The Crisis Flashcards

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1
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Une allocation/ un avantage

A

A benefit

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2
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La bulle immobilière

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The housing bubble

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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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Désindustrialisation

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De-industrialization

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5
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Une saisie (immobilière)

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A foreclosure

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6
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Le problème des sans-abri

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Homelessness

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7
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La précarité

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Job insecurity / precariousness

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Un emploi mal payé

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A low-paid job

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9
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Un petit boulot

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A small/odd job

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10
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Un emploi sans perspectives

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A dead-end job

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11
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Des mesures d’austérité

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Austerity measures

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12
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L’effondrement de l’économie

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The economic (hdjsnsskk)

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13
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Un prêt hypothécaire

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A mortgage

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14
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Un acompte pour

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A down payment on sth

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15
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La débrouillardise

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Resourcefulness

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16
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Une escroquerie

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A scam

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17
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Un plan social

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A redundancy scheme

18
Q

La hausse du chômage

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Soaring unemployment

19
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Disponible

A

Available

20
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Rentable

A

Profitable

21
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Fiable

A

Reliable

22
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Misérable

A

Poverty-ridden

23
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Scandaleux

A

Outrageous

24
Q

Connaître un marasme économique

A

To be in the economic doldrums

25
Q

Être licencié

A

To be laid off

26
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Être criblé de dettes

A

To be saddled with debt

27
Q

Rebondir

A

To bounce back

28
Q

Supprimer des emplois

A

To cut jobs

29
Q

Ne pas s’acquitter de ses traîtres

A

To default on one’s payment

30
Q

Dégraisser les effectifs

A

To downsize

31
Q

Connaître une crise

A

To experience a crisis

32
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Faire faillite

A

To go bust

33
Q

Vivre aux crochets de ses parents

A

To live off one’s parents

34
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Se débrouiller

A

To make do

35
Q

Sortir de la crise

A

To put an end to the crisis

36
Q

Diminuer les allocations

A

To roll back benefits

37
Q

Subventionner

A

To subsidize

38
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Subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

A

To support one’s family

39
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Vivre de coupons

A

To survive on coupons

40
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Prendre deux emplois

A

To take on two jobs

41
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En temps de crise

A

In Times of crisis

42
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Vivre des allocations familiales

A

To live on child support