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The economic crisis: boom and bust Flashcards

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1
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Une phase be baisse/ Un fléchissement de l’activité (2)

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A downturn, a downswing

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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Connaître une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

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Une récession (2)

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A recession/A slump

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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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The global economic meltdown

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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent/ A relator

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La bulle/La crise immobilière

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The housing bubble/crisis

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Les prix de l’immobilier (3)

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Housing prices/Property prices/ Real estate 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 a bank

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Prêter de l’argent à quelqu’un

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To lend money to somebody

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Un usurier

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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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Ne pas honorer ses engagements

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To default on a loan

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Insolvable/Insolvabilité

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Insolvent/Insolvency

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Hypothéquer sa maison

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To mortgage one’s house

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Une mensualité

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A monthly instalment

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Rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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To pay of a mortgage

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Saisir un bien immobilier

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To foreclose a mortgage

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SDF

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Homeless

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La crise du crédit

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The credit crunch

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Le secteur bancaire

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Banking

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Une banque d’affaire

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An investment bank

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Une hausse des taux d’intérêt

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A rise/A hike in interest rates

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Faire faillite/ Une faillite

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To go bankrupt/A bankrupcy

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Avoir des dettes

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To be in debt

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Etre dans le rouge

Sortir du rouge

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To be in red

To get out of the red

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Renflouer une entreprise

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To bail out a company

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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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Jouer en Bourse

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To speculate on the stock exchange

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Actions cotées en Bourse

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Common stock

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Epargner/Economies

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To save/Saving

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Les petits épargnants

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Small savers

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Une obligation pourrie

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A junk bond

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La financiarisation de l’économie

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The financialization of the economy

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Le désindustrialisation

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De-industrialization

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Un trader véreux/ Un capitaliste voyous

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A rogue trader/A rogue capitalist

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C’est un gros capitaliste/

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He’s 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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Un fraudeur

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A tax dodger

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Le secret bancaire

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Bank secrecy

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Une chaine de Ponzi

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A Ponzi Scheme

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Un escroc (3)

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A crook/A swindler/a conman

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La politique économique

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Economic policy

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Des mesures d’austérité

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Austerity measures

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Un plan de relance (2)

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A stimulus plan/A stimulus package

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Stimuler la croissance

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To boost growth

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Les dépenses 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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Drastic budget cuts

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Une agence de notation

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A credit-rating agency

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Réduire les couts salariaux/ de poduction

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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 les effectifs

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To downsize

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L’Économie se redresse/ La reprise

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The economy is recovring/ Recovry

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Les affaires reprennent

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Business is picking up

Anglais: the big picture (6 decks)

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