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Deck 15: The Economic Crisis Flashcards

1
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Une phase de baisse, de fléchissement de l’activité

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A downturn, a downswing

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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Connaitre une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

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Une récession

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A recession, a slump

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5
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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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The global economic meltdown

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La déflation

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Deflation

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La stagflation

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Stagflation

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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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Real estate, property

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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent, a realtor

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A real estate developer

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13
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La bulle / crise immobilière

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The housing bubble / crisis

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Les prix de l’immobilier

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Housing prices, property prices, real estate prices

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L’immobilier est dans le marasme

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The property market is in the doldrums

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Le bâtiment [secteur économique]

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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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18
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Prêter de l’argent à qqn

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To lend money to sb

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19
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Taux d’intérêt

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Interest rate

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20
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Un prêt, un emprunt

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A loan

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21
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Un usurier

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A loan shark

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22
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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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24
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Ne pas honorer ses engagements

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To default on a loan

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25
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Insolvable

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Insolvent

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26
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L’insolvabilité

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Insolvency

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27
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Un crédit hypothécaire, un emprunt immobilier

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A mortgage

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28
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Contracter un emprunt immobilier

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To take out, to raise a mortgage

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29
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Hypothéquer sa maison

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To mortgage one’s house

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30
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Une mensualité

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A monthly instalment

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31
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Rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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To pay off a mortgage

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32
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Saisir un bien immobilier

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To foreclose a mortgage

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33
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Reprendre possesion d’un bien

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To repossess a property

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34
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Une saisie (immobilière)

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A foreclosure

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35
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Sans abri

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Homeless

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36
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La bulle du crédit

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The credit bubble

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37
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La crise du crédit, le resserrement du crédit

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The credit crunch

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38
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Le secteur bancaire

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Banking

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39
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Une banque d’affaires

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An investment bank

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40
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Un fonds de pension

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A pension fund

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41
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Une hausse des taux d’intérêt

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A rise in, a hike in interest rates

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42
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La taux d’inflation

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Inflation rate

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43
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Réaliser des bénéfices

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To make a profit

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44
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Une perte

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A loss

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45
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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

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46
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Une faillite

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A bankruptcy

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47
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Une dette

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Debt

48
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Avoir des dettes/ être endetté

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To be in debt

49
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Être dans le / sortir du rouge

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To be in / get out of the red

50
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Renflouer une entreprise

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To bail out a company

51
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Renflouement, sauvetage

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Bailout

52
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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

53
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Un plan de sauvetage

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A rescue plan

54
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Prendre des mesures d’urgence

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To take emergency measures

55
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Une subvention

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A subsidy

56
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Subventionner

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To subsidize

57
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La bourse (des valeurs)

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The stock exchange, the stockmarket

58
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Des actions

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Shares, stock(s)

59
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Un actionnaire

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A shareholder

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Épargner

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To save

61
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Économies

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Savings

62
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Les petits épargnants

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Small savers

63
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Une obligation

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A bond

64
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Une obligation pourrie

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A junk bond

65
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Un investisseur

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An investor

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Un spéculateur

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A speculator

67
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Un fonds spéculatif

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A hedge fund

68
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La financiarisation de l’économie

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The financialization of the economy

69
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La désindustrialisation

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De-industrialization

70
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Un financier

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A financier

71
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Un trader véreux

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A rogue trader

72
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Un capitaliste voyou

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A rogue capitalist

73
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Un gros richard, un gros capitalsite

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A fat cat

74
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Une prime

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A bonus (pl: bonuses)

75
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Un délit d’initiés

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Insider dealing, insider trading

76
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La fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

77
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Un fraudeur

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A tax dodger

78
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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax heaven

79
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Le secret bancaire

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Bank secrecy

80
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Une chaine / un pyramide de Ponzi

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A Ponzi scheme

81
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Une escroquerie, une arnaque

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A scam

82
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Un escroc

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A crook, a swindler, a conman

83
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La politique économique

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Economic policy

84
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Des mesures d’austérité, une politique de rigueur

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Austerity measures

85
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Un plan de relance

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A stimulus plan, a stimulus package

86
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L’assouplissement quantitatif

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Quantitative easing

87
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Stimuler la croissance

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To boost growth

88
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La déréglementation

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Deregulation

89
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La croissance

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Growth

90
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Les dépenses publiques

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Public spending

91
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Équilibrer un budget

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To balance a budget

92
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Réductions budgétaires drastiques

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Drastic budget cuts

93
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Un déficit budgétaire

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A budget deficit

94
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Une agence de notation

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A credit-rating agency

95
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Une augmentation des impôts

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A tax rise

96
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L’investissement

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Investment

97
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Les dépenses / la demande des consommateurs

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Consumer spending / demand

98
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Réduire les coûts salariaux / de production

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To reduce wage / production costs

99
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Rationaliser

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To streamline

100
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Dégraisser ses effectifs

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To downsize

101
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Restructuration

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Restructuring

102
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Licencier des salariés

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To make workers redundant, to lay off workers

103
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Supprimer des emplois

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To cut jobs

104
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Des pertes d’emplois, des suppressions d’emplois

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Job losses

105
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L’économie se redresse

A

The economy is recovering

106
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La reprise

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Recovery

107
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Les affaires reprennent

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Business is picking up

108
Q

Une remontée de la croissance

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An upswing in economic growth

109
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Augmenter, monter

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To increase, to go up, to rise

110
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Monter en flèche

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To soar, to surge, to rocket

111
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Traverser une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

112
Q

Être dans le rouge, être déficitaire

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To be in the red

113
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Être acculé, avoir le dos au mur

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To have your back to the wall

114
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Fermer boutique

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To close shop

115
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Un canard boiteux

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A lame duck

116
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Payer la note, régler l’addition

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To foot the bill, to pick up the tab

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