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Chapter T - Inequalities Flashcards

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Le niveau de vie

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Standard of living, living standards

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Mode de vie

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Lifestyle, way of life

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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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Inégal

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Unequal

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Partager

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To share

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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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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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Les riches

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The rich

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Des richesses

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Riches

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Vivre dans l’aisance

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To be affluent

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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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Un ploutocrate

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A plutocrat

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Pauvre

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Poor

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La pauvreté

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Poverty

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La misère

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Extreme poverty, dire poverty

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Défavorisé

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Deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged

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Les plus démunis

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The most destitute

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Vivre de prestations sociales

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To be on welfare (US)

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Sans-abri, SDF

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Homeless

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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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Vivre avec deux dollars par jour
To live on $2 a day
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Gagner sa vie
To earn a living, to earn one's living
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Les gains
Earnings
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Le salaire
Salary, pay, wages
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Une prime
A bonus (plural: bonuses)
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Le revenu
Income
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L'impôt sur le revenu
Income tax
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Un contribuable
A taxpayer
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Mal payé
Badly-paid
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La précarité de l'emploi
Job insecurity
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La mobilité sociale
Social mobility
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Monter dans l'échelle sociale
To move up the social ladder
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L'égalité des chances
Equality of opportunity
38
Égalitarisme
Egalitarianism
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Un comptable
An accountant
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Comptabilité
Accountancy, accounting
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Un compte bancaire
Bank account
42
Compte courant
Current account
43
Justifier, expliquer qch
To account for sth
44
Responsable de qch
Accountable (for sth)
45
Bombardier ou plastiqueur
Bomber
46
Contrevenant
Offender
47
Contrebandier
Smuggler
48
Épargnant
Saver
49
Imprimante
Printer
50
Éditeur
Publisher
51
Partisan, sympathisant, disciple
Follower
52
Navigateur (sur le web)
Browser
53
Fusion (d'entreprises)
Merger
54
Gréviste
Striker
55
Détaillant, marchand au détail
Retailer
56
Renforcer
To reinforce
57
Réutiliser
To reuse
58
Rétablir (peine de mort...)
To reinstate, to reintroduce
59
Reprendre possession de (bien immobilier)
To repossess
60
Se recycler (salarié)
To retrain
61
Réviser, passer en revue
To review
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Réexaminer, réévaluer
To reappraise, to reassess
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Ranimer, raviver, faire renaître
To revive
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Réhabiliter, réinsérer
To rehabilitate
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Remanier (gouvernement)
To reshuffle
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Reboiser
To reforest
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Déclaration de revenus, déclaration d'impôts
Tax return
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Feuille d'impôts
Tax form
69
Incitation fiscale
Tax incentive
70
Abattement fiscal
Tax allowance, tax relief
71
Crédit d'impôt
Tax credit, tax break
72
Niche fiscale
Tax loophole
73
Fraude fiscale
Tax evasion, tax fraud
74
Impôt sur les sociétés
Corporate tax
75
Taxe à la valeur ajoutée, TVA
Value added tax, VAT
76
Droits de succession
Estate tax
77
Point de vue
Point of view
78
État de guerre
State of war
79
Economies d'échelles
Economies of scale
80
Déontologie
Code of ethics, code of conduct
81
Moyen de contraception
Means of contraception
82
Repère
Point of reference
83
Sursis à exécution
Stay of execution
84
Interruption de grossesse
Termination of pregnancy

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