International relations Flashcards

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Embassade

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Embassy

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Un sommet

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A summit

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Un accord

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A agreement

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Une impasse

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A deadlock ( to be in a deadlock situation)

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Une frontière

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A border

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La douane

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Customs

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Citoyenneté

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Citizenship

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Faire entrer clandestinement (obj ou gens)

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To smuggle in

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Un demandeur d’asile

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An asylum seeker

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Sans papier

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Undocumented immigrants

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Les relations diplomatiques ont été rompues

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The diplomatic ties were broken

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Expulser

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To deport

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La discrimination positive

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Affirmative action

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Un quota

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A quota

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La haine

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Hatred

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Détourner un avion

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To hijack a plane

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Pacifiste

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Dovish

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Être en guerre

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To be at war

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Un bain de sang

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A bloodbath

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Une victime

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A casualty

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Les blessés/blessé

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The wounded / wounded

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Le nombre de mort

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The death toll

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La famine (mourrir de faim)

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Starvation (to starve)

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La censure

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Censorship

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Propagande

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Propaganda

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Le désarmement

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Disarmament

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Un organisme de surveillance

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A watchdog

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Le Moyen-Orient

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The Middle East

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29
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L’elargissement

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Enlargement

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30
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Une colonie

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A Settlement

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La prise de décision

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Decision-making

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32
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Un partenariat

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A partnership

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33
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Un gouvernement

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The administration

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Nommer (à un poste)

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To appoint, nominate

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Un fonctionnaire

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A civil servant

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36
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Un remaniement ministériel

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A cabinet reshuffle

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37
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Mettre en œuvre/ appliquer une loi

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To implement a law

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Faire appliquer une loi

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To enforce a law

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39
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S’attaquer à un probleme

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To tackle / address a problem

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40
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Déclarer illégal

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To outlaw

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41
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Interdire

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To ban

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42
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Une faille dans la législation

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A loophole

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43
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Un sondage d’opinion

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An opinion poll

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44
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La cote de popularité

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The popularity rating

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45
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Un porte parole

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A spokesman

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46
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Un militant

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A compaigner

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47
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Une critique

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A criticism

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Un détracteur

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A critic

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49
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Un manifestant

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A protester

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50
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Un rassemblement

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A rally

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51
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Une manifestation

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A démonstration

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52
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Des troubles de l’ordre public

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Unrest

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53
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Une émeute

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A riot

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54
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Une insurrection

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An uprising

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55
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Un complot une comspiration

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A plot

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56
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Un effondrement une chute

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A collapse

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57
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Être candidat à une élection

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To run for an élection

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Un programme électoral

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A platform

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Un ordre du jour, un agenda

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An agenda

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Une promesse

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A pledge

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Un bureau de vote

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A polling station

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Une urne

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A ballot box

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La participation électoral

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The turnout

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Les partis d’extrême droite et gauche

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Fringe parties

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Les principaux partis

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Maistream parties

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Une victoire écrasante

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A landslide victory

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Des élections truquées

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Rigged elections

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La malhonnêteté

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Dishonesty

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La fraude fiscale

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Tax evasion

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La corruption

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Bribery/sleaze

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Une arnaque

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A scam

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Une fuite

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A leak

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La consommation

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Consumption

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Un concurrent

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A competitor

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Le libre échange

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Free trade

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L’offre et la demande

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Supply and demand

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Une marque

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A brand

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Un monopole

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A monopoly (pas le jeux LOL xD)

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Les chiffres

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Figures

80
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Un taux

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A rate

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Une estimation

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An estimate

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Une moyenne (en moyenne)

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An average (on average)

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Le PIB

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The GDP ( Gross Domestic Product)

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Les perspectives économiques

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The economie outlook

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Le niveau de vie

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The living standard

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La croissance

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Growth

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Une monnaie, une devise

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A currency

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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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Impôts sur le revenue

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The income tax

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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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Une subvention

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A subsidy

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Les taux d’intérêts

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Interest rates

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Un prêt

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A loan

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Le FMI

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IMF (International Monetary Fund)

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Un conseil d’administration

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A board (of directors)

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Un cadre

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An executive

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Un bénéfice

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A profit

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Un bilan

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A balance sheet

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Le chiffre d’affaire

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The turnover

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Une usine

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A plant / a factory

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Sous-traiter

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To outsource

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Délocaliser

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To relocate

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Réduire les effectifs

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To downsize

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Économiser

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To save

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La publicité (le domaine d’activité)

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Advertising

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Une publicité

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An advertisement / an advert

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Une publicité (TV/Radio)

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A commercial / a spot

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La bourse

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The stock Market / thé stock exchange

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Un actionneur

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A shareholder

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Un investisseur

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An investor

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La population active

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The workforce

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La main d’œuvre

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Labour

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Un syndicat

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A trade Union

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Postuler à un emploi

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To apply for a job

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Une compétence

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A skill

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Un contrat de travail

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A workforce contract

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Une carrière

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A career

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Gagner sa vie

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To earn a living

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Un revenue

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An income

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Renvoyer, virer

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To fire / sack

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Un salaire

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A salary, a wage

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Une dépression / récession

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A meltdown , downturn, slump

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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Durement touché

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Hard-hit

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La faillite

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Bankruptcy

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Faire faillite

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To go bust

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Une dette

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A debt

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Un plan de relance

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A stimulus package

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Le chômage

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Unemployment

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Les chômeurs

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The jobless

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Une baisse des salaires

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A pay cut

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Un gel des salaires

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A pay freeze

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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The purchasing power

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Un loyer

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A rent

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Un locataire

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A tenant

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Une expulsion

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An éviction

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Sdf

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Homeless

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Un abri/ centre d’accueil

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A shelter

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La pauvreté

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Deprivation / poverty

140
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Sans ressource (démuni, ds la misère)

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Destitute

141
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Vivre en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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To live below the poverty line

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Un mandiant

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A beggar

143
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D’occasion

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Second-hand