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83 Cards in this Set
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allocation (f) de chômage
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unemployment benefit
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blocage (m) de salaires
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pay freeze
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bureau (m) d'embauche
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unemployment office
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confiance (f) en soi
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self-confidence
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débaucher
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to lay off staff
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dégradation (f)
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worsening
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demandeur/euse (m/f) d'emploi
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job-seeker
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désoeuvrement (m)
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lack of anything to do
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embauche (f)
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vacancy
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ennui (m)
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boredom
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grève (f) du zèle
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work-to-rule
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grève (f) patronale
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lockout
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grève (f) totale
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all-out strike
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impuissance (f)
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powerlessness
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jaune (m)
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scab
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licenciement (m)
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dismissal
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marché (m) de l'emploi
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the jobs market
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marché du travail
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labour market
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partage (m) de poste
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job-sharing
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population (f) active
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active (with jobs) population
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préavis (m) de grève
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strike notice
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reconversion (f)
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retraining
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robotisation (f)
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automation
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sans-emploi (mpl)
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the jobless
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suppressions d'emploi (fpl)
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jobs lost
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supprimer
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to do away with
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travail à temps partiel
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part-time work
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variation (f) saisonnière
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seasonal variation
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plan (m) de création d'emplois
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job creation scheme
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décommander une grève
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to call off a strike
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s'abriter
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to shelter
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Armée (f) du Salut
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Salvation Army
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aumône (f)
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handout
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bénévolat (m)
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voluntary help
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bénévole (mf)
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voluntary helper
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caritatif/ve
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charitable
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cité (m) de transit
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(temporary) hostel
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clochard (m)
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bum/tramp
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collecte (f) de fonds
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fund-raising
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déchéances (f)
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decline
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s'abriter
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to shelter
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Armée (f) du Salut
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Salvation Army
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aumône (f)
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handout
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bénévolat (m)
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voluntary help
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bénévole (mf)
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voluntary helper
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caritatif/ve
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charitable
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cité (m) de transit
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(temporary) hostel
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clochard (m)
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bum/tramp
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collecte (f) de fonds
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fund-raising
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déchéances (f)
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decline
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démunis (mpl)
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destitute
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dénuement (m)
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destitution
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déshérités (mpl)
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the have-nots
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expulser
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to evict
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foyer (m)
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hostel
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gêne (f)
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financial difficulties
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gens (mpl) du voyage
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travellers (e.g. New Age)
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marginaliser
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to exclude from society
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mendicité (f)
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begging)
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nécessiteux/euse (m/f)
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needy
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organismes caritatifs (mpl) / oeuvres charitables (fpl)
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charities
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paupérisation (f)
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impoverishment
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personne (f) absent
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missing person
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quart monde (m)
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underclass
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quartiers (mpl) déshérités
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inner-city areas
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réinsérer
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to rehabiliate
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réinsertion (f)
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reintegration
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seuil (m) de pauvreté
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poverty line
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société (f) d'abondance
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the affluent society
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soupe (f) populaire
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soup kitchen
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squatter
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to squat
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travail (m) social
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social work
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les naufragés de la conjoncture
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the casualties of the economic situation
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emménager sur le bitume
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to live/sleep rough
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la ville se clochardise
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the town has more and more homeless ppl
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dormir sous les ponts
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to live in cardboard boxes
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recevoir l'aide sociale
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to be on social security
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les SDF (sans domicile fixe)
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those of no fixed abode
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l'isolement (m) social
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social isolation
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faire une fugue
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to run away from home
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à l'écart de la société
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on the margins of society
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les restos du coeur
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meal centres for the homeless
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se réintégrer dans la société
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to rejoin mainstream society
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