EN - voc #2 Flashcards by e b

Retail sector

Secteur de la grande distribution

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Retail outlet

Point de vente

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Garment

Habit : indénombrable

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Smog

Nuage de pollution : smoke+fog

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Waste sorting centre

Une déchetterie

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A landfill, a dump

Une décharge

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A sweatshop

Un atelier de misère

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A shanty town

Un bidonville

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A slum

Un quartier pauvre

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A scrooge

Un gripsou

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Verbatim quotation

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To be well-off

Être riche, confortable

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To stagger

Chanceler, tituber

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To leverage

levier(fig) avantage tirer profit de, amortir, rentabiliser

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Transient

Passager, transitoire

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riddance

débarras

Horsefly

Taon

Sapience

Sagesse

Platitude

Platitude, remarque cliché

to elicit

Soutirer, obtenir des infos

Provoquer

Soothe

Calmer, apaiser

Dullness

Caractère ennuyeux

Unwittingly

Sans le faire exprès

Sans le savoir

Mandatory

Obligatoire, imposé

Sous mandat

MBA

Master of Business Administration | maîtrise en administration des entreprises, en gestion

Epitome

Incarnation, parangon

Gunslinger

Fam. Bandit armé

Bottom line

The bottom Line : tout cela pour dire | Eco: net, final

VCR

VHS

ailment

affection, maladie