Solidarity: from the cradle to the grave Flashcards by Antoine 24

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L’Etat-providence

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The welfare state

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La protection sociale

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Social insurance

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Les acquis sociaux

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Social benefits

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La couverture médicale

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Health/Medical coverage

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Une allocations soumise à des conditions de revenu

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A means-tested benefit

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Cotiser

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To contribute

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Les cotisations sociales

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Social contributions

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Le système de retraite

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The pension system

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Une population vieillissante

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An ageing population

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Les personnes âgées

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The elderly

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Le système de santé

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The health-care system

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Les soins

Les traitements médicaux

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Health care

Medical treatment

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L’espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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Vivre jusqu’à 100 ans

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To live to be a hundred

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Les assistés (2)

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People living on state handouts/ Welfare scroungers

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L’assistanat

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Welfare dependency

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Un fraudeur abusant du système d’allocation

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A benefit cheat

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Un profiteur

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A freeloader

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Un bénévole (2)

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A volunteering/Volontary work

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ONG

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NGO

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Donner de l’argent/ Faire un don

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To give away/ To donate money

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Une organisation humanitaire

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A reflief organization

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Distribuer des couvertures

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To hand out blankets

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L’allegement de la dette

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Debt relief

Effacer/Annuler des dettes

To cancel debts

Financer un projet

To fund a project

Soutien financier

Financial backing

Un parrain/ Un mécène/Un sponsor

A sponsor

Le mécenat d'entreprise

Corporate sponsorship

Doter ou Fonder

To endow

Les droits de succession

Estate tax

Une réduction d’impôts

A tax break