Rich and Poor Flashcards

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nanti

A

well-to-do

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fortuné

A

well-heeled

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3
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vivre dans l’aisance

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to be affluent

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les richesses

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riches

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5
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plein aux as

A

stiking rich

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parmis les nantis

A

in moneyed circles

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un multimilliardaire

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a zillionaire

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8
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un paradis fiscal

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a tax heaven

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l’évasion fiscale

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tax evasion

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un travail bien payé

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a well-paid job

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les gains

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earnings

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un avantage en nature

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a perk

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un gros richard

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a fat cat

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appauvri

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impoverished

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les nécessiteux

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the needy

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la misère

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dire poverty

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le dénuement

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destitution

18
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sombrer dans la pauvreté

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to sink into poverty

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en-dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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below the poverty line

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un ménage à revenus modestes

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a low-income household

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défavorisé

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deprived/underprivileged

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les plus démunis

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the most destitute

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vivre avec 2$ par jour

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to live on $2 a day

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vivre d’allocations

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to live on the benefits

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la paupérisation

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pauperization

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répartir

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to share out

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le fossé se comble

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the gap is closing

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le fossé se creuse

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the gap is widening

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un gouffre

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a chasm