Chapter Q Flashcards

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gestion, administration

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management

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la direction (entreprise)

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the management

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directeur général

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managing director, general manager

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les cadres

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the managing class

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5
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mal gérer

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to mismanage

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6
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mariage homosexuel

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same-sex marriage

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7
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homoparentalité

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same-sex parenting

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employé du secteur public, fonctionnaire

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public-sector employee

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retraité

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old age pensioner

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CDD

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fixed-term contract

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CDI

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open-ended contract

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12
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famille défavorisée

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low-income family

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13
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question d’actualité brûlante

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hot-button issue

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14
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changement de dernière minute

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last-minute change

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15
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criminalité en col blanc

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white-collar crime

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16
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Egypte

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Egypt Egyptian an Egyptian

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Irak

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Iraq, Irak Iraqi, Iraki an Iraqui, Iraki

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Iran

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Iran Iranian an Iranian

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Jordanie

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Jordan Jordanian a Jordanian

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Israel

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Israel Israeli an Israeli

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Liban

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Lebanon Lebanese a Lebanese

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22
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Syrie

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Syria Syrian a Syrian

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Turquie

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Turkey Turkish a Turk

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AS

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Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian a Saudi (Arabian)

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les Émirats arabes unis EAU
The United Arab Emirates the UAE Emirati an Emirati
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Qatar
Qatar Qatari a Qatari
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Bahreïn
Bahrain Bahraini a Bahraini
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Koweït
Kuwait Kuwaiti a Kuwaiti
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Oman
Oman Omani an Omani
30
militant, activiste
activist
31
militant anti-mondialisation
antiglobalist
32
athée
atheist
33
écologiste
environmentalist, ecologist, conservationist
34
philanthrope
philanthropist
35
syndicaliste
(trade) unionist
36
révisioniste, négationiste
revisionist
37
théoricien
theorist
38
physicien
physicist
39
permettre
to enable
40
appliquer (loi)
to enforce
41
mettre en danger
to endanger
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doter
to endow
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garantir
to enshrine
44
veiller, s'assurer
to ensure
45
éclairer
to enlighten
46
autoriser, habiliter
to empower
47
promulguer (loi)
to enact
48
approuver, avaliser
to endorse
49
impliquer
to entail
50
pays exportateur de pétrole
oil-exporting country
51
agence de notation (de crédit)
credit-rating agency
52
site de partage de fichiers
file-sharing site
53
campagne de sensibilisation
awareness(-raising) campaign
54
drogue améliorant les performances
performance-enhancing drug
55
pays hispanophone
Spanish-speaking country
56
événement qui fait date
epoch-making event
57
gérable
manageable
58
ingérable
unmanageable
59
mauvaise gestion
mismanagement
60
handicap, infirmité
disability
61
désarmement
disarmament
62
inconvénient, désavantage
disadvantage
63
divulgation, révélation
disclosure
64
effet dissuasif
disincentive
65
mécontentement
discontent
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emploi à temps plein
full-time job
67
quartier du centre-ville
inner-city area
68
famille monoparentale
single parent family
69
gouvernement de droite
right-wing government
70
scientifique
scientist
71
industriel
industrialist
72
partisan de l'eugénisme
eugenicist
73
intégriste
fundamentalist
74
être victime de discrimination
to be discriminated against
75
respecter (les termes du contrat)
to abide by (the terms of the contract)
76
se conformer à, respecter un réglement
to comply with rules
77
diviser qch en trois parties
to divide sth into three parts
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pirater un système
to hack into a system
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imposer qch à qn
to impose sth on sb
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s'élever à
to amount to
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affecter, contrarier qch
to interfere with sth
82
avoir recours à qch
to resort to sth
83
traverser, connaître une période
to go through a period
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intituler
to entitle
85
confier
to entrust
86
empiéter
to encroach
87
ménage
household
88
homicide (involontaire)
manslaughter
89
emprunt immobilier, hypothèque
mortgage
90
séquelles, conséquences
aftermath
91
effusion de sang, massacre
bloodshed
92
impasse
deadlock
93
bouc émissaire
scapegoat
94
méfaits
wrongdoing
95
date OU heure limite
deadline
96
(ligne) fixe
landline
97
pays producteur de pétrole
oil-producing country
98
site de partage de vidéis
video-sharing site
99
pays anglophone
English-speaking country
100
gagner sa vie
to make a living
101
combler le fossé (entre)
to bridge the gap (between)
102
se suicider
to commit suicide
103
porter le plus gros de qch
to bear the brunt of sth
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ravager
to wreak havoc
105
gérant
manager