Inequalities Flashcards

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1
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Le niveau de vie

A

Standard of living

Living standards

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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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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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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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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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Inégal

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Unequal

Uneven

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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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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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La richesse

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Wealth

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Riche

A

Rich

Wealthy

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17
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Aisé

A

Well-off

Well-to-do

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18
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Être nanti

Vivre dans l’aisance

A

To be affluent

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19
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La richesse

L’abondance

A

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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25
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La pauvreté

A

Poverty

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26
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Les pauvres

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Poor people

The poor

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27
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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

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28
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La misère

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Extreme poverty

Dire poverty

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29
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Le dénuement

La misère noire

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Destitution

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30
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Les plus démunis

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The most destitute

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31
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Les démunis

Les déshérités

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The have-nots

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32
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Sombrer dans la pauvreté

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To sink into poverty

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33
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En-dessous du seuil de pauvreté

Au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté

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Below the poverty line

Above the poverty line

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34
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Défavorisé

A

Deprived
Disadvantaged
Underprivileged

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35
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Joindre les deux bouts

A

To make ends meet

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36
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Peiner à s’en sortir

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To struggle to get by

To struggle by

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37
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Vivoter

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To scrape by

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38
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Sans abri

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Homeless

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39
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Une soupe populaire

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A soup kitchen
A breadline (US)
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40
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Le quart-monde

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The underclass

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41
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L’aide sociale
Les assurances sociales
Les prestations sociales

A

Welfare

42
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L’État-providence

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The welfare state

43
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Cotiser

A

To contribute

44
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Les cotisations sociales

A

Social contributions

45
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La redistribution

A

Redistribution

46
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La protection sociale

A

Social insurance

Social protection

47
Q

Les allocations sociales

A

Welfare rights
Welfare entitlements
Welfare payments

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Q

Une assistante sociale

A

A welfare worker

A social worker

49
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La couverture sociale

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Social security cover

Social security coverage

50
Q

Une allocation

Une prestation sociale

A

A benefit

An allowance

51
Q

Allocation chômage
Allocation familiale
Allocation logement

A

Unemployment benefit
Child benefit
Housing benefit

52
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Une allocation soumise à des conditions de revenu

A

A means-tested benefit

53
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Demander des prestations sociales

A

To claim benefits

54
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Avoir droit à quelque chose

A

To be entitled to something

55
Q

Le assistés

A

People living on state handouts

56
Q

L’assistanat

A

Welfare dependency

57
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Un parasite

Un profiteur

A

A welfare scrounger

A freeloader

58
Q

Frauder

A

To cheat

59
Q

Un fraudeur abusant du système d’allocations

A

A benefit cheat

60
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La fraud aux allocations

A

Benefit fraud

61
Q

Le parasitisme

A

Freeloading

62
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Le système de retraites

A

The pension system

63
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Une pension de retraite

Une retraite

A

A pension

64
Q

Toucher une retraite

A

To receive a pension

65
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Un retraité

A

A pensioner
An old age pensioner
A retiree (US)
An OAP

66
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Un fonds de pension

A

A pension fund

67
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Prendre sa retraite

A

To retire

68
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La retraite

A

Retirement

69
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L’âge de la retraite

A

Retirement age

70
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Le système de santé

A

The health care system

71
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Les soins médicaux

Les traitements médicaux

A

Health care

Medical treatment

72
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La couverture médicale

A

Health coverage

Medical coverage

73
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La CMU

A

Universal health coverage

74
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Les dépenses de santé

A

Health spending

75
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L’espérance de vie

A

Life expectancy

76
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La charité

Les œuvres caritatives

A

Charity

77
Q

Une organisation caritative

Une œuvre de charité

A

A charity

A charitable organization

78
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Une organisation à but non lucratif

A

A non-profit making organization

A not-for-profit organization (US)

79
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Un bénévole

A

A volunteer

A voluntary worker

80
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Le bénévolat

A

Volunteering

Voluntary work

81
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Une ONG

Une organisation non-gouvernementale

A

An NGO

A non-governmental organization

82
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L’aide humanitaire

L’assistance humanitaire

A

Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian assistance

83
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Les secours d’urgence

A

Emergency aid

Emergency assistance

84
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L’aide au développement

A

Development aid

85
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Une organisation humanitaire

A

A relief agency

A relief organization

86
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L’allègement de la dette

A

Debt relief

87
Q

Effacer des dettes

Annuler des dettes

A

To cancel debts

To write off debts

88
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Le ré-échelonnement de la dette

A

Debt-rescheduling

89
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Un philanthrope

A

A philanthropist

90
Q

Donner de l’argent

Faire un don

A

To give away money

To donate money

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Un donateur

A

A donor

92
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Un bienfaiteur

A

A benefactor

93
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Un bénéficiaire

A

A recipient

94
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Promettre de donner de l’argent

A

To pledge to give money

To promise to give money

95
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Financer un projet

A

To fund a project

96
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Soutenir une initiative

A

To support an initiative

To back an initiative

97
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Un parrain
Un mécène
Un sponsor

A

A sponsor

98
Q

Sponsoriser

Parrainer

A

To sponsor

99
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Le mécénat d’entreprise

A

Corporate sponsorship

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La responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise

A

Corporate social responsibility

CSR

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Entreprenariat social

A

Social entrepreneurship

102
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Une réduction d’impôts

A

A tax break