer
82
Destitute
Dans le dénuement
83
Homeless person
Le SDF: sans domicile fixe