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Deck 17: Rich And Poor Flashcards

1
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Le niveau de vie

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Standard of living, living-standards

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Le PIB par tête, par habitant

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GPD per head, per inhabitant

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Le 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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5
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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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7
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Aisé

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Well-off

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8
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Nanti

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Well-to-do

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9
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Fortuné

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Well-heeled

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10
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Être nanti, vivre dans l’aisance

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To be affluant

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11
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La richesse, l’abondance

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Affluence

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12
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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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13
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Les riches

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Rich people, the rich

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14
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Des richesses

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Riches

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15
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Les grandes fortunes

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The super-rich, the mega-rich

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16
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Bourré de fric, plein aux as

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Stinking rich

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17
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Parmi les nantis, les possédants

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In moneyed circles

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18
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Un millionnaire

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A millionaire

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19
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Un millionnaire en dollars

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A dollar millionaire

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20
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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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21
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Un multimilliardaire

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A zillionaire, a multimillionaire

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22
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Un magnat du pétrole

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An oil magnate

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23
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Un baron de la presse

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A press baron

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24
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Un magnat des médias

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A media mogul

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25
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Un roi des logiciels

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A software tycoon

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26
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Le revenu

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Income

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27
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L’impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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28
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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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29
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La fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

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30
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Planquer de l’argent

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To stash money away

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31
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Le blanchiment d’argent

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Money-laundering

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32
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Familles à hauts/ bas revenus

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High-income / low-income families

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33
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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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34
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Les gains

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Earnings

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35
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La pauvreté

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Poverty

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36
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Les pauvres

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Poor people, the poor

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37
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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

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38
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Pauvre

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Poor, impoverished

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39
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Les nécessiteux, les indigents

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The needy

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40
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La misère

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Extreme poverty, dire poverty

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41
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Le dénuement, la misere noire

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Destitution

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42
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Les plus démunis

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The most destitute

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43
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Tomber dans la misère

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To fall on hard times, to become destitute

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44
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Sombrer dans la pauvreté

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To sink into poverty

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45
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En-dessous / au dessus du seuil de pauvreté

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Below / above the poverty line

46
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Sans abri

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Homeless

47
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Il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri

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Homelessness is on the rise

48
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Un clodo

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A tramp, a bum

49
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Une clocharde

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A bag lady

50
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Une soupe populaire

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A soup kitchen, a bread line

51
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Le quart-monde

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The underclass

52
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Un taudis

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A slum

53
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Vivre au jour le jour

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To live from hand to mouth

54
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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

55
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Se serrer la ceinture

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To tighten your belt

56
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Vivre avec très peu d’argent

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To be on a shoestring (budget)

57
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Passer de la misère à la richesse

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To go from rags to riches

58
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Un gros richard

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A fat cat

59
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S’en mettre plein les poches

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To line your pockets, to laugh all the way to the bank

60
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Jeter l’argent par les fenêtres

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To throw money down the drain

61
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L’argent ne tombe pas du ciel

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Money doesn’t grow on trees

62
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L’argent est roi

A

Money talks

63
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L’argent attire l’argent

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Money makes money

64
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Un ménage à revenu modeste

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A low-income household

65
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Défavorisé

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Deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged

66
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Vivre avec deux dollars par jour

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To live on $2 a day

67
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Vivre d’allocations

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To live on the benefit, on welfare

68
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Le paupérisme

A

Pauperism

69
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La paupérisation

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Pauperization

70
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L’inégalité

A

Inequality

71
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Inégal

A

Unequal, uneven

72
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Partager

A

To share

73
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Répartir

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To share out

74
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La répartition de la richesse

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The distribution of wealth

75
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Une société à deux vitesses

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A two-tier society

76
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Le tissu social

A

The social fabric

77
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Le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres

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The gap between rich and poor

78
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La fracture sociale

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The gap between the haves and the have-nots

79
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Combler le fossé

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To bridge, to close the gap

80
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Le fossé se comble

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The gap is closing, narrowing

81
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Le fossé se creuse

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The gap is widening

82
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Le fossé social, la fracture sociale

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The social divide

83
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Un écart

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A discrepancy

84
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Un gouffre, une abîme

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A chasm

85
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L’équilibre / le déséquilibre

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Balance / imbalance

86
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Équilibré / déséquilibré

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Balanced / unbalanced

87
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Rétablir l’équilibre

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To redress the balance

88
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Une baisse du niveau de vie

A

A decline in living standards

89
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Peiner à s’en sortir

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To struggle to get by, struggle by

90
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Avoir du mal à payer les factures

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To have difficulty paying the bills

91
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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

92
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Vivre au jour le jour

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To live from hand to mouth

93
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Vivoter

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To scrape by

94
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Survivre

A

To survive

95
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La mobilité sociale

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Social mobility

96
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La promotion sociale

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Social advancement

97
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L’ascension professionnelle

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Career advancement, professional advancement

98
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L’ascenseur social

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The social ladder

99
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Monter dans l’échelle sociale

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To move up the social ladder, to be upwardly mobile

100
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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 self-made man

102
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L’histoire de quelqu’un qui est passé de la misère à la richesse

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A rags-to-riches story

103
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Partir de rien

A

To start from scratch

104
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Faire fortune

A

To strike gold, to strike it rich

105
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L’égalité des chances

A

Equality of opportunity

106
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Égalitaire

A

Egalitarian

107
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L’égalitarisme

A

Egalitarianism

108
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Le niveau social

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Social standing

109
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Le statut social

A

Social status

110
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Le déclassement

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Fall in status, social descent

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