2. Poverty Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Les indigents, les pauvres

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The destitute

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Le Dénuement, la misère

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Destitution

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Les pauvres

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The poor / the poor people

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Un pauvre

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A poor man

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La misère noire, la misère extrême

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Dire poverty / grinding poverty / extreme poverty

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Être dans la misère

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To be poverty-stricken

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Vivre en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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To live below the poverty line

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Les défavorisés

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The underprivileged

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Vivre au jour le jour

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To live a hand-to-mouth existence

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La précarité

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Precariousness

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Vivre une existence précaire

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To live a precarious existence

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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Un salaire de misère

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Starvation wages

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Sombrer, basculer dans la pauvreté

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To sink into poverty

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Toucher le fond

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To hit / to reach rock bottom

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Être sur le pavé

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To be down and out

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Toute le diable par la queue

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To keep the wolf from the door

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Avoir juste de quoi vivre

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To live at the subsistence level

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Ne pas avoir le minimum vital

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To live below the subsistence level

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Le strict nécessaire

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The bare necessities (of life)

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Être sans argent

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To be moneyless

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Être à court d’argent, manquer d’argent

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To be short of money, to bee pressed for money/ strapped for cash

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Être fauché

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To be hard up / broke / skint

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Les riches et les pauvres

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The havesvand the have-nots

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La pauvreté mondiale
World poverty / global poverty
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Vivre avec un dollar par jour
To live on a dollar a day
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Des inégalités criantes
Gross inequalities
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Éradiquer la pauvreté
To eradicate poverty
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L'OCDE
The OECD
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Le PNB
The GDP
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Le FMI
The IMF
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La Banque mondiale
The World Bank
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Atteindre un objectif
To meet a target
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Une meilleure distribution des richesses
A better distribution of wealth
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Redistribuer les richesses
To redistribute wealth