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Vocabulary Inequalities Flashcards

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le niveau de vie

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standard of living, living standards

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le PIB par tête, par habitant

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GDP [dʒiːdiː’piː] per capita, per head

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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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purchasing power, buying power

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le revenu

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income

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l’impôt sur le revenu

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income tax

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familles 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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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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la richesse

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wealth

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riche

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rich, wealthy

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aisé

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well-off, well-to-do

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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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un millionnaire

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a millionaire

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un milliardaire

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a billionaire

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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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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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les démunis, les déshérités

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the have-nots

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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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défavorisé

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deprived, disadvantage, underprivileged

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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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peiner à s’en sortir

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to struggle to get by, struggle by

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vivoter

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to scrape by

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sans abri

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homeless

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la redistribution

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redistribution

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une soupe populaire

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a soup kitchen, a breadline

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le quart-monde

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the underclass

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l’aide sociale, les assurances sociales, les prestations sociales

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welfare

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l’Etat-providence

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the welfare state

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la protection social

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social insurance, social protection

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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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les allocation sociales

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welfare rights, welfare entitlements, welfare payments

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une assistante sociale

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a welfare worker, a social worker

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la couverture sociale

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social security cover, coverage

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une allocation, une prestation sociale

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a benefit, an allowance

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allocation chômage / familiale / logement

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unemployment / child / housing benefit

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allocation soumise à des conditions de revenu

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a means-tested benefit

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demander des prestations sociales

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to claim benefits

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avoir droit à quelque chose

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to be entitled to something

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les assistés

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people living on state handouts

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l’assistanat

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welfare dependency

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un parasite, un profiteur

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a welfare scrounger

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frauder

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to cheat

54
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un fraudeur abusant du système d’allocations

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a benefit cheat

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la fraude aux allocations

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benefit fraud

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un profiteur, un parasite

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a freeloader

57
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la parasitisme

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freeloading

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une ( pension de ) retraite

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a pension

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le système de retraites

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the pension system

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toucher une retraite

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to receive a pension

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un retraité

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a pensioner, an old age pensioner, a retiree, an OAP

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un fonds de pension

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a pension fund

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prendre sa retraite

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to retire

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la retraite

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retirement

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l’âge de la retraite

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retirement age

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les soins, les traitements médicaux

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health care, medical treatment

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le système de santé

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the health care system

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la couverture médicale

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health coverage, medical coverage

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la CMU

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universal health coverage

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les dépenses de santé

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health spending

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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la charité ou les œuvres caritatives

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charity

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une organisation caritative, une œuvre de charité

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a charity, a charitable organization

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une organisation à but non lucratif

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a non-profit making organization, a not-for-profit organization

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un bénévole

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a volunteer, a voluntary worker

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l’aide, l’assistance humanitaire

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humanitarian aid, assistance

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le bénévolat

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volunteering, voluntary work

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une ONG, une organisation non-gouvernementale

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an NGO, a non-governmental organization

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les secours d’urgence

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emergency aid, emergency assistance

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l’aide au développement

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development aid

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une organisation humanitaire

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a relief agency, a relief organization

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l’allègement de la dette

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debt relief

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le ré-échelonnement de la dette

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debt-rescheduling

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un philanthrope

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a philanthropist

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effacer, annuler des dettes

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to cancel debts, to write off debts

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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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un donateur

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a donor

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un bienfaiteur

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a benefactor

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promettre de donner de l’argent

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to pledge, to promise to give money

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un bénéficiaire

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a recipient

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soutenir une initiative

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to support, to back an initiative

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financer un projet

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to fund a project

89
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un parrain, un mécène, un sponsor

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a sponsor

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sponsoriser, parrainer

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to sponsor

91
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le mécénat d’entreprise

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corporate sponsorship

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la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise

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corporate social responsibility, CSR

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entreprenariat social

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social entrepreneurship

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une reduction d’impôts

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a tax break

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