16. Rich And Poor Flashcards by Pi Kachu | Brainscape

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Le niveau de vie

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Standard of living, living-standards

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Le fosse se creuse

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The Gap is widening

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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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Vivre dans l’aisance, être nanti

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To be affluent

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La richesse, l’abondance

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Affluence

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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 millionnaire 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 multimillionaire

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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’impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax heaven

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La fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

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Familles à hauts / bas revenus

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High Income / low Income families

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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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Les gains

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Earnings

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Un gros Richard

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A fat cat

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La pauvreté

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Poverty

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Les pauvres

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The poor

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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

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Pauvre

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Impoverished

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Les nécessiteux / les indulgents

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The needy

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La misère

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Extreme Poverty / dire Poverty

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Les plus démunis

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The most destitute

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Sombrer dans la pauvreté

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To Sink into Poverty

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En dessous / au dessus du seuil 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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Défavorisé

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Deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged

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Vivre avec 2 dollars par jour

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To live on 2$ a day

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Vivre d’allocations

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To live on The benefit (GB) , on welfare(US)

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L’inégalité

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Inaquality

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Inégal

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Unequal, uneven

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Repartir

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To share out

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La répartition de la richesse

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The distribution of Wealth

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La fracture sociale

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The Gap between The haves and The have nots

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Combler le fossé

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To bridge, to close The Gap

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Le fossé se comble

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The Gap is closing/narrowing

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Le fossé se creuse

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The Gap is widening

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Le fossé social

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The social divide

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Un écart

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A dispcrepancy

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L’équilibre / le déséquilibre

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Balance / imbalance

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Équilibré / déséquilibré

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Balanced / unbalanced

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Rétablir la balance

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To redress The balance

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L’ascension professionnelle

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Career advancement

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L’ascenseur social

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The social ladder

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Monter dans l’échelle sociale

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To move up The social ladder

To be upwardly mobile

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L’ascension sociale

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Upward social mobility

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L’histoire de qq qui est passé de la misère à la richesse

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A rags-to-riches story

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Partir de rien

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To start from scratch

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Faire fortune

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To Strike gold , to Strike it rich

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L’égalité des chances

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Equality of opportunity

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Le niveau social

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Social standing

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Le statut social

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Social status

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La baisse du niveau de vie

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A decline in living standards

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Peiner à s’en sortir

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To struggle To get by, struggle by

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Avoir du mal à payer des factures

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To have difficulty paying The bills

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La survie

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Survival

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Sans abri

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Homeless

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Il y a de plus en plus de sans abri

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Homelessness is on The rise

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Un clodo

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A tramp, a bum

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Une clocharde

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A bag lady

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Une soupe populaire

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A soup kitchen, a bread line US

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Le quart monde

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The underclass