The Crisis

Question 1

1) une allocation

2) un avantage

Answer 1

a benefit

Question 2

la bulle immobilière

Answer 2

the housing bubble (N2, N1)

Question 3

un escroc

Answer 3

a crook, a swindler, a conman

Question 4

une crise

Answer 4

a crisis

Question 5

deux crises

Answer 5

two crises

Question 6

la crise du crédit

Answer 6

the credit crunch (N2, N1)

Question 7

les indigents

Answer 7

the destitute

Question 8

la crise, la récession

Answer 8

the downturn, the downswing

Question 9

une saisie (immobilière)

Answer 9

a foreclosure

Question 10

l’immobilier

Answer 10

ø real estate

Question 11

le problème des sans-abris

Answer 11

homelessness

Question 12

l’inflation (galopante)

Answer 12

(rampant) inflation

Question 13

la précarité

Answer 13

ø job insecurity

Question 14

un emploi mal payé

Answer 14

a low-paid job

Question 15

un petit boulot

Answer 15

a small/odd job

Question 16

un emploi sans perspectives

Answer 16

a dead-end job

Question 17

des mesures d’austérité

Answer 17

ø austerity measures

Question 18

l’effondrement économique

Answer 18

an economic meltown

Question 19

un prêt hypothécaire

Answer 19

a mortgage

Question 20

un plan de relance

Answer 20

a stimulus package (N2, N1)

Question 21

un SDF

Answer 21

a homeless person

Question 22

la précarité

Answer 22

ø precariousness

Question 23

une reprise

Answer 23

a recovery

Question 24

une escroquerie

Answer 24

a scam

Question 25

un plan social

Answer 25

a redundancy scheme (N2, N1)

Question 26

une pyramide de Ponzi

Answer 26

a Ponzi scheme

Question 27

un taudis

Answer 27

a slum

Question 28

le chômage en forte augmentation

Answer 28

soaring unemployment

Question 29

une reprise éco

Answer 29

an economic upswing

Question 30

abordable

Answer 30

affordable

Question 31

disponible

Answer 31

available

Question 32

1) dégradant | 2) qui se dégrade, qui empire

Answer 32

degrading

Question 33

bon marché

Answer 33

cheap

Question 34

1) économique | 2) rentable

Answer 34

cost-efficient

Question 35

1) copieux | 2) généreux

Answer 35

lavish

Question 36

précaire, fragile

Answer 36

precarious

Question 37

rentable

Answer 37

profitable

Question 38

fiable

Answer 38

reliable

Question 39

débrouillard

Answer 39

resourceful

Question 40

misérable

Answer 40

poverty-ridden

Question 41

égoïste

Answer 41

selfish

Question 42

radin

Answer 42

stingy

Question 43

qui a du mal à joindre les deux bouts

Answer 43

struggling

Question 44

scandaleux

Answer 44

outrageous

Question 45

renflouer les banques

Answer 45

to bail out banks

Question 46

être ds le rouge

Answer 46

to be in the red

Question 47

être licencié

Answer 47

to be laid off

Question 48

rebondir

Answer 48

to bounce back

Question 49

éclater

Answer 49

to burst

Question 50

supprimer des emplois

Answer 50

to cut jobs

Question 51

diminuer sa conso de nourriture/essence

Answer 51

1) to cut down on food/gas | 2) to scale back on food/gas

Question 52

ne pas s'acquitter de ses traites

Answer 52

to default on one's payment

Question 53

1) bien s'en sortir | 2) réussir

Answer 53

to do well

Question 54

distribuer de l'argent, des allocations

Answer 54

to dole out money/benefits

Question 55

dégraisser les effectifs

Answer 55

to downsize

Question 56

connaître une crise

Answer 56

to experience a crisis

Question 57

faire faillite

Answer 57

to go bust

Question 58

avoir du mal à payer le loyer

Answer 58

to have trouble making rent

Question 59

vivre au crochet de ses parents

Answer 59

to live off one's parents

Question 60

perdre son emploi

Answer 60

to lose one's job

Question 61

se débrouiller

Answer 61

to make do

Question 62

joindre les deux bouts

Answer 62

to make ends meet

Question 63

arriver à payer son loyer

Answer 63

to make rent

Question 64

s'en sortir

Answer 64

to manage

Question 65

hypothéquer sa maison

Answer 65

to mortgage one's house

Question 66

cesser son acti, faire faillite

Answer 66

to go out of business

Question 67

surmonter des obstacles

Answer 67

to overcome obstacles

Question 68

rembourser

Answer 68

to pay back

Question 69

rembourser un emprunt immobilier

Answer 69

to pay off a mortgage

Question 70

mettre de l'argent de côté

Answer 70

to put money away

Question 71

sortir de la crise

Answer 71

to put an end to the crisis

Question 72

diminuer (les allocations)

Answer 72

to roll back (benefits)

Question 73

subventionner

Answer 73

to subsidize

Question 74

subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

Answer 74

to support one's family

Question 75

prendre deux emplois

Answer 75

to TAKE ON two jobs

Question 76

subir

Answer 76

to undergo

Question 77

en temps de crise

Answer 77

IN times of crisis

Question 78

avoir un budget serré

Answer 78

to be ON a tight budget

Question 79

(être) face à

Answer 79

(to be) faced with