16.The Gap Is Widening Flashcards

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1
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Le niveau de vie

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Living-standards

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PIB par habitant

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GDP per inhabitant

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Buying power

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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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Fortuné

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Well-heeled

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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

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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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Impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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13
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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax heaven

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14
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La fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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Les gains

A

Earnings

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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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La misère

A

Extreme poverty

20
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Les plus démunis

A

The most destitute

21
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En-dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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Below the poverty line

22
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Défavorisé

A

Disadvantaged

23
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Vivre d’allocations

A

To live on The benefit (GB)

To live on welfare (US)

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Paupérisme

A

Pauperism

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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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Une société à deux vitesses

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A two-tier society

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Combler le fossé

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To close The gap

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Un écart

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A discrepancy

30
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Rétablir l’équilibre

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To redress The balance

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L’ascenseur social

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The social ladder

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Monter dans l’échelle sociale

A

To move up The social ladder

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Partir de rien

A

To Start From scratch

34
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L’égalité des chances

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Equality of opportunity

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Le statut social

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Social status

36
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Joindre les deux bouts

A

To make ends Meet

37
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Vivre au jour le jour

A

I live From Hand To Mouth

38
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La survie

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Survival

39
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Un taudis

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A slum