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wealth and poverty Flashcards

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riche, la richesse

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rich/wealthy, wealth

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aisé

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affluent/ well-off

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très a l’aise nanti

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well-healed

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le fric

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dough/dosh

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acquérir

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to acquire

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amasser

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to amass

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heriter 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 make money/ to get rich

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faire fortune

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to make a fortune

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gigantesque

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tremendous

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milliardaire

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a billionaire

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qui jette l’argent par les fenetres

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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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prodigue

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prodigal

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misérable, la misère

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wretched, wretchedness

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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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a pauper

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sans sous/sans ressources

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penniless

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fauché

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broke

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endetté

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indebted

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le besoin, necessiteux

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need/want, needy

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précaire

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precarious

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priver

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to deprive

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défavorisé

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underprivileged

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les laissés pour compte

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the underdogs

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demuni

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destitute

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épouvantable

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dreadful

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affreux

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awful

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impitoyable

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ruthless

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un paria

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an outcast

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un clodo

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a bum/tramp/hobo

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mendier, mendiant

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to beg, a beggar

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sdf

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homeless

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dans la deche/sur le pavé

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drown-and-out

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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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avoir faim

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to go hungry

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vivre en parasite , un parasite

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to freeload, a freeloader

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vivre au crocher de qqn , un profiteur

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to scrounge on sbdy, a scrounger

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une asso carritative

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a charity

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secourir/venir en aide, les secours

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to relieve, relief/aid

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aider qqn

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to assist sbdy

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allouer, une allocation

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to allow, 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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les nantis cad riche

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the moneyed classes

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rouler sur l’or

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to be rolling in money

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les signes exterieurs de richesse

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the trappings of wealth

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les riches, les pauvres

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the haves and the have-nots

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creuser,retrecir l’écart

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to widen, close the gap

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vivre au dessus de ses moyens

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to live beyond one’s means

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etre a court d’argent

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to short of money

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etre dans le besoin

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to be in need/in want

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sombrer dans la pauvvreté

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to sink/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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vivre au jour le jour

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to live a hand to mouth existence

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le stricte necessaire

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the bare necessities

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toucher le fonds

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to hit rock bottom

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vivre de la charité des autres

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to live on hand-outs

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une soupe populaire

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a soup kitchen

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s’attaquer aux ineg sociales

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to address social inequalities

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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 a financial support

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réduire la fracture socail

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to bridge the socail divide

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reduire la pauvreté infantile

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to tackle child poverty

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tu coco

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priviledged, money, to accumulate, huge, fabulous, to spend, to pauperize, to squat, indifferent, to reject, to marginalize, to deserve, compassion, solidarity, generous, to dante a donation, philanthropy, assistance

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