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58 Cards in this Set
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Echelle (3) |
Scale Magnitude Scope |
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Les riches (3+1) |
The rich The haves The well-off (-) fat cats |
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La richesse (4) |
The wealth Prosperity Affluence Abundance |
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Les pauvres (6) |
The poor The ill-at-ease The have nots The deprived The needy The destitute (+ fort) |
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Travailleur pauvre |
The working poor |
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Les familles pauvres (3) |
The underprivileged The low-income families The humble families |
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La pauvreté (4) |
The poverty Deprevation Destitution Squalor |
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Un nombre frappant |
A shocking figure |
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Débattre |
To debate stg To discuss stg |
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On peut se demander si |
The question is whether |
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faire qq chose, entreprendre (4) |
To take action To take steps To make décision To undertake reform |
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Se battre contre (2) |
To fight stg To combat stg JAMAIS DE PRÉPOSITION |
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S'inquiéter (2) |
To worry about To feel concern |
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Problème (6) |
Problem Concern Challenge Issue Question Stake |
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Combler (2) un fossé |
To bridge/ narrow a gap |
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Le fossé se creuse (2) |
The gap is widening/ growing |
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Prévoir (4) |
To predict To forecast To estimate To foresee |
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De façon prévisible |
Predictably |
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Une escalade |
An escalation |
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Dépasser (3) |
Overtake Outperform Outnumber |
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De façon imprévisible |
Unpredictibly Against all odds |
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D'importante (3) conséquence |
serious/ sweeping/ far-reaching consequencies |
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Déclencher |
To hamper To trigger |
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Prendre en main (5) |
To tackle To adress a problem To overcome an issue To cope with an issue To handle |
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Augurer |
To herald |
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De bonne augure (2) |
To bode well It is a good omen |
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De mauvaise augure (3) |
It is a bad omen To bode ill To be ominous |
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Irriguer, ruisselle (fig) |
To trickle down |
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Capturer (2) |
To capture To suck up |
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Les puissants (3) |
Powerful All mighty Potent |
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Une hausse/baisse de |
A rise/ increase IN |
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Mauvaise passe (2) |
A blip A momentary problem |
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Part du gâteau |
Piece of the pie |
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Dans ce contexte (4) |
Against the backdrop of Against the background of In the face of Un this context |
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Amalgame |
Confusion |
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Revenu (4) |
Income Earnings Wage Salary |
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Evasion fiscale |
Tax evasion Tax dodging |
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Grande entreprise |
A corporation A firm A large company |
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Recette |
Revenue |
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Point tournant (3) |
Turning point A landmark A milestone |
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Faire cesser (3) |
To put a halt to To put an end to To stop |
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Paradis fiscale |
Tax havens |
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Négliger ignorer (8) |
To ignore To dismiss To disregard To discard To skirt = to avoid To overlook To neglect To pay lip services to stg |
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Raison des écarts de richesse (3) |
Unchecked deregulation Privatization Financial secrecy |
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PME |
Medium sized company |
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Les désavantages |
Downside Drawback Disadvantage |
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Les avantages |
Gains Advantage Benefits |
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S'efforcer de |
To strive To struggle |
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Endurer |
To endure |
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Situation difficile (2) |
Plight Predicament |
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Désavantager |
To put at disadvantage To pose a threat |
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Préjudiciable |
Damaging Corrosive Sévère |
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Vertigineux |
Dizzying |
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Béant |
Gaping |
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Réduire (2) |
To alleviate To reduce |
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Maîtriser |
To curb ex: unemployment |
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Réduire rapport avec prix |
To reduce To cut |
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Flagrant (2) |
Blatant Sharp |
