14. The Economic Crisis Flashcards

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Une phase de baisse

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A downturn, a downswing

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Des hauts et des bas

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Boom and bust

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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Connaître une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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The global economic meltdown

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Baisser, diminuer

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To fall, To slide, to decrease, to drop

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S’effondrer , plonger , dégringoler

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To slump, to collapse, to plummet, to plunge, to tumble

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L’immobilier

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Property, real estate

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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent (GB), a realtor( US)

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La crise Immo

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The housing crisis

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Les prix de l’immobilier

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Housing/ property / real estate prices

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Le bâtiment

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The building industry

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Emprunter de l’argent à une banque

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To borrow money from a bank

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Prêter de l’argent à qq

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To lend money To sb

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Taux d’intérêt

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Interest rate

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Un prêt

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A loan

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Un usurier

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A loan shark

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Faire un emprunt

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To take out a loan

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Une société de crédit immobilier

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A building society

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Un crédit hypothécaire

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A mortgage

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Hypothéquer sa maison

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To mortgage one ´ s house

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Rembourser un emprunt Immo

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To pay off a mortgage

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Saisir un bien immobilier

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To foreclose a mortgage

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Reprendre la possession d’un bien

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To repossess property

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Une saisie (immobilière )

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A foreclosure

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Sans abri

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Homeless

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Le secteur bancaire

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Banking

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Une banque d’affaires

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An investment bank

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Réaliser des profits

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To make a profit

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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

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Une faillite

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A bankruptcy

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Une dette

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A debt

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Avoir des dettes

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To be in debt

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Une subvention

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A subsidy

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La bourse

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The stock exchange, The stockmarket

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Des actions

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Shares, stocks

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Un actionnaire

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A shareholder

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Épargner

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To save

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Economies

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Savings

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Les petits épargnants

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Small savers

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Une prime

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A bonus

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Le délit d’initiés

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Insider dealing

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Fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

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Un fraudeur

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A tax dodger

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Une escroquerie

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A scam

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Un escroc

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A crook

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La croissance

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Growth

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Licencier des salariés

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To Lay off workers

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Supprimer des emplois

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To cut jobs

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Des suppressions d’emploi

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Job losses

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La reprise

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Recovery

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Les affaires reprennent

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Business si picking up

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Monter en flèche

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To soar, to surge, to rocket