Varda Vocab

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une association caritative (par exemple, les Restos du cœur)
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a charity
un autoportrait
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a self-portrait
un champ
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a field
les conditions de vie
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living conditions
consommer
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to consume
la culture (de blé, de pommes de terres, etc.)
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farming, growing, crop (of wheat, of potatoes, etc.)
les déchets
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trash, garbage
l’éthique
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ethics
faire les poubelles
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to go dumpster diving
le gaspillage
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waste, wastefulness
les gens du voyage
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travelers, i.e. people who travel from place to place living in campers and
glaner
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to glean
un lieu (des lieux)
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place(s)
marginaliser (quelqu’un, un groupe)
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to marginalise
mendier; faire la manche
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to beg
les métiers (vus dans le film)
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occupations, professions (seen in the film)
le montage
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editing, assembling shots to create a film
les privilégiés
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privileged people
la précarité
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precariousness, instability (often financial)
raffoler de (informel)
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to love, be wild about something
récupérer
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to salvage, recuperate, reuse
le recyclage
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recycling
un sans domicile fixe (un SDF)
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a homeless person
le ton (critique, drôle, engagé (politiquement), féministe, introspectif, ludique, poétique, satirique,
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the tone (critical, funny, politically engaged), feminist, introspective, playful, poetic, satirical,
trier; faire du tri
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to sort
une trouvaille
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a (good) find
la vieillesse
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old age
les vignes
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vines, vineyards
la voix off
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voice-over (narrator’s voice when he/she is not seen)
Les Roms
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gypsies
les gitans
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bohemians
un sans-abri
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a homeless person
un clochard
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a homeless person (negative)
le tri
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sorting
le tri sélec
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recycling
une vendange
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a harvest of grapes

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