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les biens immatériels

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intangible goods

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la vente en gros

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wholesaling

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créateur de richesse

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wealth-producing

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protégé des effets de la crise

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recession-proof

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destructeur de richesses

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wealth-consuming

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lancer une critique contre

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to level criticism at

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des postes à haut niveau de responsabilité

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high-powered positions

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emploi temporaire

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contingency work

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personnes qui changent souvent de d’emploi

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job-hoppers

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un projet de carrière

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a career path

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un emploi “alimentaire”

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a bread-and-butter job

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le résultat financier

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the bottom line

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un petit boulot mal payé et sans avenir

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a McJob

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expressions à la mode

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a vogue expressions

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conforme aux attentes des touristes

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tourist-friendly

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apparence, vernis

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veneer

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chimérique (adj)

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make-believe

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filiale

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arm

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contre-attaquer

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to strike back

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the TMT sector

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the Technology, Media and Télécommunications sector

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les logiciels

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software

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annoncer l’arrivée de

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to herald

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le commerce en ligne

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e-trade

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perturber

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to be disruptive to

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sortir indemne de la crise

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to ride out the storm

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un commerce traditionnel

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a bricks-and-mortar business

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une commerce qui a aussi une activité en ligne

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a clicks-and-mortar business

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une commerce en ligne

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a clicks-only business

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les frais d’entreposages

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warehouse costs

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donner davantage d’autonomie à qqn

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to empower sb

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facile d’utilisation

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user-friendly

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une boutique en ligne

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a virtual store

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un ensemble impressionnant de, un étalage

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an array of

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un service sur mesure

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a customised service

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un pionnier

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a trailblazer

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online

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dotcom

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une “start-up”

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a dotcom

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désespéramment à cours de temps

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time-starved

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un commerçant en ligne

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an e-tailer

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les transactions de particulier à particulier

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C2C

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des enchères en temps réel

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real-time auction

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commerce via smartphone

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m-commerce

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confier à qnn la responsabilité de faire

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to entrust sbdy with doing sth

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se syndiquer

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to unionise

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des mesures pour la sauvegarde de l’environnement

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conservation measure

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louable

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commendable

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excès

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overindulgence

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excessif

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overblown

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une prime

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a premium

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mis en commun

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pooled

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une OPA amicale

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a friendly takeover bid

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une OPA inamicale

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a hostile takeover bid

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une OPA

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a tender offer

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un chevalier blanc (personne/groupe financier qui vient en aide à une entreprise subissant une OPA)

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a white knight

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le poids de la dette

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the debt load

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fonds propres

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equity

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l’entreprise mère

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the parent company

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un administrateur

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a trustee/ a fiduciary

59
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se séparer de

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to spin off

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une filiale

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a subsidiary

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s’étendre sur une période de

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to span

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les balbutiements de

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the infancy of

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aplanir

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to flatten

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l’externalisation

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the outsourcing

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la délocalisation proche

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nearshoring

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la Responsabilité Sociale de l’Entreprise

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Corporate Social Responsability (CSR)

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toute une panoplie de

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a whole array of

68
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garderie

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daycare

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une sieste

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a nap

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un avantage en nature

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a perk

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distribuer qqch sans compter

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to lavish sth on sb

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l’effacement de l’empreinte carbone

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carbon neutralising

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conserver, se cramponner

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to hang on to sth

74
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tourner en dérision

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to deride

75
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théorie de Reagan selon laquelle la réussite économique des plus riches finira par rejaillir sur les plus démunis

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trickle-down theory : a theory that financial benefits given to big business will in turn pass down to smaller businesses and consumers

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à l’état pur, sans fard

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unadorned

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quelle que soit la sensibilité économique

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among all shades of opinion

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sans entrave

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unimpeded

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impeded

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unfettered

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la crise américaine de de 2008

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the US subprime loan crisis

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sans liquidité

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illiquid

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les avoirs toxiques

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toxic assets

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limites fixées aux salaires

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salary caps

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soutenir, renflouer

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to shore up

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un fonds de capital-investissement

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a private equity fund

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la classe moyenne, les petites entreprises

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Main Street

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rebondir

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to bounce back

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jouer à pile ou face

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to spin a coin

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faire durer

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to spin out

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une essoreuse

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a spin drier

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piétiner

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to tread

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faire tournoyer, tourner sur soi-même

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to spin round and round

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se retourner rapidement

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to spin round

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affluer

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to stream in

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éparpiller

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to throw about/ around

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avec qqch offert (extra)

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with sth throw in

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get rid of sth

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to throw off

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ouvrir en grand, à la volée

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to throw open

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maladroit

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ham-fisted

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liquider

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to sell off

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