Flashcards: Les rapports sociaux
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mlleloveday on October 26, 2011
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French | English |
|---|---|
 accéder | to access |
| accélerer | to accelerate/to speed up |
| améliorer | to improve |
| augmenter | to increase |
| avancer | to advance |
| avoir de l'argent | to have money |
| avoir les moyens | to have the means |
| baisser | to lower |
| consommer | to consume |
| dépenser | to spend |
| devoir de l'argent à quelqu'un | to owe money |
| diminuer | to diminish |
| économiser | to save |
| emprunter | to borrow |
| épargner | to save |
| faire faillite | to fail |
| gagner | to earn |
| gérer | to direct |
| posséder | to possess |
| ralentir | to slow down |
| reculer | to regress |
| régler | to take care of / pay |
| rembourser | to reimburse |
| verser des fonds | to deposit funds |
| aisé | comfortable |
| avare | cheap |
| bas | low |
| bourgeois | bourgeois |
| dépensier | spender |
| élévé | high |
| fauché | broke |
| fortuné | well-off |
| frustré | frustrated |
| hiérarchisé | hierarchical |
| modeste | modest |
| pauvre | poor |
| riche | rich |
| l'achat | purchase |
| l'appartenance à | belonging to |
| l'aristocratie | aristocracy |
| l'ascension sociale | social mobility |
| l'augmentation | increase |
| la banlieue | suburbs |
| la baisse | lowering |
| le besoin | need |
| le billet vert | money |
| la bourgeoisie | the bourgeoisie |
| les cadres | CEOs |
| la carte bancaire | bank card |
| le chômage | unemployment |
| un chômeur | unemployed |
| une chute | fall |
| la classe moyenne | middle class |
| la classe ouvrière | working class / lower class |
| la compulsion | compulsion |
| la consommation | consuming |
| la diminution | lowering |
| l'économie de marché | free market economy |
| l'élite | upper class / elite |
| l'embourgeoisement | becoming upper middle class |
| les entreprises | companies |
| l'épargne | savings |
| l'estime de soi | self esteem |
| la frustration | frustration |
| la libre entreprise | free enterprise |
| la naissance | birth |
| le niveau de vie | quality of life |
| l'offre et la demande | supply and demand |
| la pauvreté | poverty |
| le portefeuille | wallet |
| le pouvoir de l'achat | power of the dollar |
| la privatisation | privatization |
| la protection sociale | Social Security |
| la réussite financière | financial success |
| la récession | recession |
| le revenu | revenues |
| la richesse | wealth |
| les RMI | people on French welfare |
| le salaire | salary |
| les sans domicile fixe (SDF) | homeless |
| la société urbaine | urban society |
| la société rurale / paysanne | rural society |
| les subventions | assistance |