Inequalities Flashcards

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Le niveau de vie

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Standard of living

Living standards

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2
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Le PIB par habitant

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GDP per capita

GDP per head

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Mode de vie

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Lifestyle

Way of life

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4
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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Purchasing power

Buying power

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5
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Le revenu

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Income

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6
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L’impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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Familles à hauts revenus

Familles à bas revenus

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High-income families

Low-income families

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8
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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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9
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Inégal

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Unequal

Uneven

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10
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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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12
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La répartition de la richesse

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The distribution of wealth

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13
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Une société à deux vitesses

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A two-tier society

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14
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Le tissu social

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The social fabric

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15
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La richesse

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Wealth

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16
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Riche

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Rich

Wealthy

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17
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Aisé

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Well-off

Well-to-do

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18
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Être nanti

Vivre dans l’aisance

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To be affluent

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19
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La richesse

L’abondance

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Affluence

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20
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La société d’abondance

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The affluent society

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21
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Les riches

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Rich people

The rich

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22
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Des richesses

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Riches

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23
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Un millionnaire

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A millionaire

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24
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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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La pauvreté
Poverty
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Les pauvres
Poor people | The poor
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Les travailleurs pauvres
The working poor
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La misère
Extreme poverty | Dire poverty
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Le dénuement | La misère noire
Destitution
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Les plus démunis
The most destitute
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Les démunis | Les déshérités
The have-nots
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Sombrer dans la pauvreté
To sink into poverty
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En-dessous du seuil de pauvreté | Au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté
Below the poverty line | Above the poverty line
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Défavorisé
Deprived Disadvantaged Underprivileged
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Joindre les deux bouts
To make ends meet
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Peiner à s’en sortir
To struggle to get by | To struggle by
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Vivoter
To scrape by
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Sans abri
Homeless
39
Une soupe populaire
``` A soup kitchen A breadline (US) ```
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Le quart-monde
The underclass
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L’aide sociale Les assurances sociales Les prestations sociales
Welfare
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L’État-providence
The welfare state
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Cotiser
To contribute
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Les cotisations sociales
Social contributions
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La redistribution
Redistribution
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La protection sociale
Social insurance | Social protection
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Les allocations sociales
Welfare rights Welfare entitlements Welfare payments
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Une assistante sociale
A welfare worker | A social worker
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La couverture sociale
Social security cover | Social security coverage
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Une allocation | Une prestation sociale
A benefit | An allowance
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Allocation chômage Allocation familiale Allocation logement
Unemployment benefit Child benefit Housing benefit
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Une allocation soumise à des conditions de revenu
A means-tested benefit
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Demander des prestations sociales
To claim benefits
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Avoir droit à quelque chose
To be entitled to something
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Le assistés
People living on state handouts
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L’assistanat
Welfare dependency
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Un parasite | Un profiteur
A welfare scrounger | A freeloader
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Frauder
To cheat
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Un fraudeur abusant du système d’allocations
A benefit cheat
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La fraud aux allocations
Benefit fraud
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Le parasitisme
Freeloading
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Le système de retraites
The pension system
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Une pension de retraite | Une retraite
A pension
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Toucher une retraite
To receive a pension
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Un retraité
A pensioner An old age pensioner A retiree (US) An OAP
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Un fonds de pension
A pension fund
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Prendre sa retraite
To retire
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La retraite
Retirement
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L’âge de la retraite
Retirement age
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Le système de santé
The health care system
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Les soins médicaux | Les traitements médicaux
Health care | Medical treatment
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La couverture médicale
Health coverage | Medical coverage
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La CMU
Universal health coverage
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Les dépenses de santé
Health spending
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L’espérance de vie
Life expectancy
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La charité | Les œuvres caritatives
Charity
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Une organisation caritative | Une œuvre de charité
A charity | A charitable organization
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Une organisation à but non lucratif
A non-profit making organization | A not-for-profit organization (US)
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Un bénévole
A volunteer | A voluntary worker
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Le bénévolat
Volunteering | Voluntary work
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Une ONG | Une organisation non-gouvernementale
An NGO | A non-governmental organization
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L’aide humanitaire | L’assistance humanitaire
Humanitarian aid | Humanitarian assistance
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Les secours d’urgence
Emergency aid | Emergency assistance
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L’aide au développement
Development aid
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Une organisation humanitaire
A relief agency | A relief organization
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L’allègement de la dette
Debt relief
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Effacer des dettes | Annuler des dettes
To cancel debts | To write off debts
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Le ré-échelonnement de la dette
Debt-rescheduling
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Un philanthrope
A philanthropist
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Donner de l’argent | Faire un don
To give away money | To donate money
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Un donateur
A donor
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Un bienfaiteur
A benefactor
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Un bénéficiaire
A recipient
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Promettre de donner de l’argent
To pledge to give money | To promise to give money
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Financer un projet
To fund a project
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Soutenir une initiative
To support an initiative | To back an initiative
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Un parrain Un mécène Un sponsor
A sponsor
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Sponsoriser | Parrainer
To sponsor
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Le mécénat d’entreprise
Corporate sponsorship
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La responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise
Corporate social responsibility | CSR
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Entreprenariat social
Social entrepreneurship
102
Une réduction d’impôts
A tax break