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Social issues vocab
| French | English |
|---|---|
| accueillir | to welcome |
| alimentaire | dietary |
| apporter | to bring |
| assez | quite, enough |
| autour | around |
| avoir les moyens | to be able to afford |
| comprendre | to understand |
| démuni(e) | in need |
| dur(e) | hard |
| l'eau potable (f) | drinking water |
| essayer de | to try |
| j'aimerais | I would like (aimer) |
| je voudrais | I would like (vouloir) |
| à mi-temps | part-time |
| le monde | world |
| la nourriture | food |
| pauvre | poor |
| à plein-temps | full-time |
| propager | to spread |
| le repas | meal |
| soigner | to care for, to treat |
| travailler | to work |
| triste | sad |
| voyager | to travel |
| à cause de | because of |
| basculer | to turn for the worse |
| le chômeur | unemployed person |
| compréhensif(-ve) | understanding |
| déprimé(e) | depressed |
| la dette | debt |
| la facture | bill |
| grâce a | thanks to |
| heureusement | fortunately |
| il y a trois mois | three months ago |
| livrer | to deliver |
| le logement | accommodation |
| le loyer | rent |
| malheureusement | unfortunately |
| s'occuper de | to look after, to deal with |
| perdre le contrôle | to lose control |
| les personnes défavorisées (f) | disadvantaged people |
| la publicité | advertising |
| renoncer | to give up |
| le sans-abri | homeless person |
| le seuil de pauvreté | poverty line |
| seul(e) | alone |
| le soutien | support |
| le travail | work, job |
| accro | addicted, hooked |
| avoir confiance en soi | to be confident |
| avoir peur de | to be scared of |
| dépendant(e) | addicted |
| se détendre | to relax |
| devenir | to become |
| les devoirs (m) | homework |
| dormir | to sleep |
| la drogue | drug |
| se droguer | to take drugs |
| s'entrainer | to train |
| être à l'aise (f) | to be comfortable |
| faire attention à | to pay attention to |
| fumer | to smoke |
| l'habitude (f) | habit |
| l'odeur (f) | smell |
| perdre des poids | to lose weight |
| plaire | to please |
| le poumon | lung |
| se relaxer | to relax |
| la respiration | breathing |
| le sommeil | sleep |
| stressé(e) | stressed |
| le tabac | smoking/tobacco |
| l'alcoolique | alcoholic |
| arrêter | to stop |
| avertir | to warn |
| avoir sommeil | to be tired |
| le casse-croûte | snack |
| le cœur | heart |
| la consommation | consumption, usage |
| consommer | to consume |
| le corps | body |
| la crise cardiaque | heart attack |
| dégoûtant | disgusting |
| désintoxiquer | to detox |
| éliminer | to eliminate |
| s'enivrer | to get drunk |
| l'enquête (f) | enquiry, survey |
| épuiser | to exhaust |
| essoufflé(e) | breathless |
| faire un régime | to go on a diet |
| fatigué(e) | tired |
| le foie | liver |
| hors d'haleine | out of breath |
| s'inscrire | to sign up for |
| le mode de vie | lifestyle |
| monter | to go up |
| la nourriture bio | organic food |
| oublier | to forget |
| la peau | skin |
| respirer | to breathe |
| le souffle | breath |
| le tabagisme | (addiction to) smoking |
| tousser | to cough |
| le/la toxicomane | drug addict |
| les toxines nocives (f) | harmful toxins |