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1
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le niveau de vie

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standards of living, living standards

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le PIB par tete, 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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la quantité

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the amount

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les revenus

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incomes

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augmenter

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to rise

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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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Affluence + influenza (grippe)

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Affluenza = rich unfulfilled

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insatisfait, frustré

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unfulfilled

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remplir (les conditions necessaires)

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to fulfill the necessary conditions

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les riches

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rich people, the rich

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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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détrôner

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to unseat

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gonfler (fortune)

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to swell, the fortune swell

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clément (adj.)

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lenient

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être clément

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to be merciful, to be lenient

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un 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 millardaire

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a billionaire

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un multimillardaire

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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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Qui veut gagner des millions ?

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Who wants to be a millionaire

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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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famille a haut/ 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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poor people, 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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poor, impoverished

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les nécessiteux, les indigents

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the needy

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la misère

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extreme poverty, dire poverty

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le dénuement, la misère noire

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destitution

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les plus démunis

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the most destitute

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tomber dans la misère

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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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organisme de bienfaisance

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charities

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se mobiliser/ unir ses forces

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to join forces

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la sensibilisation

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awareness

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soulager

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to relieve

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un ménage a 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 deux 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

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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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locomotive économique

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powerhouse economy

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stupéfiant

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staggering

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l’inégalité

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inequality

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inégal

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unequal

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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 tissu social

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the social fabric

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le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres

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the gap between 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

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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 social, la fracture sociale

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the social divide

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un écart

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a discrepancy

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un gouffre, un abîme

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a chasm

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l’équilibre / le désiquilibre

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balance / imbalance

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équilibré / désiquilibré

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balanced / unbalanced

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rétablir l’équilibre

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to redress the balance

Anglais Voca (26 decks)

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