economie Flashcards

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1
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the greenback

A

le dollar

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a default

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un défaut de paiment

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3
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(tax) avoidance

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evitement / evasion fiscale

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a pillar

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un pilier

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5
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a bust

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une crise

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the slowing economy

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le ralentissement de l’économie

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to dip

A

baisser/chuter

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a hurdle

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un frein/obstacle (fig)

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to balance

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equilibrer

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net income

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revenu net

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a bystander

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un passant/spectateur

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an amount

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qté/un total, une somme (facture)

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a lender

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un preteur

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a borrower

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un emprunteur

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a landowner

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un propriétaire terrien

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16
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odds

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probabilités/chances

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17
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reliance on

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dependance sur

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18
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to cope

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surmonter

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19
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to boost

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augmenter

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20
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a living wage

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un salaire décent

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21
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to weather a crisis

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gérer/traverser une crise

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22
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tightening

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renforcement

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23
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to foster

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promouvoir, encourager

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24
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to convey

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transmettre, communiquer

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a stewardship

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intendance,administration

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a burden

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un poids, une charge, un fardeau

27
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to stagnate

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stagner

28
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foreign exchange

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devises etrangeres, operation de change

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to venture

A

s’aventurer

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a venture

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une entreprise risquée/hasardeuse

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to hoard

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thésauriser

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a hoard

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une reserve

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to dwindle

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baisser , decroitre

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an amenity

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equipement, infra

35
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a grudge

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une rancune

36
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to grudge

A

envier/reprocher qch a qqlun

37
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red tap

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paperasse bureaucratique

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to rebuff

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rejetter, repousser

39
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to leaf out of sb’s

A

prendre exemple sur qqlun

40
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to crumble

A

s’émietter

41
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to gain ground

A

gagner du terrain

42
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utility

A

service public

43
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to store up

A

consolider

44
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a bulwark

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un rempart, fortification, soutien (fig)

45
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to tumble

A

tomber

46
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an economy drive

A

campagne de restriction/mesure eco

47
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to reassert

A

reaffirmer

48
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a surge

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montée/poussé/elan

49
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to cluster

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rassembler/regrouper

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a shake-up

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gd reorganisation

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a crackdown

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une repression/ mesures repressives

52
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bankroll

A

fond/finance

53
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a gridlock

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une impasse

54
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an asset

A

un actif (patrimoine), capital (finance, bourse)

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a brake

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un frein

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a loophole / a tax loophole / a legal loophole

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une faille / niche fiscale / vide juridique

57
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tweak

A

ajustement

58
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free-market economy

A

economie de marché

59
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public expenditures

A

les depenses publiques

60
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a depression

A

une crise

61
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a downturne

A

une baisse d’activité