Rich and poor: the gap is widening ! Flashcards by Antoine 24

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Le niveau de vie

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Standard of living

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PIB par tête

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GDP per head

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Le pouvoir d’achat (3)

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Buying power/ Spending power/ Purchasing power

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Riche/ La richesse

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Wealthy/ 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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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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Plein aux as

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Stinking

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Un magnat du pétrole

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An oil magnate

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Un baron de la presse

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A press baron

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Un magnat des médias

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A media mogul

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Un roi des logiciels

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A software tycoon

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Le revenu

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Income

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L’impots sur le revenue

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Income tax

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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

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Les nécessiteux

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The needy

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Les plus démuis

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The most destitute

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Tomber dans la misère

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To fall on hard times

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En-dessous/ Au-dessous de la ligne de pauvreté

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Below/ Above the poverty line

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Un ménage à revenu modeste

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A low-income household

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Vivre d’allocation

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To live on the benefit

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La paupérisation

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Pauperization

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La répartition des richesses

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The distribution of wealth

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Une société à 2 vitesses

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A two-tiers society

Le tissu social

The social fabric

Le fossé se comble | Le fossé se creuse

The gap is closing | The gap is widening

La fracture social

The social divide

Contradiction/Divergence

A discrepancy | There is a discrepancy between these reports.

Un gouffre

A chasm

La mobilité social

Social mobility

L'ascenseur social

The social ladder

L'histoire de quelqu'un qui est passée de la misère à la richesse

A rags-to-riches story

Égalité des chances

Equality of opportunity

égalitarisme

egalitarianism

Le déclassement

Fall in status

Une baisse du niveau de vie

A decline in living standards

Peiner à s'en sortir

Struggle by

Joindre les 2 bouts

To make ends meets

Vivre au jour le jour

To live from hand to mouth

``` Un clodo (2) Une clocharde ```

A tramp/A bum | A bag lady

Une soupe populaire

A soup kitchen

Un taudis

A slum