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la société d’abondance

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the affluent society

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vivre dans l’aisance

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to be well-off

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la classe dirigeante

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the ruling class

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les défavorisés, les exclus

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the underclass, the underprivileged

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les laissés pour compte de la société

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the cast-offs from society

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l’histoire d’une réussite

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a rags-to-riches story

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faire fortune

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to climb from rags to riches

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secteur où les femmes sont prioritaires (emploi)

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a pink collar job

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la population active

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the working population

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le marché du travail

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the labour market, the job market

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le gagne-pain

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the livelihood

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être mal payé

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to be ill-paid

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être sous-payé

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to be underpaid

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le revenu net

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the net income

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le salaire hebdomadaire

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wages

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un salaire mensuel/annuel

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a salary

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un jeune cadre dynamique

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a Yuppie (young urban professional)

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un ambitieux

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a go-getter

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l’arrivisme/ascension sociale

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social climbing

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encourager les indigents à la paresse

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to coddle the poor into laziness

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les pauvres

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the poor

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les nouveaux pauvres

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the working poor

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le seuil de pauvreté

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the poverty line

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opprimé

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downtrodden

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les opprimés
the downtrodden
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les riches et les pauvres (avec have)
the haves and the have-nots
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un exclus de la société
an outcast from society
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une société à deux vitesses
a two-tier society
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une situation difficile
a plight, a predicament
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le minimum vital
the bare necessities of life
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un gros salaire
a fat-cat salary
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dépenser sans compter
to spend lavishly
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un homme richissime
a zillionaire
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la lutte des classes
class warfare
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mener grand train de vie
to live on a grand scale
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vivre dans l'opulence
to live in the lap of luxury
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faire la manche
to panhandle
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être expulsé
to be displaced
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la soupe populaire
soup kitchen
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une mentalité d'assisté
a culture of dependency
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l'état de providence (l'expr péjorative)
the nanny state
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un société d'assistés
a dependent society
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le tissu social
the fabric of society
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un salaire de misère
a starvation wage
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un programme d'aide sociale
an entitlement programme
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an alimony
une pension alimentaire
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l'éclatement de la cellule familiale
family breakdown
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jeter l'argent par les fenêtres
to throw money down the drain
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racler les fonds de tiroirs
to scrimp and save
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les restos bon marché
greasy spoons
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gagner sa vie
to earn a living
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faire du profit
to make a profit
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tirer profit de
to cash in on
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to yield (sans le to)
rapporter (un gain)
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un mine d'or
a money-spinner
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des économies
savings
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un organisme d'épargne-logement
a building society
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subventionner
to subsidize
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dépensier
extravagant
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somptuaire, somptueux
lavish
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économique (qui limite les coûts)
cost-efficient
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la fraude fiscale
tax evasion
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une incitation fiscale
a tax incentive
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prêter
to lend
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emprunter
to borrow
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l'impôt sur le revenu
income tax
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des affaires louches
monkey business
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duper, escroquer
to swindle
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détourner (des fonds)
to embezzle (funds)
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le détournement de fonds
embezzlement
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être dans la panade
to be in dire straits
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réduire l'économie parallèle
to curb the black economy
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sévir contre l'économie souterraine
to crack down on the underground economy
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les entreprises qui respectent la loi
law-abiding firms
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le travail au noir
moonlighting, illegal work
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avoir un petit boulot à côté
to work on the side
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faire des petits boulots en plus
to do extra jobs
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arrondir ses fins de mois
to supplement one's income
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le marché noir
black market
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blanchir de l'argent
to launder money
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le blanchiment d'argent
money laundering
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une contrefaçon
a counterfeit
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la contrebande
smuggling
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frauder le fisc
to evade tax, to beat the taxman
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un frauder du fisc
a tax evader, a dodger
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être condamné pour fraude fiscale
to be convicted on fraud charges

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