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le PIB par tete, par habitant

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GDP per head, per inhabitant

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le niveau de vie

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standard of living, living-standards

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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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buying power, spending power, purchasing power

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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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aisé

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well-off

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nanti

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well-to-do

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fortuné

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well-heeled

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être nanti, vivre dans l’aisance

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to be affluent

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la richesse, l’abondance

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affluence

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la société d’abondance

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the affluent society

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les riches

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rich people, the rich

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des richesses

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riches

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les grandes fortunes

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the super-rich, the mega-rich

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bourré de fric, plein aux as

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stinking rich

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parmi les nantis, les possédants

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in moneyed circles

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un millionaire

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a millionaire

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un millionnaire en dollars

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a dollar millionnaire

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un miliardaire

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a billionaire

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un multimilliardaire

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a zillionaire, a multimillionaire

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un magnat du pétrole

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an oil magnate

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un baron de la presse

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a press baron

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un magnat des médias

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a media mogul

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un roi des logiciels

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a software tycoon

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le revenu

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income

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l’impot sur le revenu

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income tax

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax haven

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la fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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famille à hauts/ bas revenus

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high income/ low income families

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un contribuable

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a taxpayer

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les gains

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earnings

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un gros richard

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a fat cat

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un parachute doré

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a golden parachute, a golden handshake

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la pauvreté

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poverty

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les pauvres

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poor people, the poor

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les travailleurs pauvres

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the working poor

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pauvre

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poor, inpoverished

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les nécessiteux, les indigents

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the needy

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la misère

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extreme poverty, dire poverty

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le dénuement, la misère noire

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destitution

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les plus démunis

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the most destitute

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tomber dans la misère

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to fall on hard times, to become destitute

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sombrer dans la pauvreté

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to sink into poverty

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en-dessous/ au dessus du seuil de pauvreté

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below/ above the poverty line

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un ménage à revenu modeste

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a low income household

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défavorisé

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deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged

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vivre avec 2 dollars 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 benefit(GB), on welfare (US)

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le paupérisme

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pauperism

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la paupérisation

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pauperization

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l’inégalité

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inequality

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inégal

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unequal

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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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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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le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres

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the gap between rich in and poor

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la fracture sociale

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the gap between the haves and the have-nots

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combler le fossé

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to bridge, to close the gap

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le fossé se comble

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the gap is closing, narrowing

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le fossé se creuse

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the gap is widening

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le fossé social, la fracture sociale

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the social divide

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un écart

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a discrepancy

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un gouffre, un abîme

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a chasm

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l’équilibre / le déséquilibre

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balance / imbalance

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équilibré / déséquilibré

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balance/unbalanced

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rétablir l’équilibre

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to redress the balance

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la mobilité sociale

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social mobility

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la promotion sociale

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social advancement

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l’ascension professionnelle

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career advancement, professional advancement

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l’ascenseur social

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the social ladder

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monter dans l’échelle sociale

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to be upwardly mobile

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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

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l’histoire de qqn qui est passé de la misère à la richesse

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a rags-to-riches story

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partir de rien

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to start from scratch

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faire fortune

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to strike gold, to strike it rich

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l’égalité des chances

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equality of opportunity

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égalitaire

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egalitarian

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l’égalitarisme

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egalitarianism

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le niveau social

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social standing

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le statut social

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social status

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le déclassement

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fall in status

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une baisse du niveau de vie

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a decline in living-standards

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peiner à s’en sortir

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to struggle to get by, struggle by

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avoir du mal à payer les factures

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to have difficulty paying the bills

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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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vivre au jour le jour

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to live from hand to mouth

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vivoter

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to scrape by

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survivre

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to survive

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la survie

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survival

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sans abri

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homeless

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il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri

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homelessness is on the rise

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un clodo

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a tramp, a bum

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une clocharde

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a bag lady

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une soupe populaire

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a soup kitchen, a bread line

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le quart-monde

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the underclass

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un taudis

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a slum

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