The economic crisis Flashcards

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1
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une phase de baisse

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a downturn

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un fléchissement de l’activité

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a downswing

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Connaître une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

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Une récession

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A recession

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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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The global economic meltdown

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La déflation

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Deflation

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La stagflation

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Stagflation

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L’immobilier

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Property

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Un agent immobilier

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Realtor

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La boule / crise immobilière

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Housing bubble / crisis

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Le prix de immobilier

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Housing prices

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L’immobilier est dans le marasme

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The property market is in the doldrums

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Le bâtiment[secteur économique]

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The building industry

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Emprunter de l’argent à une banque

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To borrow money from bank

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Prêter de l’argent à qn

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To lend money to sb

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Taux d’intérêt

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Interest rate

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Emprunt

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A loan

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Un usurière

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A loan shark

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Faire un emprunt

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To take out a loan

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Une société de crédit immobilier

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A building society

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Ne pas honorer ses engagements

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To default on a loan

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Insolvable

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Insolvent

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L’insolvabilité

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Insolvency

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25
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Un emprunt immobilier

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A mortgage

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Contracter un emprunt immobilier

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To take out, to raise a mortgage

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27
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Hypothéquer sa maison

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To mortgage one’s house

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Rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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To pay off a mortgage

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29
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Saisir un bien immobilier

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To foreclose a mortgage

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30
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Reprendre possession d’un bien

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To repossess property

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Une saisie(immobilier)

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A foreclosure

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32
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Sans abri

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Homeless

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33
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La boule du crédit

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The credit bubble

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34
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La crise du crédit

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The credit crunch

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35
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Le secteur bancaire

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Banking

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36
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Une banque d’affaires

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An investement bank

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37
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Un fonds de pension

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A pension fund

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38
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Une hausse des taux d’intérêt

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A rise in, a hike in interest rates

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39
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Le taux d’inflation

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Inflation rate

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40
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réaliser de bénefices

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to make a profit

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41
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une perte

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a loss

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42
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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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une faillite

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a bankruptcy

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une dette

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debt

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avoir des dettes

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to be in debt

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être dans le / sortir du rouge

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to be in / get out of the red

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renflouer une etreprise

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to bail out a company

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renflouement

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bailout

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un contribuable

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a taxpayer

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un plan de sauvetage

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a rescue plan

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prendre des mesures d’urgence

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to take emergency measures

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une subvention

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a subsidize

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la bourse(des valeurs)

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the stock exchange, the stockmarket

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des actions

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shares

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un actionaire

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a shareholder

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épargner

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to save

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économies

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savings

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les petites épargnants

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small savers

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une obligation

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a bond

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une obligation pourrie

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a junk bond

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un investisseur

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an investor

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un spéculateur

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a speculator

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un fonds spéculatif

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a hedge fund

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la financiarisation de l’économoe

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the financialization of the economy

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la désindustrialisation

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de-industralization

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un financier

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a financier

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un trader véreux

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a rogue trader

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un capitaliste-voyou

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a rogue capitalist

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un gros capitalist

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a fat cat

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une prime

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a bonus

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le délit d’initiés

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insider trading

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la fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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un fraudeur

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a tax dodger

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un paradis fiscale

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a tax haven

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le secteur bancaire

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bank secrecy

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une chaîne de Ponzi

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a Ponzi scheme

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une arnaque

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a scam

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un escros

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a crook

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la politique économique

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economic policy

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des mésures d’austérité

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austerity measures

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un plan de relance

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a stimulus plan

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l’assouplissement quantitatif

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quantitative easing

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stimuler la croissance

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to boost growth

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la déréglementation

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deregulation

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la croissance

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growth

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les dépances publiques

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public spending

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équilibrer un budget

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to balance a budget

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réductions budgétaires drastiques

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drastics budget cuts

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un déficit budgetaire

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a budget deficit

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une agence de notation

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a credit-rating agency

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une augmentation des împots

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a tax rise

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l’investissement

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investment

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les dépenses / la demande des consommateurs

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consumer spending / demand

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réduire les coûts salariaux / de production

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to reduce wage / production costs

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rationaliser

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to streamline

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dégraisser ses effectifs

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to downsize

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restructuration

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restructuring

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licencier des salariés

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to make workers redundant

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supprimer des emplois

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to cut jobs

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des pertes d’emplois

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job losses

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l’économie se redresse

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the economy is recovering

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la reprise

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recovery

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les affaires reprennent

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business is picking up

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une remontée de la croissance

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an upswing in economic growth

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augmenter

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to increase

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monter en flèche

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to soar , to surge