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1
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Riches et pauvres

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Rich and poor

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Le fossé se creuse

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The gap is widening

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Le niveau de vie

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Standard of living

Living standards

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Le PIB par tete

Le PIB par habitant

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GDP per head

GDP per inhabitant

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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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How is the real value of money determined?

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By its purchasing power

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La quantité

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The amount

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Les revenus

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Incomes

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If prices go up, what happens to the purchasing power?

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It declines, but if at the same time incomes rise faster than prices, then purchasing power increases

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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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Etre 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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Grippe

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Influenza

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Insatisfaits

Frustrés

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Unfulfilled

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Bien-être

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Well-being

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What is affluenza?

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It is a portmanteau word composed of “affluence” and “influenza”
It refers to the condition of people, mostly in rich western countries, who feel unfulfilled and unsatisfied in spite of their growing wealth

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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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25
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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

Parmi les possédants

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In moneyed circles

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Détrôner

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Unseated

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Gonfler

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To swell

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Clément

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Lenient

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31
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Who is the wealthiest individual in the globe?

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Warren Buffett

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32
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How many billionaires live in London?

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49

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Un millionnaire

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A millionaire

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Un millionnaire en dollars

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A dollar millionaire

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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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Un Multimilliardaire

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A zillionaire

A multimillionaire

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37
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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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40
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Un roi des logiciels

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The software tycoon

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41
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What is “who wants to be a millionaire”?

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It is a TV quiz show in which participants have to answer questions of increasing difficulty in order to win a cash prize

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Le revenu

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Income

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43
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L’impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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44
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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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45
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La fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

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46
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Familles à hauts revenus

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High-income families

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47
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Familles à bas revenus

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Low-income families

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48
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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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49
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Les gains

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Earnings

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50
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Un gros richard

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A fat cat

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51
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What is a golden parachute?

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It is a large amount of money given to someone when they leave their job

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52
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What is the name of a golden parachute in British English?

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A golden handshake

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53
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La pauvreté

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Poverty

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54
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Les pauvres

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Poor people

The poor

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55
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Les travailleurs pauvres

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The working poor

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Pauvre

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Poor

Impoverished

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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 du seuil de pauvreté

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Below the poverty line

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Au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté

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Above 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
Disadvantaged
Underprivileged

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Vivre avec deux 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

To live on welfare

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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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Locomotive économique

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Powerhouse economy

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Stupéfiant

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Staggering

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L’inégalité

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Inequality

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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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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 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

The gap is 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

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Balance

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Le déséquilibre

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Imbalance

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Équilibré

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Balanced

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Déséquilibré

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Unbalanced

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Rétablir l’équilibre

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To redress the balance

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PMA (pays moins avancés)

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LDCs (least developed countries)

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What are the LDCs?

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They are the poorest countries in the world according to a classification established by the United Nations

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What is the income per head in the LDCs?

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It is below $750

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Déchirés

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Torn

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Rivalités

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Strife

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How many LDCs are there?

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49

99
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Where is the majority of LDCs located?

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33/49 LDCs are located in sub-Saharan Africa

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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 move up 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 quelqu’un qui est passé de la misère à la richesse

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The 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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What are the chances of a child born into a poor family to become one of the richest 5%?

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1%

118
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What are the chances of a child born into a wealthy family to become one of the richest 5%?

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22%

119
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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

To 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 abris

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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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Société normale

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Mainstream society

135
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What is “the big issue”?

A

It is a British street newspapers written by professional journalists and sold by homeless people.
It has been published since 1991 and sells over 300,000 copies a week