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Richesse et pauvreté

AQA A2 Level French social issues vocabulary -wealth and poverty

TermDefinition
affligé distressed
aisé well-off
améliorer to improve
analphabète, illettré illiterate
l'analphabetisme illiteracy
l’analphabétisme (m) illiteracy
appauvrir to impoverish
l’argent (m) money
l'augmentation increase (in number)
avoir les moyens de to afford to
le / la bénévole volunteer
les biens (m) goods
la carence deficiency
la chaleur warmth, heat
le chômage unemployment
collecter (de l’argent) to collect, raise (money)
le commerce trade, business
consacrer to devote (time)
la crise économique/la récession recession
la croissance growth
dans le denuément destitute
le déclin decline
défavorisé(e) disadvantaged
démuni deprived
désespéré(e) desperate
la dette debt
devoir to owe
diminuer to decrease, fall
la diminution decrease, fall
l’écart (m) gap
l'économie economy
l’économie (f) economy
endémique endemic
l’endettement (m) debt
enrichir to make rich
éradiquer to eradicate
l’espoir (m) hope
étre en baisse to be on the decline
étre en hausse to be on the increase
étre endetté to be in debt
la famine, la faim famine, hunger
la guerre war
la hausse increase
l’impôt sur le revenu income tax
l'impôt sur le revenu income tax
inégal unequal
l’inégalité des chances inequality of opportunity
le manque lack
manquer to lack, be short of
les marchandises (f) goods
la misère poverty
les nantis et les démunis the haves and have-nots
le niveau de vie standard of living
se nourrir de to live on
la nourriture food
l’organisation caritative (f) charity, charitable organisation
pauvre poor
la pauvreté poverty
le pays en voie de développement developing country
le planning familial family planning
la pluie rain
le pouvoir d'achat spending power
la précarité lack of job security
la privation hardship
priver de to deprive of
la qualité de vie quality of life
la récolte crop, harvest
répandu widespread
s'améliorer to get better
sans domicile fixe homeless
le / la sans-abri homeless person
la sécheresse drought
le sida AIDS
le smic minimum salary
le smicard a person receiving the minimum wage
souffrir (souffert) to suffer
soutenir to support
le soutien support
la subvention subsidy
le taux rate
le taux d'intérêt interest rate
taxer to tax
la tendance tendency
tendre à to tend to
le travail bénévole voluntary work
le/la SDF: sans domicile fixe homeless person
le chômeur an unemployed person
le licenciement redundancy
mendier to beg
se ficher de (fam.) not to give a damn about
scolariser to educate
bosser (fam.) to work
défavorisé underprivileged
actif (of) working (age)
percevoir to earn
traité de racaille branded as scum
manifester to protest
précaire precarious, unsound
une embauche start, job
la durée déterminée fixed term
à temps partiel part-time
remonter à to reach
important significant
plus élevé higher
la marche arrière reverse (gear)
véritable real
s’imposer to be assertive/convincing
l’issue (à la dette) the solution (to debt)
le révélateur indicator
accorder to grant, allow
une association caritative charitable foundation, charity
aux prises avec struggling against
s’efforcer d’apporter to strive to provide
atteindre to reach
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