Rich And Poor Flashcards
1
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Riches et pauvres
A
Rich and poor
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Le fossé se creuse
A
The gap is widening
3
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Le niveau de vie
A
Standard of living
Living standards
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Le PIB par tete
Le PIB par habitant
A
GDP per head
GDP per inhabitant
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Mode de vie
A
Lifestyle
Way of life
6
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Le pouvoir d’achat
A
Buying power
Spending power
Purchasing power
7
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How is the real value of money determined?
A
By its purchasing power
8
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La quantité
A
The amount
9
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Les revenus
A
Incomes
10
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If prices go up, what happens to the purchasing power?
A
It declines, but if at the same time incomes rise faster than prices, then purchasing power increases
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Riche
A
Rich
Wealthy
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La richesse
A
Wealth
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Aisé
A
Well-off
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Nanti
A
Well-to-do
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Fortuné
A
Well-heeled
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Etre nanti
Vivre dans l’aisance
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To be affluent
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La richesse
L’abondance
A
Affluence
18
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La société d’abondance
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The affluent society
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Grippe
A
Influenza
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Insatisfaits
Frustrés
A
Unfulfilled
21
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Bien-être
A
Well-being
22
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What is affluenza?
A
It is a portmanteau word composed of “affluence” and “influenza”
It refers to the condition of people, mostly in rich western countries, who feel unfulfilled and unsatisfied in spite of their growing wealth
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Les riches
A
Rich people
The rich
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Des richesses
A
Riches
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Les grandes fortunes
The super-rich
| The mega-rich
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Bourré de fric
| Plein aux as
Stinking rich
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Parmi les nantis
| Parmi les possédants
In moneyed circles
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Détrôner
Unseated
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Gonfler
To swell
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Clément
Lenient
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Who is the wealthiest individual in the globe?
Warren Buffett
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How many billionaires live in London?
49
33
Un millionnaire
A millionaire
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Un millionnaire en dollars
A dollar millionaire
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Un milliardaire
A billionaire
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Un Multimilliardaire
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
The software tycoon
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What is "who wants to be a millionaire"?
It is a TV quiz show in which participants have to answer questions of increasing difficulty in order to win a cash prize
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Le revenu
Income
43
L'impôt sur le revenu
Income tax
44
Un paradis fiscal
A tax haven
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La fraude fiscale
Tax evasion
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Familles à hauts revenus
High-income families
47
Familles à bas revenus
Low-income families
48
Un contribuable
A taxpayer
49
Les gains
Earnings
50
Un gros richard
A fat cat
51
What is a golden parachute?
It is a large amount of money given to someone when they leave their job
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What is the name of a golden parachute in British English?
A golden handshake
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La pauvreté
Poverty
54
Les pauvres
Poor people
| The poor
55
Les travailleurs pauvres
The working poor
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Pauvre
Poor
| Impoverished
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Les nécessiteux
| Les indigents
The needy
58
La misère
Extreme poverty
| Dire poverty
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Le dénuement
| La misère noire
Destitution
60
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 du seuil de pauvreté
Below the poverty line
64
Au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté
Above the poverty line
65
Un ménage à revenus modestes
A low-income household
66
Défavorisé
Deprived
Disadvantaged
Underprivileged
67
Vivre avec deux dollars par jour
To live on $2 a day
68
Vivre d'allocations
To live on the benefit
| To live on welfare
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Le paupérisme
Pauperism
70
La paupérisation
Pauperization
71
Locomotive économique
Powerhouse economy
72
Stupéfiant
Staggering
73
L'inégalité
Inequality
74
Inégal
Unequal
| Uneven
75
Partager
To share
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Répartir
To share out
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La répartition de la richesse
The distribution of wealth
78
Une société à deux vitesses
a two-tier society
79
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
82
Combler le fossé
To bridge
| To close the gap
83
Le fossé se comble
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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Un écart
A discrepancy
87
Un gouffre
| Un abîme
A chasm
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L'équilibre
Balance
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Le déséquilibre
Imbalance
90
Équilibré
Balanced
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Déséquilibré
Unbalanced
92
Rétablir l'équilibre
To redress the balance
93
PMA (pays moins avancés)
LDCs (least developed countries)
94
What are the LDCs?
They are the poorest countries in the world according to a classification established by the United Nations
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What is the income per head in the LDCs?
It is below $750
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Déchirés
Torn
97
Rivalités
Strife
98
How many LDCs are there?
49
99
Where is the majority of LDCs located?
33/49 LDCs are located in sub-Saharan Africa
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La mobilité sociale
Social mobility
101
La promotion sociale
Social advancement
102
L'ascension professionnelle
Career advancement
| Professional advancement
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L'ascenseur social
The social ladder
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Monter dans l'échelle sociale
To move up the social ladder
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Monter dans l'échelle sociale
To be upwardly mobile
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L'ascension sociale
Upward social mobility
107
Un self-made-man
A self-made man
108
L'histoire de quelqu'un qui est passé de la misère à la richesse
The rags-to-riches story
109
Partir de rien
To start from scratch
110
Faire fortune
To strike gold
| To strike it rich
111
L'égalité des chances
Equality of opportunity
112
Égalitaire
Egalitarian
113
L'égalitarisme
Egalitarianism
114
Le niveau social
Social standing
115
Le statut social
Social status
116
Le déclassement
Fall in status
117
What are the chances of a child born into a poor family to become one of the richest 5%?
1%
118
What are the chances of a child born into a wealthy family to become one of the richest 5%?
22%
119
Une baisse du niveau de vie
A decline in living standards
120
Peiner à s'en sortir
To struggle to get by
| To struggle by
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Avoir du mal à payer les factures
To have difficulty paying the bills
122
Joindre les deux bouts
To make ends meet
123
Vivre au jour le jour
To live from hand to mouth
124
Vivoter
To scrape by
125
Survivre
To survive
126
La survie
Survival
127
Sans abris
Homeless
128
Il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri
Homelessness is on the rise
129
Un clodo
A tramp
| A bum
130
Une clocharde
A bag lady
131
Une soupe populaire
A soup kitchen
| A bread line
132
Le quart-monde
The underclass
133
un taudis
A slum
134
Société normale
Mainstream society
135
What is "the big issue"?
It is a British street newspapers written by professional journalists and sold by homeless people.
It has been published since 1991 and sells over 300,000 copies a week
