Social Class Flashcards

(96 cards)

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teeming

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grouillant

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pollster

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enquêteur

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denizen

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habitant

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commuter

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banlieusard

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to commute

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faire la navette / atténuer

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commute

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trajet

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conurbation

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agglomération urbaine formée de plusieurs villes

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leafy

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boisé

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sheer

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pur

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gilded

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doré

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gilded cage

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prison dorée

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surburbia

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banlieue / banlieusard

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to lump sb with smth

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réunir

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lessening

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diminution

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unambiguously

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sans ambiguité

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to grasp

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saisir (propre et figuré)

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posh

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snob, chic, cossu

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skewed

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faussé

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threshold

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seuil

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to epitomise

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être le parfait exemple

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genuine

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véritable

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ken

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entendement / savoir

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handout

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allocation / aide financière / aumône

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turf

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gazon, pelouse, territoire

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backbone
colonne vertébrale
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stalwart
partisan, fidèle, pilier
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mooted
soulevé (dans un débat)
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scion
rejet, greffon, rejeton
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bent
penchant
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journal
revue spécialisée
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artisan
craftman
32
to plough
labourer
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grimy
crasseux
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feeble
faible, fébrile, affaibli
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beam
poutre, rayon de lumière, faisceau
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scarcely
à peine
37
din
vacarme
38
fog
brouillard
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shovel
pelle
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thence
de là / par conséquent
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pang
crampe, douleur, souffrance
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dread
crainte, effroi
43
to dread doing smt
craindre de faire qqch
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deputy
adjoint
45
trade union
syndicat
46
shadow cabinet
?
47
home secretary
Ministre de l'intérieur
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chancellor of the exchequer
Ministre des finances
49
assets
biens, actifs (plus largement : avantage)
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commoners
prolétaires (péjoratif), roturiers
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to till the land
travailler la terre
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short-term contract / fixed-term contract
CDD
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long-term contract
CDI
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perk
avantage en nature
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to flatten
mettre un bémol, aplanir, ralentir
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narrow
étroit
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a pen name
un nom de plume (pseudo d'un auteur)
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to found
fonder
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heating
chauffage
60
power
énergie électrique
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to stoop / to blend double
se plier en deux
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blasting
destruction, explosion
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indictment
accusation
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narrowed
resseré / ciblé
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bark
aboyer
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giraFFe
girafe
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slang
argot
68
enhance
améliorer, mettre en valeur, réhausser
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class-ridden
très marqué par les classes
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to despise
mépriser
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gentry
bourgeoisie / aristocratie (class of gentlemen/gentlewomen)
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seniority
ancienneté
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senior citizens / older people / older generation
les séniors
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the elderly
personnes âgées
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library
bibliothèque et non librairie
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the bulk of smth
l'essentiel de
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to coin
créer
78
a stew
ragout
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an order
une amende
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community service
travaux d'IG
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backdrop
décor, arrière plan
82
civil servants
fonctionnaires
83
dull
terne
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to stifle
étouffer
85
a stratum, several strata
strate(s)
86
layer
couche
87
to entitle
avoir droit à qqch
88
to entitle sb to do smth
autoriser qq à qqch
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allowance
allocation / indemnité
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public housing (US)
logements sociaux
91
tenants
locataires
92
landlord/landlady
propriétaire qui loue
93
owner occupier
propriétaire qui habite son bien
94
General Elections
élections législatives UK
95
grant
bourse
96
budget cut
coupes budgétaires