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excessively

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à l’outrance

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to brush aside, to sweep

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balayer

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damper, drawback

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bémol

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beer hall, pub, brewery

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brasserie

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boxwood, box tree

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buis

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s investment section (newspaper)

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cahier investissement

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turnover, sales

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chiffre d’affaires

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to make up, to fulfil

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combler

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own account, one’s own behalf

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compte propre

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listed (stock exchange)

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coté

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ball, dick

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couille

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stockbroker, broker

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courtier

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letter of credit

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créance debt

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to rail against

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crier haro sur

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crossroads, junction, window

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croisée

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corporate culture

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culture maison

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greed, avarice

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cupidité

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foremost, first

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d’abord

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dangerousness

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dangerosité

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in the line of fire, in the crosshairs

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dans le collimateur

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early stages

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débuts

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to peel off, to come off, to part

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décoller

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debt default

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défaut de créance

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deterioration, damage, decline

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dégradation

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wild, crazy

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dingue

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skewness, asymmetry

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dissymétrie

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vertigo, amazement

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éblouissement

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slump (noun), collapse

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effondrement

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in this case

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en l’occurrence

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in addition

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en outre

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what’s more, plus

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en prime

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issue (noun)

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enjeu

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brand name, corporate name

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enseigne

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to clasp, to surround

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enserrer

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general staff

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état-major

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to make page 1 of the newspaper

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faire la une

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system, industry

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filière

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pitcher, jug

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flagon

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background (career)

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formation

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administrator, manager

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gestionnaire

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wicket, counter

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guichet

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upward, bullish

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haussier

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mortgage (adj)

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hypothécaire

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ultimately, finally

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in fine

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engineering

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ingénierie

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to stamp out

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juguler

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juicy

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juteux

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average

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lambda

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heath, moor

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lande

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as in “that was close”, the wind of the cannonball

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le vent du boulet

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outcry

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levée de boucliers

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dwelling, home

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logis

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euphemism for a psychic

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Madame Soleil

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commercial, marketable

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marchand

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large thing, colossus

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mastodonte

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raw material

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matière première

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to head, to lead, to do

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mener

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to suspect, to accuse, to blame

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mettre en cause

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to put an end to, to end

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mettre un terme

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seed money

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mise de fonds

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to bet on

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miser sur

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wrought, moulded

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moulé

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rating (credit rating)

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notation

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bondholder, bond (adj)

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obligataire

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bones, remains

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ossements

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to wager, to bet

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parier

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partnership

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partenariat

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no mercy

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pas de quartier

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the secret, the truth

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pot aux roses

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temptation

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pousse-au-crime

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origins, first fruits

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prémices

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scrappage incentive (old vehicles)

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prime à la casse

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to count, to take precedent

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primer

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to give priority to, to favour

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privilégier

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market-linked product, structured product

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produit structuré

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to swipe, to make off with

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rafler

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raptor, bird of prey

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rapace

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to rebel

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rebiffer

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get going again (noun)

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redémarrage

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tuning, adjustment

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réglage

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the city walls,fortifications

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remparts

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return, profitability

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rentabilité

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profitable

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rentable

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to crumble, to collapse, to fall

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s’effondrer

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to endeavour, to try hard to do

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s’efforcer

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to understand, to find one’s way around in

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s’y retrouver dans

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saluted

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salué

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stamp, seal, hallmark

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sceau

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inherent, underlying

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sous-jacent

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self-important

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suffisant

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drab, dull

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terne

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to assess, to make a judgment

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tirer le bilan

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an insurance security?

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titre d’assurance

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a credit-backed security?

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titre de crédit

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a financial security (valeur mobilière)

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titre financier

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securitization

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titrisation

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debt tranche

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tranche de dettes

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to teeter, to sway

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vaciller

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to carry, to convey

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véhiculer

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personal car

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voiture particulière