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Ket terms on poverty and homelessness

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L’exclusion   exclusion, rejection  
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Les démunis   the destitute / down and outs  
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Les nantis et les démunis   the haves and have  
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Ceux qui vivent dans la précarité –   those who live in insecurity  
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Ceux qui vivent en dessous du seuil de la pauvreté –   those who live below the poverty threshold  
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Les exclus   social outcasts  
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Les SDF (sans domicile fixe)   the homeless  
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Les sans   abris  
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La ZUP (Zone à Urbaniser en Priorité)   priority urban area  
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L’immeuble   block of flats  
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Le HLM (Habitation à Loyer Modéré)   council block  
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Le gratte   ciel – skyscraper  
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L’agglomération   built  
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La banlieue   suburb(s)  
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La zone sensible   difficult area  
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L’espérance de vie   life expectancy  
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La pauvreté   poverty  
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L’abri (m)   shelter  
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La faim   hunger  
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Le froid   cold  
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Le bénévole –   volunteer  
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Un(e) assistant(e) sociale(e) –   social worker  
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L’aide sociale   social security  
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Le mendicant   beggar  
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Mendier   to beg  
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Faire la manche –   to beg  
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Le clochard   tramp  
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Le vagabond   tramp  
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Le vagabondage   sleeping rough  
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Les soins (m)   care  
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L’hygiène (f)   hygiene  
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Le trottoir   pavement  
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Le carton   cardboard  
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Marginaliser   to marginalise  
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Marginalisé   rejected  
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Le marginal   outcast  
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Fournir   to provide  
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Survivre   to survive  
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Maltraiter   to mistreat  
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Mépriser   to despise, hold in contempt  
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La bagarre   fight, scuffle  
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Réinsérer   to rehabilitate  
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Exclu   excluded (noun or adjective)  
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Sans papiers   without official papers  
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Insalubre   unhealthy  
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Dépourvu de   deprived of  
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Défavorisé   deprived  
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Le quartier défavorisé   deprived area  
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Le niveau de vie   standard of living  
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La qualité de vie   quality of life  
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Ne pas prêter attention à   to ignore  
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Faire semblant de ne pas voir   to ignore  
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Le cercle vicieux   vicious circle  
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Se méfier de   to mistrust  
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La distribution des richesses    
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La misère –   poverty  
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Au chômage –   unemployed  
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Les chômeurs –   the unemployed  
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Aisé   well  
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La privation   hardship  
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Priver de   to deprive of  
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Le manque   lack  
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Manquer   to lack, be short of  
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L’analphabétisme (m)   illiteracy  
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Analphabète, illettré –   illiterate  
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Milieu familial –   family background  
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Souffrir   to suffer  
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La carence   deficiency  
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Dans le dénuement –   destitute  
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Le Tiers Monde   Third World  
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