The Crisis !! Flashcards by Cassandre zf

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soutien de famille

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a breadwinner

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la bulle immobilière

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the housing bubble

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une organisation caritative

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a charity

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un bon de réduction

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a coupon

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un escroc

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a crook a swindler a conman

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crise du crédit

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credit crunch

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désindustrialisation

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de-industrialization

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récession

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the downturn

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un promoteur Immo

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a developer

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les épreuves

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hardships

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le problème de sans abri

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homelessness

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précarité

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(empty) job insecurity

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emploi mal payé

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a low paid job

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l’effondrement de l’économie

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an economic meltdown

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précarité

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vide precariousness

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reprise

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a recovery

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système d

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vide resourcefulness

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escroquerie

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a scam

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un plan social

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a redundancy scheme

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un taudis

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a slum

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abordable

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affordable

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dégrafant

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degrading

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économique, rentable

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cost-efficient

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rentable

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profitable

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fiable

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reliable

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débrouillard

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resourceful

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misérable

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poverty-ridden

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où règne le crime

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crime-ridden

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radin

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stingy

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scandaleux

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outrageous

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être dans une mauvaise passe

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to be in dire straits

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être touché de plein fouet par

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to be hit hard by

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etre dans le marasme économique

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to be in the economic doldrums

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être licencié

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to be laid off

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rebondir

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to bounce back

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supprimer des emplois

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to cut jobs

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diminuer sa consommation

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to cut down on

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distribuer des allocations

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to dole out benefits

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connaître une crise

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to experience a crisis

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faire faillite

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to go bust

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avoir du mal à

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to have trouble + ING

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vivre aux crochets de ses parents

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to live off one’s parents

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perdre des clients

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to lose business

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se débrouiller

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to make do

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joindre les 2 bouts

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to make ends meet

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s’en sortir

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to manage

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hypothéquer

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to mortgage one’s house

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rembourser un emprunt immo

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to pay off a mortgage

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s’en sortir

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to pull through

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mettre de l’argent de côté

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to put money away

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diminuer les allocations

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to roll back benefits

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sortir de la crise

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to put an end to the crisis

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subvenir aux besoins de

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to support one’s

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vivre grâce à

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to survive on

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prendre 2 emplois

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to take on 2 jobs

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subir

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to undergo

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en temps de crise

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IN times of crisis

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vivre des allocations

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to live ON child support

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avoir un budget serré

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to be ON a tight budget

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(etre) face à

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(to be) faced with

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allocation avantage

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benefit