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le niveau de vie

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standards of living, living standards

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le PIB par tete, par habitant&

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GDP per head, per inhabitant

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mode de vie

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lifestyle, way of life

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le pouvoir d’achat

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buying power, spending power, purchasing power

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la quantité

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the amount

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les revenus

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incomes

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augmenter

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to rise

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riche

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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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nanti

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well-to-do

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fortuné

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well-heeled

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être nanti, vivre dans l’aisance

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to be affluent

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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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Affluence + influenza (grippe)

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Affluenza = rich unfulfilled

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insatisfait, frustré

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unfulfilled

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remplir (les conditions necessaires)

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to fulfill the necessary conditions

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les riches

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rich people, the rich

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les grandes fortunes

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the super-rich, the mega-rich

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bourré de fric, plein aux as

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stinking rich

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parmi les nantis, les possédants

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in moneyed circles

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détrôner

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to unseat

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gonfler (fortune)

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to swell, the fortune swell

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clément (adj.)
lenient
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être clément
to be merciful, to be lenient
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un un millionaire
a millionaire
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un millionaire en dollars
a dollar millionaire
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un millardaire
a billionaire
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un multimillardaire
a zillionaire, a multimillionaire
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un magnat du pétrole
an oil magnate
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un baron de la presse
a press baron
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un magnat des médias
a media mogul
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un roi des logiciels
a software tycoon
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Qui veut gagner des millions ?
Who wants to be a millionaire
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le revenu
income
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l'impôt sur le revenu
income tax
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un paradis fiscal
a tax haven
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la fraude fiscale
tax evasion
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famille a haut/ bas revenus
high-income / low-income families
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un contribuable
a taxpayer
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les gains
earnings
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un gros richard
a fat cat
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la pauvreté
poverty
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les pauvres
poor people, the poor
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les travailleurs pauvres
the working poor
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pauvre
poor, impoverished
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les nécessiteux, les indigents
the needy
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la misère
extreme poverty, dire poverty
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le dénuement, la misère noire
destitution
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les plus démunis
the most destitute
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tomber dans la misère
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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organisme de bienfaisance
charities
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se mobiliser/ unir ses forces
to join forces
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la sensibilisation
awareness
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soulager
to relieve
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un ménage a revenu modeste
a low-income household
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défavorisé
deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged
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vivre avec deux dollars par jour
to live on 2$ a day
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vivre d'allocations
to live on the benefit
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le paupérisme
pauperism
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la paupérisation
pauperization
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locomotive économique
powerhouse economy
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stupéfiant
staggering
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l'inégalité
inequality
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inégal
unequal
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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 tissu social
the social fabric
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le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres
the gap between 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
to bridge, to close the gap
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le fossé se comble
the gap is closing, narrowing
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le fossé social, la fracture sociale
the social divide
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un écart
a discrepancy
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un gouffre, un abîme
a chasm
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l'équilibre / le désiquilibre
balance / imbalance
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équilibré / désiquilibré
balanced / unbalanced
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rétablir l'équilibre
to redress the balance

Anglais Voca (26 decks)

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