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16. RICH AND POOR the gap is widening Flashcards

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Le niveau de vie (2)

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The standard of living / living-standard

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Le PIB par tête / par habitant

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GDP per head / GDP per inhabitant

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Mode de vie (2)

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Lifestyle / way of life

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Purchasing power

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Riche (2)

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Rich / wealthy

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La richesse

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Wealth

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Aisé

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Well-off

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La richesse / l’abondance

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Affluence

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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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Les riches (2)

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Rich people / the rich

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Des richesses

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Riches

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Les grandes fortunes (2)

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The super-rich / the mega-rich

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Un millionaire

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A millionaire

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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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Un multimilliardaire (2)

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A zillionaire / a multimillionaire

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Un magnat du pétrole

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An oil magnate

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Un baron de la presse

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A press baron

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Un magnat des médias

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A media mogul

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Le revenu

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Income

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L’impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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La fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

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Familles à hauts / bas revenus

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High-income / low-income families

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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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Les gains
Earnings
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La pauvreté
Poverty
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Les pauvres (2)
Poor people / the poor
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Les travailleurs pauvres
The working poor
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Pauvre (2)
Poor / impoverished
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La misère (2)
Extreme poverty / dire poverty
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Tomber la misère (2)
To fall on hard times / to become destitute
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Sombrer dans la pauvreté
To sink into poverty
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En-dessous / au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté
Below / above the poverty line
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Défavorisé (3)
Deprived / disavantaged / underprivileged
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Vivre avec 2 $ par jour
To live on a $2 a day
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Vivre d'allocations (GB / US)
To live on the benefits (GB) / to live on welfare (US)
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Le paupérisme
Pauperism
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La paupérisation
Pauperization
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L'inégalité
Inequality
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Inégal (2)
Unequal / uneven
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Partager
To share
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Répartir
To share out
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La répartition de la richesse
The distribution of wealth
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Une société à deux vitesses
A two-tier society
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Le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres
The gap between the rich and poor
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La fracture sociale
The gap between the haves and the have-nots
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Combler le fossé (2)
To bridge the gap / to close the gap
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Le fossé se comble (2)
The gap is closing / the gap is narrowing
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Le fossé se creuse
The gap is widening
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Le fossé social, la fracture sociale
The social divide
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L'équilibre / le déséquilibre
Balance / imbalance
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Équilibré / déséquilibré
Balanced / unbalanced
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Rétablir l'équilibre
To redress the balance
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La mobilité sociale
Social mobility
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La promotion sociale
Social advancement
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L'ascension professionnelle (2)
Career advancement / professional advancement
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L'ascenseur social
The social ladder
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Monter dans l'échelle sociale (2)
To move up the social ladder / to be upwardly mobile
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L'ascension sociale
Upward social mobility
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Un self-made man
A slef-made man
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Partir de rien
To start from scratch
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Faire fortune (2)
To strike gold / to strike it rich
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L'égalité des chances
Equality of opportunity
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Égalitaire
Egalitarian
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L'égalitarisme
Egalitarianism
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Le niveau social
Social standing
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Le statut social
Social status
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Une baisse du niveau de vie
A decline in living standards
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Peiner à s'en sortir
To struggle to get by
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Avoir du mal à payer les factures
To have difficulty paying the bills
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Joindre les deux bouts
To make ends meet
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Vivre au jour le jour
To live from hand to mouth
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Survivre
To survive
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La survie
Survival
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Sans abri
Homeless
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Il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri
Homeless is on the rise
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Un taudis
A slum
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Société normale
Mainstream society
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Un roi des logiciels
A software tycoon

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