16.The Gap Is Widening Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
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Le niveau de vie

A

Living-standards

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PIB par habitant

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GDP per inhabitant

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3
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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Buying power

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4
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La richesse

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Wealth

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5
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Aisé

A

Well-Off

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6
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Fortuné

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Well-heeled

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7
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L’abondance

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Affluence

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8
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Des richesses

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Riches

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9
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Les grandes fortunes

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The super-rich

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10
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Un magnat des médias

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A media mogul

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11
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Le revenu

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Income

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12
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Impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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13
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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax heaven

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14
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La fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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15
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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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16
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Les gains

17
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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

18
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Les nécessiteux

19
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La misère

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Extreme poverty

20
Q

Les plus démunis

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The most destitute

21
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En-dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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Below the poverty line

22
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Défavorisé

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Disadvantaged

23
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Vivre d’allocations

A

To live on The benefit (GB)

To live on welfare (US)

24
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Paupérisme

25
Repartir
To share Out
26
La répartition de la richesse
The distribution of wealth
27
Une société à deux vitesses
A two-tier society
28
Combler le fossé
To close The gap
29
Un écart
A discrepancy
30
Rétablir l’équilibre
To redress The balance
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L’ascenseur social
The social ladder
32
Monter dans l’échelle sociale
To move up The social ladder
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Partir de rien
To Start From scratch
34
L’égalité des chances
Equality of opportunity
35
Le statut social
Social status
36
Joindre les deux bouts
To make ends Meet
37
Vivre au jour le jour
I live From Hand To Mouth
38
La survie
Survival
39
Un taudis
A slum