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AN. Vocabulaire.2 C. > 68 La Fracture Sociale - The Wealth Gap > Flashcards

68 La Fracture Sociale - The Wealth Gap Flashcards

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Les riches

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The rich

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L’opulence

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Affluence

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L’abondance

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Abundance

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La prospérité

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Prosperity

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Des richesses

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Riches

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La générosité

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Generosity

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Un millionnaire

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A millionaire

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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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Un parvenu, un arriviste

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An upstart

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L’avidité, la cupidité

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Greed

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L’avarice

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Stinginess

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Un avare

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A miser

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Riche

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Wealthy, rich

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Aisé, opulent

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Well-off, well-to-do, affluent

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Généreux

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Generous

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Prospère

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Prosperous

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Dépensier / Économe

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Spendthrift / Thrifty

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Avare, pingre

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Stingy, miserly

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Cupide

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Greedy

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Pouvoir s’offrir qqch

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To be able to afford smth

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Gagner de l’argent

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To earn money

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Dépenser

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To spend

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Économiser

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To save

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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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La misère / le dénuement

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Destitution / deprivation

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Les nécessiteux

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The needy

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Un pauvre

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A pauper, a poor person

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Un mendiant

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A beggar

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Un travailleur pauvre

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A working poor

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Un marginal

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An outcast

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Les exclus

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The underclass

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Les quartiers défavorisés des centre-villes

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The inner cities

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Un taudis

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A slum

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La décrépitude

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Squalor

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Une expulsion

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An eviction

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Un SDF, un sans-abri

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A homeless person

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Les mal-logés, les sans-abris

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The homeless

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Un abri / un foyer

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A shelter, a hostel

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Un clochard

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A tramp

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Un vagabond

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A vagrant

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Le vagabondage

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Vagrancy

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La mendicité

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Begging

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Une sébile

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A begging bowl

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Une soupe populaire

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A soup kitchen, a bread line

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Une banque alimentaire

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A food bank

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Le seuil de pauvreté

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The poverty line

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Les inégalités

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Inequalities

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L’entraide

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Mutual support

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Pauvre

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Poor

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Touché par la pauvreté

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Poverty-striken

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Sans le sou

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Penniless

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Défavorisé, déshérité

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Underprivileged

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Dans le besoin

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In need

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Misérable

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Destitute, deprived

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Délabré

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Dilapidated, derelict

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Sordide, malpropre (lieu)

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Squalid

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Appauvrir

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To impoverish

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Mendier

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To beg

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Avoir faim, mourir de faim

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To starve

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Marginaliser

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To marginalise

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Expulser

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To evict

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Dormir dehors

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To sleep rough

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**Les politiques sociales**

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**Social policies**

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L’État-providence, la solidarité nationale

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The Welfare State

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L’aide, la protection sociale

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(Social) welfare, social security

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L’aide publique

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Assistance

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L’aide aux plus démunis

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Poor relief

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Le système national d’assurance sociale

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National insurance

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Un travailleur social, une assistance sociale

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A social worker

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Une cotisation

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A contribution

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Un congé parental

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Parental leave

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Les services d’aide à la personne

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Personal social services

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Un allocataire

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A claimant

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Une mutuelle

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A mutual insurance

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Un plafond de ressources

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An upper earnings limit

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Les autorités sanitaires

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The health authorities

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Le ticket modérateur

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The prescription charge

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Des indemnités maladie

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Sick pay

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L’hospitalisation de jour

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Day care

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L’aide et les soins à domicile

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Home care, home help

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Le handicap

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Disability, handicap

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Une personne handicapée

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A disabled person

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Une pension d’invalidité

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Incapacity benefit

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Un retraité

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A pensioner

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Une (pension de) retraite

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A pension

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Un régime de retraite

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A pension scheme

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La dépendance, l’assistanat

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Dependency

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Des dépenses excessives

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Overspending

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Sous condition de ressources

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Means-tested

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Pourvoir aux besoins de qqun / s’occuper de qqun

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To cater for sb

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Cotiser

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To contribute

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Faire une demande d’allocation

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To claim benefits

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Avoir droit à qqch

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To be entitled to sth

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L’âge de la retraite

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The retirement age

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Avoir des revenus modestes

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To be on a low income

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Manquer d’argent

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To be short of money

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Avoir des dettes

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To be in debt

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Tomber dans la pauvreté

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To slip into poverty

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Être dans la dèche / Être plein aux as

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To be dirt poor / To be filthy rich

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Sans domicile fixe

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With no fixed abode

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Faire les poubelles

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To scavenge garbage cans

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Soulager la pauvreté

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To ease / to relieve poverty

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Dépendre de l’aide publique

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To rely on state help

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Remplir / ne pas remplir les conditions d’attribution d’aide sociale

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To be eligible / ineligible for state help

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Beaucoup de gens vivent grâce aux allocations

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Many people live on welfare

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Les profiteurs vivent sur le dos des allocations

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Scroungers live off welfare

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La fraude à l’assurance sociale

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Benefit fraud

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Un programme de retour à l’emploi

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A welfare-to-work scheme

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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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Nager dans l’opulence

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To roll in money

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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Être pauvre comme Job

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To be (as) poor as a church mouse

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Ventre affamé n’a pas d’oreilles

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There is no reasoning with a starving man

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Passer de la misère à la richesse

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To go from rags to riches

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Il a fait fortune l’an dernier

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He struck it rich last year

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On ne prête qu’aux riches

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Only the rich ger richer

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Avoir des oursins dans les poches

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To be tight-fisted

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Un pays de cocagne

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A land of plenty

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Une société à deux vitesse

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A two-tier society

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**La richesse**

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**Wealth**

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