The Crisis Flashcards

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1
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A foreclosure

A

Une saisi immobilière

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2
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Homelessness

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Le problème des sans abri

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3
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Job insecurity

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La précarité

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4
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Austerity measures

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Des mesures d’austérité

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5
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An economic meltown

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L’effondrement de l’éco

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6
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A mortgage

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Un prêt hypothécaire

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7
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Profitable

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Rentable

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8
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Struggling

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Qui a du mal à joindre les deux bouts

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9
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To bounce back

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Rebondir

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10
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To experience a crisis

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Connaître une crise

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11
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To lose one’s job

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Perdre son emploi

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12
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To make do

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Se débrouiller

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13
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To put an end To the crisis

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Sortir de la crise

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14
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To Roll back benefits

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Diminuer les allocations

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15
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To be face with

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Faire face à

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16
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To take on two jobs

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Prendre deux boulots

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17
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To survive on coupons

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Vivre de coupon

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18
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To support one’s family

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Subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

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19
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To pay back

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Rembourser

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20
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To overcome obstacles

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Surmonter les obstacles

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21
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To mortgage one’s house

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Hypothéquer sa maison

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22
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To make ends meet

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Joindre les deux bouts

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23
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To live off one’s parents

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Vivre aux crochet de ses parents

24
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To live above/below the poverty Line

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Vivre au dessus/en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

25
Q

To dole out benefits

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Distribuer des allocations

26
Q

To do Well

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Bien s’en sortir

27
Q

To cut jobs

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Supprimer des emplois

28
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To be laid off

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Être licencié

29
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To be hit hard by

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Être touché de plein fouet par

30
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To be on the red

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Être dans le rouge

31
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Selfish

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Égoïste

32
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Stingy

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Radin

33
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Crime-ridden

A

Ou règne le crime

34
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Resourceful

A

Débrouillard

35
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Precarious

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Précaire

36
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Demeaning

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Dégradant

37
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Available

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Disponible

38
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Soaring unemployement

A

Le chômage en forte augmentation

39
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A rogue trader

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Un trader véreux

40
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A redundancy scheme

A

Un plan social

41
Q

A scam

A

Une escroquerie

42
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Resourcefulness

A

Débrouillardise

43
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Precariousness

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Précarité

44
Q

A down payment

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Un acompte

45
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A dead-end job

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Emploi sans perspective

46
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A odd job

A

Un petit boulot

47
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A low-paid job

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Un emploi mal payé

48
Q

A developer

A

Un promoteur immobilier

49
Q

Real estate

A

L’immobilier

50
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De-industrialization

A

Désindustrialisation

51
Q

The credit crunch

A

La crise du credit

52
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Two crises

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Deux crises

53
Q

A coupon

A

Un bon de réduction

54
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A crook, a swindler, a conman

A

Un escroc

55
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The housing bubble

A

La bulle immobilière