Deck 17: Rich And Poor Flashcards

1
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Le niveau de vie

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Standard of living, living-standards

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2
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Le PIB par tête, par habitant

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GPD per head, per inhabitant

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3
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Le mode de vie

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Lifestyle, way of life

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4
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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Buying power, spending power, purchasing power

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5
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Riche

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Rich, wealthy

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6
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La richesse

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Wealth

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7
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Aisé

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Well-off

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8
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Nanti

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Well-to-do

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9
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Fortuné

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Well-heeled

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10
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Être nanti, vivre dans l’aisance

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To be affluant

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11
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La richesse, l’abondance

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Affluence

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12
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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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13
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Les riches

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Rich people, the rich

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14
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Des richesses

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Riches

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15
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Les grandes fortunes

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The super-rich, the mega-rich

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16
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Bourré de fric, plein aux as

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Stinking rich

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17
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Parmi les nantis, les possédants

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In moneyed circles

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18
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Un millionnaire

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A millionaire

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19
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Un millionnaire en dollars

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A dollar millionaire

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20
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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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21
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Un multimilliardaire

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A zillionaire, a multimillionaire

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22
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Un magnat du pétrole

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An oil magnate

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23
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Un baron de la presse

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A press baron

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24
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Un magnat des médias

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A media mogul

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Un roi des logiciels
A software tycoon
26
Le revenu
Income
27
L’impôt sur le revenu
Income tax
28
Un paradis fiscal
A tax haven
29
La fraude fiscale
Tax evasion
30
Planquer de l’argent
To stash money away
31
Le blanchiment d’argent
Money-laundering
32
Familles à hauts/ bas revenus
High-income / low-income families
33
Un contribuable
A taxpayer
34
Les gains
Earnings
35
La pauvreté
Poverty
36
Les pauvres
Poor people, the poor
37
Les travailleurs pauvres
The working poor
38
Pauvre
Poor, impoverished
39
Les nécessiteux, les indigents
The needy
40
La misère
Extreme poverty, dire poverty
41
Le dénuement, la misere noire
Destitution
42
Les plus démunis
The most destitute
43
Tomber dans la misère
To fall on hard times, to become destitute
44
Sombrer dans la pauvreté
To sink into poverty
45
En-dessous / au dessus du seuil de pauvreté
Below / above the poverty line
46
Sans abri
Homeless
47
Il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri
Homelessness is on the rise
48
Un clodo
A tramp, a bum
49
Une clocharde
A bag lady
50
Une soupe populaire
A soup kitchen, a bread line
51
Le quart-monde
The underclass
52
Un taudis
A slum
53
Vivre au jour le jour
To live from hand to mouth
54
Joindre les deux bouts
To make ends meet
55
Se serrer la ceinture
To tighten your belt
56
Vivre avec très peu d’argent
To be on a shoestring (budget)
57
Passer de la misère à la richesse
To go from rags to riches
58
Un gros richard
A fat cat
59
S’en mettre plein les poches
To line your pockets, to laugh all the way to the bank
60
Jeter l’argent par les fenêtres
To throw money down the drain
61
L’argent ne tombe pas du ciel
Money doesn’t grow on trees
62
L’argent est roi
Money talks
63
L’argent attire l’argent
Money makes money
64
Un ménage à revenu modeste
A low-income household
65
Défavorisé
Deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged
66
Vivre avec deux dollars par jour
To live on $2 a day
67
Vivre d’allocations
To live on the benefit, on welfare
68
Le paupérisme
Pauperism
69
La paupérisation
Pauperization
70
L’inégalité
Inequality
71
Inégal
Unequal, uneven
72
Partager
To share
73
Répartir
To share out
74
La répartition de la richesse
The distribution of wealth
75
Une société à deux vitesses
A two-tier society
76
Le tissu social
The social fabric
77
Le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres
The gap between rich and poor
78
La fracture sociale
The gap between the haves and the have-nots
79
Combler le fossé
To bridge, to close the gap
80
Le fossé se comble
The gap is closing, narrowing
81
Le fossé se creuse
The gap is widening
82
Le fossé social, la fracture sociale
The social divide
83
Un écart
A discrepancy
84
Un gouffre, une abîme
A chasm
85
L’équilibre / le déséquilibre
Balance / imbalance
86
Équilibré / déséquilibré
Balanced / unbalanced
87
Rétablir l’équilibre
To redress the balance
88
Une baisse du niveau de vie
A decline in living standards
89
Peiner à s’en sortir
To struggle to get by, struggle by
90
Avoir du mal à payer les factures
To have difficulty paying the bills
91
Joindre les deux bouts
To make ends meet
92
Vivre au jour le jour
To live from hand to mouth
93
Vivoter
To scrape by
94
Survivre
To survive
95
La mobilité sociale
Social mobility
96
La promotion sociale
Social advancement
97
L’ascension professionnelle
Career advancement, professional advancement
98
L’ascenseur social
The social ladder
99
Monter dans l’échelle sociale
To move up the social ladder, to be upwardly mobile
100
L’ascension sociale
Upward social mobility
101
Un self-made man
A self-made man
102
L’histoire de quelqu’un qui est passé de la misère à la richesse
A rags-to-riches story
103
Partir de rien
To start from scratch
104
Faire fortune
To strike gold, to strike it rich
105
L’égalité des chances
Equality of opportunity
106
Égalitaire
Egalitarian
107
L’égalitarisme
Egalitarianism
108
Le niveau social
Social standing
109
Le statut social
Social status
110
Le déclassement
Fall in status, social descent