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grave

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severe

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croissance économic

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economic growth

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continuellement, infiniment

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endlessly

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être intéresser en

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to be interested in sth

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les actions, le cours des actions

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share prices

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être élevé, bien se porter

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to fly high

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un taux d’intérêt

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an interest rate

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grimper en flèche, s’envoler, décoller

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to soar (to … %)

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remarquer

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to notice

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gagner sa vie

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to earn (one’s) living

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acquérir, acheter

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to purchase

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profiter de quelque chose

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to benefit from sth

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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épuisé

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drained

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étant donné

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given

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qui facilite la tâche

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labour-saving

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un appareil

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a device

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insister fortement, harceler

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to hassle for sth

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19
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produits chimiques

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chemicals

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20
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se soucier de

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to be concerned about sth

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21
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bienveillant

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benevolent

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l’avidité, la cupidité

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greed

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simplement, seulement

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merely

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24
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faire faillite

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to go bust

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un fournisseur, distributeur

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a retailer

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cesser ses activités

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to go out of business

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27
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stagner

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to go into stalemate

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un moteur

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an engine

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tourner sans arrêt, à l’infini

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to turn relentlessly

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désirer ardemment qlqch

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to yearn for sth

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le désir de quelque chose

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a yearning for sth

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repus, rassasié

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satiated

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une gamme, un éventail

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a range of sth

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la pression sanguine

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blood pressure

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faire régime

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to diet

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presque

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nearly

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constiter de

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to consist of sth

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facture

A

a bill

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nécéssiter

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to appeal for sth

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les sans-abris

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the homeless

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les meurs de fins, les affamés

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the starving

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culture marchande

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cash crops

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rembourser les intérêts

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to service a debt

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rembourser, effacer intégralement une dette

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to pay a debt off

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faire du profit

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to make profit from sth

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un atelier où la main d’oeuvre est exploitée

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a sweat shop

47
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les déchets

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waste

48
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exiger

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to demand

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être indifférent à quelque chose

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to be mindless of sth

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être dépourvu, dénoué de

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to be devoid of sth

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oublier, ne pas être conscient de

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to be oblivious to sth

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rassembler

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to muster sth

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plonger

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to plummet

54
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grimper en flèche

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to shoot up

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part de marché

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a market share

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tomber, chuter, trébucher

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to tumble

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faire un bon, bondir

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to leap in profit

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un taux

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a rate

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plonger

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to plunge (to … %)

60
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une chute, un marasme

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a slump

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remonter, repartir, reprendre

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to pick up

62
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les frais généraux

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an overhead

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atteindre un sommet

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to peak

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toucher le fond, atteindre un plancher

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to reach one’s lowest point

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se stabiliser

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to level out

66
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to go up, s’envoler

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to soar

67
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léger

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slight

68
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graduellement

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gradual

69
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content, régulier

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steady

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vertigineux, net

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sharp

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spectaculaire

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dramatic

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important, conséquant

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substantial