riche et Pauvre Flashcards

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le niveau de vie

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standard of living,living-standards

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le pib par tête, 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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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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les riches

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rich people, the rich

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des richesses

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riches

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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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un millionaire

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a millionaire

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un millionaire en dollars

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a dollar millionaire

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un milliardaire

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a billionaire

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un multimilliardaire

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a zillionaire, a multimilionnaire

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un magnat du pétrole

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a oil magnat

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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
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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familles à hauts/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
a 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 neccessiteux, 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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un ménage à 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 (gb) on welfare (us)
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pauperisme
pauperism
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la pauperisation
pauperization
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l' inégalité
inequality
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inégal
unequal uneven
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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 haves-not
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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 se creuse
the gap is widening
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le fossé social, la fracture social
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 déséquilibre
balance/imbalance
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équilibré/déséquilibré
balanced/unbalanced
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rétablir l' équilibre
to redress the balance
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la mobilité social
social mobility
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la promotion social
social advancement
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l' ascension professionnelle
career advancement, professional advancement
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l' ascenceur social
the social ladder
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monter dans l' échelle social
to move up the social ladder
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monter dans l' échelle social
to be upwardly mobile
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l' ascencion social
upward social mobility
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a self made-man
a self made-man
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l' histoire de quelqu'un qui est passé de la misère à la richesse
a rags-to-rich story
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partir to rien
to start from scratch
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faire fortune
to strike gold, to strike it rich
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l' égalité des chances
equality of oportunity
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égalitaire
egalitarian
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l' égalitarisme
egalitarianism
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le niveau social
the social standing
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the statut social
social status
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le déclassement
the fall in status
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uen baisse du niveau de vie
a decline in living standards
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peiner à s' en sortir
yo struggle to get by, to struggle by
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avoir du mal à payer les factures
to have difficulty payinng the bills
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joindre les deux bouts
to make ends meet
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vivoter
to scrape by
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survivre
to survive
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la survie
survival
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sans abri
homeless
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il y a de plus en plus de sans- abri
homelessness is on the rise
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un clodo
a tramp, a bum
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une clocharde
a bag lady
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une soupe populaire
a soup kitchen, a bread line(us)
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le quart-monde
the underclass
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un taudis
a slum