The wealth gap (Vocab) Flashcards

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Les riches

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The rich

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L’opulence

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Affluence

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L’abondance

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Abundance

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La prospérité

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Prosperity

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Des richesses

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Riches

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La générosité

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Generosity

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Un millionnaire

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A millionaire

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Un milliardaire

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A billionaire

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Un parvenu, un arriviste

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An upstart

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L’avidité, la cupidité

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Greed

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L’avarice

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Stinginess

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12
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Un avare

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A miser

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13
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Riche

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Rich= wealthy

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Aisé, opulent

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Well-off= well-to-do= affluent

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Généreux

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Generous

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Prospère

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Prosperous

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Dépensier =/= économe

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Spendthrift =/= Thrifty

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Avare =/= pingre

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Stingy =/= Pingre

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19
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Cupide

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Greedy

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Pouvoir s’offrir quelque chose

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To be able to afford something

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Gagner de l’argent

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To earn money

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22
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Dépenser

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To spend

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23
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Économiser

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To save

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Les pauvres

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The poor

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La misère / le dénuement
Destitution= deprivation
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Les nécessiteux
The needy
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Un pauvre
A pauper= a poor person
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Un mendiant
A beggar
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Un travailleur pauvre
A working poor
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Un marginal
An outcast
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Les exclus
The underclass
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Les quartiers défavorisés des centres-villes
The inner cities
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Un taudis
A slum
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La décrépitude
Squalor
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Une expulsion
An eviction
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Un SDF = un sans-abri
A homeless person
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Les mal-logés
The homeless
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Un abri / un foyer
A shelter/a hostel
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Un clochard
A tramp= a bum (USA)
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Un vagabond
A vagrant
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Le vagabondage
Vagrancy
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La mendicité
Begging
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Un sébile
A begging bowl
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Une soupe populaire
A soup kitchen= a bread line
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Une banque alimentaire
A food bank
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Le seuil de pauvreté
The poverty line
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Les inégalités
Inequalities
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L'entraide
Mutual support
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Pauvre
Poor
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Touché par la pauvreté
Poverty-stricken
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Sans le sou
Penniless
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Défavorisé, déshérité
Underprivileged
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Dans le besoin
In need
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Misérable
Destitute= deprived
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Sordide, malpropre (lieu)
Squalid
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Délabré
Dilapidated= derelict
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Appauvrir
To impoverish
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Mendier
To beg
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Avoir faim, mourir de faim
To starve
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Marginaliser
To marginalize
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Expulser
To evict
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Dormir dehors
To sleep rough
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l'État-providence, la solidarité nationale
the Welfare State
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L'aide / la protection
(social) welfare= social security (UK)
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L'aide publique
Assistance
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L'aide aux plus démunis
Poor relief
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Le système national d'assurance sociale
National insurance
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Un travailleur social, une assistante sociale
A social worker
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Une cotisation
A contribution
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Un congé parental
Parental leave
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Les services d'aide à la personne
Personal social services
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Un allocataire
A claimant
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Une mutuelle
A mutual insurance
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Un plafond de ressources
An upper earnings limit
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Les autorités sanitaires
The health authorities
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Des indemnités maladie
Sick pay
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Le ticket modérateur
The prescription charge
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L'hospitalisation de jour
Day care
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L'aide et les soins à domicile
Home care= home help
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Le handicap
Disability= handicap
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Une personne handicapée
A disabled person
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Une pension d'invalidité
Incapacity benefit
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Une (pension de) retraite
A pension
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Un retraité
A pensioner
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Un régime de retraite
A pension scheme
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La dépendance, l'assistanat
Dependency
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Des dépenses excessives
Overspending
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Sous condition de ressources
Means-tested
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Pourvoir aux besoins de / s'occuper de quelqu'un
To cater for somebody
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Cotiser
To contribute
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Faire une demande d'allocation
To claim benefits
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Avoir droit à quelque chose
To be entitled to something