MONEY AND SOCIAL CLASSES Flashcards

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Standard of living

Living-standards

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Le niveaux de vie

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GCP per inhabitant

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Le PIB par habitant

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Lifestyle

Way of life

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Mode de vie

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Buying power
Spending power
Purchasing power

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Pouvoir d’achat

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5
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Wealthy

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Riche

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Wealth

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La richesse

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Well-to-do

Well off

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Nanti

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Well-heeled

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Fortuné

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To be affluent

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Vivre dans l’aisance

Être nanti

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Affluence

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La richesse

L’abondance

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11
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The affluent society

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La société d’abondance

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12
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Riches

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Des richesses

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13
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The super-rich

The mega-rich

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Les grandes fortunes

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Stinking rich

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Bourré de fric

Pleins aux as

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15
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In moneyed circles

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Parmi les nantis

Les possédants

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16
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A zillionaire

A multimillionaire

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Un multimilliardaire

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17
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A media mogul

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Un magnat des médias

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18
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A software tycoon

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Un roi des logiciels

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19
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Income

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Le revenu

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20
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Income tax

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L’impôt sur le revenu

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21
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A tax haven

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Un paradis fiscal

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22
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Tax evasion

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La fraude fiscale

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23
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High-income families

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Familles à hauts revenu

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Low income families

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Familles à bas revenu

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A taxpayer
Un contribuable
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Extreme poverty | Dire poverty
La misère
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Destitution
Le dénuement | La misère noire
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The most destitute
Les plus démunis
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To sink into poverty
Sombrer dans la pauvreté
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Below the poverty line
En dessous du seuil de pauvreté
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Above the poverty line
Au dessus du seuil de pauvreté
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To live on the benefit | To live on welfare
Vivre d’allocation
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Pauperism
Le paupérisme
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Pauperization
La paupérisation
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To share out
Répartir
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The distribution of wealth
La répartition de la richesse
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A two-tier society
Une société à deux vitesses
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The social fabric
Le tissu social
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The gap between the haves and the have-nots
La fracture social
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To bridge the gap | To close the gap
Combler le fossé
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The gas is closing | The gap is narrowing
Le fossé se comble
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The gap is widening
Le fossé se creuse
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The social divide
Le fossé social | La fracture social
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A discrepancy
Un écart
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A chasm
Un gouffre | Un abîme
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To redress the balance
Rétablir l’équilibre
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Social mobility
La mobilité social
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Social advancement | Upward social mobility
La promotion sociale
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Career advancement | Professional advancement
L’ascension professionnelle
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The social ladder
L’ascenseur social
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To move up the social ladder | To be upwardly mobile
Monter dans l’échelle sociale
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Earnings
Les gains
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A fat cat
Un gros richard
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The working poor
Les travailleurs pauvres
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Impoverished
Pauvre
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Egalitarianism
L’égalitarisme
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Social standing
Le niveau social
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Social status
Le statut social
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Fall in status
Le déclassement
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A decline in living standards
Une baisse du niveau de vie
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To struggle to get by | Struggle by
Peiner à sortir
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Top havé difficulty paying the bill
Avoir du mal à payer les factures
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To make ends meet
Joindre les deux bouts
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A rags-to-riches story
L’histoire de quelqu’un qui est passé de la misère à la fortune
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To start from scratch
Partir de rien
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To strike gold | To strike it rich
Faire fortune
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Equality of opportunity
L’égalité des chances
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Egalitarian
Égalitaire
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A bag lady
Une clocharde
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A soup kitchen | A bread line
Une soupe populaire
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The underclass
Le quart-monde
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A slum
Un taudis
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Survival
La survie
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Homelessness is on the rise
Il y a plus en plus de sans abri
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A tramp | A bum
Un clodo