Sept 30 Flashcards

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custom made suit

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costume fait personalise

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custom made shirt

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chemise sur mesure

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seat or head office

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siège

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headquarters

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le quartier général

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delayed action, ticking

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à retardement

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to delay or postpone

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repousser

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continuing resolution

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resolution continuelle

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inquiry

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enquête

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debt

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la dette

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amount

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le montant

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1 trillion

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un billion

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1 billion

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un millard

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1 million

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un million

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regardless of

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quelque soit

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some or few

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quelque

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whatever

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qoui que

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whatever! (informal)

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tout ce que vous voulez

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to hear

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entendre

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to understand

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comprendre

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to fail

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échouer

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to fall

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chuter

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to retire

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prendre sa retraite

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according to him/her

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selon lui/elle

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decent return (on an investment)

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un rendement décent.

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to make sure of

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s’assurer de

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to make sure that

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s’assurer que

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to get insurance

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s’assurer contre

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the meaning of

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le sense de

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increasingly more common

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plus en plus commune

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distant, aloof, far away

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distant

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distinct

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distinct

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to rebound

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rebondir

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instead of

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au lieu de

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human resources

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ressources humaines

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to manage

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gerer

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employee

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employé

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employer

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employeurs

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employment

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emploi

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39
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to be cold

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geler

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a ring

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une bague

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to ring a bell

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sonner une cloche

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choir

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choeur

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to be embarrassed

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être gêné

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to blush

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rougir

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to slim

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maigrir

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Who knows?

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Qui sait?, Aucune idée!

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perhaps

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peut-être

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formerly

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anciennement, au paravent, autrefois

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to pick

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choisir

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to cook

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cuire

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staple, to staple

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l’agrafe, agrafer

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lies

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les mensonges

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neither

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non plus

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Neither do I.

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Moi non plus

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to support

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soutenir

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bra

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Soutien-gorge

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weight

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le poids

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force of law

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la force de loi

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power, influence

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le pouvoir

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strength, force

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la puissance

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to have the power to do

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avoir le pouvoir de faire

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political party

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la parti politique

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heavy

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lourd

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workload

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charge de travail

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light

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leger, lumiere,

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seems

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semble

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ceiling

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le plafond

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fat

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la graisse

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expenditure, spending

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dépense

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receipts

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recettes (f)

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to reach, to hit. To enter

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atteindre

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to change

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changer

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to exchange, swap

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échanger

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to exchange opinions

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échanger des vues

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a bill

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un project de loi

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family planning

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planification familiale

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to allow, to permit

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permettre

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abortion

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le avortement

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It’s a common mistake.

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C’est un erreur courante

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a common practice

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un practique courante

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middle

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le milieu

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chance or fortuitous

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fortuite

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ship, vessel

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vaisseau

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below

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ci-dessous

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these days

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ces jours-ci

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bankruptcy

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faillite

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settlement date or deadline

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échéance

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when

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lorsque

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each of us

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chacun de nous

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basket

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panier

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sounded the alarm, wake up call

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tiré la sonnette d’ alarme

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although they are related

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bien qu’ils soient reliés

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way of

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façon de

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Yet, But, Now (conjunction)

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Or,…

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threat of

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menace de

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the weight of debt will ruin

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le poids de la dette ruinera

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targeted at

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ciblée sur

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to inherit

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hériter

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whose, which

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dont

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reversed

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s’est inversée

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In the wake of…

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Dans la foulée du…

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to invade

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envahir

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to add

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ajouter

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rescue

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sauvetage

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then

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puis

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to cut into

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entamer

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to underline, to emphasize, to stress

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soulignent

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these, these ones

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Ceux-ci

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the future

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l’avenir

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to spend

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dépenser

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growth

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la croissance

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economic growth

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la croissance économique

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expected growth

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la croissance attendue

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the annual growth rate

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le taux de croissance annuel

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harsh, bitter

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âpre

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to become bitter

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devenir âpre

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at the bottom of his heart

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au fond de son coeur

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loafer

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fainéant

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to react

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réagir

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to force

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contraindre

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case

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cas

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to move back, to back up, to reverse, to back down

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reculer

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to take a few steps back

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reculer de quelques pas

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to meet one’s financial obligations”

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faire face à ses échéances