échelle sociale

l'échelle sociale
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
noun phrase
a. social ladder
Des chercheurs ont découvert qu'il fallait parfois six générations à une famille pour gravir l'échelle sociale.Researchers have found that it can sometimes take a family six generations to climb the social ladder.
b. social scale
My dad used to always say that we were at the bottom of the social scale.Mon père disait toujours que nous étions en bas de l'échelle sociale.
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