16. RICH AND POOR the gap is widening Flashcards by Vincent Legrand | Brainscape

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Le niveau de vie (2)

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The standard of living / living-standard

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Le PIB par tête / par habitant

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GDP per head / GDP per inhabitant

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Mode de vie (2)

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Lifestyle / way of life

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Purchasing power

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Riche (2)

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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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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 (2)

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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 (2)

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The super-rich / the mega-rich

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Un millionaire

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A millionaire

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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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Un multimilliardaire (2)

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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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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 haven

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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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La pauvreté

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Poverty

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Les pauvres (2)

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Poor people / the poor

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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

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Pauvre (2)

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Poor / impoverished

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La misère (2)

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Extreme poverty / dire poverty

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Tomber la misère (2)

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To fall on hard times / to become 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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Défavorisé (3)

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Deprived / disavantaged / underprivileged

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Vivre avec 2 $ par jour

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To live on a $2 a day

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Vivre d’allocations (GB / US)

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To live on the benefits (GB) / to live on welfare (US)

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Le paupérisme

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Pauperism

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La paupérisation

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Pauperization

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L’inégalité

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Inequality

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Inégal (2)

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Unequal / uneven

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Partager

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To share

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Répartir

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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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Une société à deux vitesses

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A two-tier society

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Le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres

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The gap between the rich and poor

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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 (2)

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To bridge the gap / to close the gap

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Le fossé se comble (2)

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The gap is closing / the gap is narrowing

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Le fossé se creuse

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The gap is widening

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Le fossé social, la fracture sociale

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The social divide

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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 l’équilibre

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To redress the balance

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La mobilité sociale

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Social mobility

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La promotion sociale

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Social advancement

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L’ascension professionnelle (2)

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Career advancement / professional advancement

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L’ascenseur social

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The social ladder

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Monter dans l’échelle sociale (2)

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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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Un self-made man

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A slef-made man

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Partir de rien

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To start from scratch

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Faire fortune (2)

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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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Égalitaire

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Egalitarian

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L’égalitarisme

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Egalitarianism

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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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Une 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

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Avoir du mal à payer les factures

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To have difficulty paying the bills

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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Vivre au jour le jour

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To live from hand to mouth

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Survivre

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To survive

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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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Homeless is on the rise

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Un taudis

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A slum

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Société normale

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Mainstream society

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Un roi des logiciels

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A software tycoon