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ANGLAIS VOCABULAIRE Flashcards

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A raid on a place

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Looking for something

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Imminent

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Which is going to happen very soon.

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To accomplish

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Achieve or complete successfully

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To worry

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to make someone feel unhappy and frightened because of problems or unpleasant things that might happen

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To tempt

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Entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

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A takeover

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An act of assuming control of something, especially the buying out of one company by another.

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Insolvent

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Unable to pay debts owed.

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To assess

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Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.

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To conduct

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Organize and carry out / lead or guide (someone or something ) to

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A venture

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a risky or daring journey

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The remainder

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The rest

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To be committed to

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having promised to be involved in a plan of action

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To lure

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Tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

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Parental leave

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Time that a parent is allowed to spend away from work to take care of his or her baby

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Trade union

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An organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights, and discusses their pay and working conditions with employers.

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Perks

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An advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job

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Wages

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The money earned by an employee, for the hours worked

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Contribute

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to give something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with other people

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Soar

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To rise very quickly to a high level

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Agenda

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a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting

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Prospects

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the possibility that something good might happen in the future

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Displace

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to force something out of its usual or original position

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Promotion

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activities to advertise something

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Harness

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exploit something

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Vacancy

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a space or place that is available to be used/a job that no one is doing and is therefore available for someone new to do

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Spearhead

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to lead something such as an attack or a course of action

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Proficient

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skilled and experienced

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Disrupt

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to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

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Morale

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he amount of confidence felt by a person or group of people, especially when in a dangerous or difficult situation

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Expenses

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The use of money, time, or effort

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Carry out / To carry out : To conduct

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to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do

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To award

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to give money or a prize following an official decision

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Set up a database

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implement a database

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gathering data

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data collection

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Proficient in

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Skilled and experienced:

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Requirement

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something that you must do, or something you need

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Pension commitments

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retirement pension

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Pedigree

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a person’s family history, education, and experience, or the history of an idea or activity

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To wind up a company

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Liquidating a company

40
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To maintain a company “as going concern”

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Keeping a company in business

41
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A bankrupt

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Unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts:

42
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to go unto administration

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43
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To lure

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the quality or power that something or someone has that makes it, him, or her attractive

44
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To exhibit

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to show something publicly:

45
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A pay rise

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46
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Duty

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something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing to do

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Claims/ To claim sth

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to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it

48
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Get rid of someone

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to find a way to make someone leave because you do not want the person to be with you any longer:

49
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Wealthy

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rich

50
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To evaluate

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to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

51
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To assessment and evaluation differences

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Assessment is made to identify the level of performance of an individual, whereas evaluation is performed to determine the degree to which goals are attained.

52
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Overseas

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in, from, or to other countries

53
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Laying off

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To stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do

54
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Dispatch department

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Shipping service

55
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Wholesaler

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someone who buys and sells goods in large amounts to shops and businesses

56
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Buyouts

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a situation in which a person or group buys all the shares belonging to a company and so gets control of it

57
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Mergers

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an occasion when two or more companies or organizations join together to make one larger company

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Fierce

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physically violent and frightening

59
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To arise

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to start to happen or exist

60
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To spearhead

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to lead something such as an attack or a course of action

61
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Disrupt

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to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected:

62
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The remainder

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the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken away:

63
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To be committed to

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64
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To liaise

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to speak to people in other organizations, etc. in order to work with them or exchange information with them:

65
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Gift voucher

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a card or piece of paper that can be exchanged in a store for goods of the value that is printed on it

66
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A redundancy

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a situation in which someone loses their job because their employer does not need them

67
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To asset strip a company

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Depriving a company of its resources

68
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Glut

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a supply of something that is much greater than can be sold or is needed or wanted

69
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Sharply

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quickly and suddenly:

70
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Stock market

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a stock exchange

71
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Hollowing sth out

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to make an empty space inside something

72
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Slight delay

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A short lead time

73
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Fueled

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Anything that keeps people’s ideas or feelings active, or makes them stronger

74
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Font

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police

75
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To thrive

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to grow, develop, or be successful

76
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Bookkeeping

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the job or activity of keeping an exact record of the money that has been spent or received by a business or other organization

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