AQA A2 Level French social issues vocabulary -wealth and poverty
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| affligé | distressed
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| aisé | well-off
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| améliorer | to improve
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| analphabète, illettré | illiterate
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| l'analphabetisme | illiteracy
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| l’analphabétisme (m) | illiteracy
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| appauvrir | to impoverish
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| l’argent (m) | money
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| l'augmentation | increase (in number)
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| avoir les moyens de | to afford to
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| le / la bénévole | volunteer
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| les biens (m) | goods
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| la carence | deficiency
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| la chaleur | warmth, heat
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| le chômage | unemployment
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| collecter (de l’argent) | to collect, raise (money)
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| le commerce | trade, business
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| consacrer | to devote (time)
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| la crise économique/la récession | recession
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| la croissance | growth
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| dans le denuément | destitute
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| le déclin | decline
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| défavorisé(e) | disadvantaged
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| démuni | deprived
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| désespéré(e) | desperate
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| la dette | debt
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| devoir | to owe
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| diminuer | to decrease, fall
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| la diminution | decrease, fall
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| l’écart (m) | gap
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| l'économie | economy
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| l’économie (f) | economy
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| endémique | endemic
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| l’endettement (m) | debt
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| enrichir | to make rich
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| éradiquer | to eradicate
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| l’espoir (m) | hope
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| étre en baisse | to be on the decline
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| étre en hausse | to be on the increase
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| étre endetté | to be in debt
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| la famine, la faim | famine, hunger
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| la guerre | war
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| la hausse | increase
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| l’impôt sur le revenu | income tax
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| l'impôt sur le revenu | income tax
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| inégal | unequal
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| l’inégalité des chances | inequality of opportunity
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| le manque | lack
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| manquer | to lack, be short of
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| les marchandises (f) | goods
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| la misère | poverty
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| les nantis et les démunis | the haves and have-nots
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| le niveau de vie | standard of living
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| se nourrir de | to live on
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| la nourriture | food
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| l’organisation caritative (f) | charity, charitable organisation
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| pauvre | poor
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| la pauvreté | poverty
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| le pays en voie de développement | developing country
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| le planning familial | family planning
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| la pluie | rain
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| le pouvoir d'achat | spending power
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| la précarité | lack of job security
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| la privation | hardship
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| priver de | to deprive of
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| la qualité de vie | quality of life
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| la récolte | crop, harvest
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| répandu | widespread
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| s'améliorer | to get better
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| sans domicile fixe | homeless
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| le / la sans-abri | homeless person
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| la sécheresse | drought
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| le sida | AIDS
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| le smic | minimum salary
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| le smicard | a person receiving the minimum wage
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| souffrir (souffert) | to suffer
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| soutenir | to support
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| le soutien | support
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| la subvention | subsidy
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| le taux | rate
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| le taux d'intérêt | interest rate
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| taxer | to tax
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| la tendance | tendency
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| tendre à | to tend to
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| le travail bénévole | voluntary work
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| le/la SDF: sans domicile fixe | homeless person
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| le chômeur | an unemployed person
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| le licenciement | redundancy
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| mendier | to beg
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| se ficher de (fam.) | not to give a damn about
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| scolariser | to educate
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| bosser (fam.) | to work
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| défavorisé | underprivileged
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| actif | (of) working (age)
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| percevoir | to earn
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| traité de racaille | branded as scum
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| manifester | to protest
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| précaire | precarious, unsound
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| une embauche | start, job
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| la durée déterminée | fixed term
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| à temps partiel | part-time
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| remonter à | to reach
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| important | significant
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| plus élevé | higher
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| la marche arrière | reverse (gear)
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| véritable | real
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| s’imposer | to be assertive/convincing
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| l’issue (à la dette) | the solution (to debt)
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| le révélateur | indicator
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| accorder | to grant, allow
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| une association caritative | charitable foundation, charity
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| aux prises avec | struggling against
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| s’efforcer d’apporter | to strive to provide
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| atteindre | to reach
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