3.1.2

Les bénévoles - Vocab English to French

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Qui sont les bénévoles - Vocab English to French

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Key topic words

  • le bénévolat - volunteer work
  • le secteur caritatif - charity sector
  • les œuvres de charité - charities
  • le bénévole - volunteer
  • un organisme - organisation
  • la cohésion sociale - social cohesion
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Nouns

  • l'engagement - commitment/action
  • la mission - mission/task
  • une activité bénévole - volunteer activity
  • la démarche - approach
  • autrui - others
  • la précarité - precariousness
  • la formation - training
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Nouns (continued)

  • les sans-abri - homeless people
  • le refuge - shelter
  • le foyer d'accueil - shelter
  • la banque alimentaire - food bank
  • une cause - a cause
  • la soupe populaire - soup kitchen
  • les retraités - pensioners
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Verbs

  • combler un manque - to fill a gap
  • accueillir - to welcome/host
  • bénéficier de - to benefit from
  • mettre en œuvre - to put into place
  • soutenir - to support
  • collecter - to collect
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Verbs (continued)

  • faire un don - to donate
  • recevoir de l'aide - to receive some help
  • donner un coup de main - to lend a hand
  • faire prendre conscience - to raise awareness
  • se mobiliser contre - to rally against
  • promouvoir - to promote
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Verbs (continued)

  • se retrouver à la rue - to become homeless
  • souffrir de - to suffer from
  • porter secours à - to provide assistance to
  • être rémunéré - to be paid
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Adjectives

  • défavorisé - underprivileged
  • solidaire - supportive
  • enrichissant - enriching

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10Politics & Immigration

11Conjugation & Use of Tenses

11.1Present Tense

11.2Perfect Tense

11.3Imperfect Tense

11.4Future Tense

11.5Conditional Tense

11.6Future Perfect Tense

11.7Conditional Perfect Tense

11.8Pluperfect Tense

12Extra Grammar

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