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1
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1) une allocation

2) un avantage

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a benefit

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2
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la bulle immobilière

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the housing bubble (N2, N1)

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3
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un escroc

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a crook, a swindler, a conman

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4
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une crise

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a crisis

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5
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deux crises

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two crises

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la crise du crédit

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the credit crunch (N2, N1)

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7
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les indigents

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the destitute

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8
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la crise, la récession

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the downturn, the downswing

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une saisie (immobilière)

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a foreclosure

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10
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l’immobilier

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ø real estate

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11
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le problème des sans-abris

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homelessness

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12
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l’inflation (galopante)

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(rampant) inflation

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13
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la précarité

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ø job insecurity

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14
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un emploi mal payé

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a low-paid job

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15
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un petit boulot

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a small/odd job

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16
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un emploi sans perspectives

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a dead-end job

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17
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des mesures d’austérité

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ø austerity measures

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18
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l’effondrement économique

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an economic meltown

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19
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un prêt hypothécaire

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a mortgage

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20
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un plan de relance

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a stimulus package (N2, N1)

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21
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un SDF

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a homeless person

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22
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la précarité

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ø precariousness

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23
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une reprise

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a recovery

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24
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une escroquerie

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a scam

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25
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un plan social

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a redundancy scheme (N2, N1)

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26
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une pyramide de Ponzi

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a Ponzi scheme

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27
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un taudis

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a slum

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28
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le chômage en forte augmentation

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soaring unemployment

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29
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une reprise éco

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an economic upswing

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30
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abordable

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affordable

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31
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disponible

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available

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32
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1) dégradant

2) qui se dégrade, qui empire

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degrading

33
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bon marché

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cheap

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1) économique

2) rentable

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cost-efficient

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1) copieux

2) généreux

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lavish

36
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précaire, fragile

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precarious

37
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rentable

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profitable

38
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fiable

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reliable

39
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débrouillard

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resourceful

40
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misérable

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poverty-ridden

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égoïste

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selfish

42
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radin

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stingy

43
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qui a du mal à joindre les deux bouts

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struggling

44
Q

scandaleux

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outrageous

45
Q

renflouer les banques

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to bail out banks

46
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être ds le rouge

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to be in the red

47
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être licencié

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to be laid off

48
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rebondir

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to bounce back

49
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éclater

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to burst

50
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supprimer des emplois

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to cut jobs

51
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diminuer sa conso de nourriture/essence

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1) to cut down on food/gas

2) to scale back on food/gas

52
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ne pas s’acquitter de ses traites

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to default on one’s payment

53
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1) bien s’en sortir

2) réussir

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to do well

54
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distribuer de l’argent, des allocations

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to dole out money/benefits

55
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dégraisser les effectifs

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to downsize

56
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connaître une crise

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to experience a crisis

57
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faire faillite

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to go bust

58
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avoir du mal à payer le loyer

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to have trouble making rent

59
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vivre au crochet de ses parents

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to live off one’s parents

60
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perdre son emploi

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to lose one’s job

61
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se débrouiller

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to make do

62
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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

63
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arriver à payer son loyer

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to make rent

64
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s’en sortir

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to manage

65
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hypothéquer sa maison

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to mortgage one’s house

66
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cesser son acti, faire faillite

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to go out of business

67
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surmonter des obstacles

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to overcome obstacles

68
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rembourser

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to pay back

69
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rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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to pay off a mortgage

70
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mettre de l’argent de côté

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to put money away

71
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sortir de la crise

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to put an end to the crisis

72
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diminuer (les allocations)

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to roll back (benefits)

73
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subventionner

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to subsidize

74
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subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

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to support one’s family

75
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prendre deux emplois

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to TAKE ON two jobs

76
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subir

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to undergo

77
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en temps de crise

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IN times of crisis

78
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avoir un budget serré

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to be ON a tight budget

79
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(être) face à

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(to be) faced with

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