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The Economy Flashcards

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L’économie mondiale

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The world economy

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La croissance économique

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Economic growth

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Une politique économique

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An economic policy

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La crise économique

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The economic crisis

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Être en crise

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To be in crisis

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Des difficultés économiques

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Economic troubles

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Stagner

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To stagnate

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Un ralentissement de l’économie

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A slowdown in the economy

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Une dépression ,

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An economic slump

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La crise du crédit

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Credit crunch

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Le taux d’inflation

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The inflation rate

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Le coût de la vie

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The cost of living

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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The purchasing power

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Surmonter une crise

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To weather a crisis

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La reprise économique

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Economic recovery

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Un redressement économique

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An economic upturn

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Relancer l’économie

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To reflate the economy

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Faire redémarrer l’économie

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To get the economy going again

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Une amélioration de la croissance économique

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An upswing in economic growth

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Être en déficit

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To be in déficit/to be in the red

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Des mesures d’austérité

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Austerity measures

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La bourse monte/baisse

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The stock Exchange is going up/down

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Le chômage

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The unemployment / joblessness

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Le taux de chômage

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The unemployment rate

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Les chiffres du chômage

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Unemployment figures

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Être au chômage

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To be unemployed / jobless/out of a job / out of work

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Un chomeur

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An unemployed man

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Les chômeurs de longue durée

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The long term unemployed

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Le marché de l’emploi

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The job market

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Un demandeur d’emploi

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A job seeker

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Chercher du travail

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To look for work

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Postuler pour un emploi

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To apply for a job

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Une demande d’emploi

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A job application

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Un licenciement pour raison économique

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A redundancy / a layoff

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Être licencié pour raison économique

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To be made redundant/ to be laid off

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Être viré

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To be fired/ To be sacked

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Des suppressions d’emplois

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Job cuts

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38
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Supprimer des emplois

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To axe jobs

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39
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Une compression de personnel

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Cutback in staff

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Un plan de création d’emplois

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A job creation scheme

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La formation professionnelle

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Vocational training

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Être en formation

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To do training

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Un stagiaire

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A trainee

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Être à l’essai

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To be on probation

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Toucher des allocs chômage

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To be on the dole

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Indemnités de licenciement

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Severance pay

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Le chômage des jeunes

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Youth unemployment

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Petits boulots

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Odd jobs

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Le monde du travail

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The world of work

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Le plein emploi

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Full employment

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La main d’œuvre

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The workforce

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Faire les trois huit

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To work in shifts

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Les conditions de travail

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Working conditions

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La semaine de 35h

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The 35-hour working week

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Faire des heures supplémentaires

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To work overtime/ to do overtime

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L’absentéisme

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Absenteeism

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Travailler à plein temps/mo temps

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To work full time/part time

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Un travailleur Manuel

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A blue-collar worker

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Un ouvrier non qualifié

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An unskilled worker

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Un employé de bureau

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A white-collar worker

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Un intérimaire

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A temp

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Un soutien de famille

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A breadwinner

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Un CDD

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a fixed-term contract

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Un CDI

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A permanent contract

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Un fonctionnaire

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A civil servant

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La fonction publique

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The civil service

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Un emploi peu rémunéré

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A low paid job

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Un emploi bien rémunéré

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A highly paid job

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Un plan de carriere

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A career track

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Le monde de l’entreprise

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The corporate world

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Une entreprise

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A firm/ a company

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Une entreprise publique

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A state owned company

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Privatiser

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To privatize

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Une PME

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A medium-sized business

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Diriger une entreprise

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To run a company

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Le PDG

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CEO ( chief executive officer)

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Être salarié d’une entreprise

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To be on the payroll

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Un cadre supérieur

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A top executive

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Un employé

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An employee

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L’esprit d’entreprise

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The spirit of enterprise

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Être entreprenant

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To be enterprising

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Créer une entreprise

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To establish a company

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Le monde des affaires

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The business world

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Acquérir

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To acquire

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Une fusion

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A merger

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Racheter une entreprise

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To buy out a firm

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Absorber une entreprise

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To swallow up a firm

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Une OPA

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A takeover bid

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Subir une perte

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To make a loss

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Un actionnaire

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A shareholder

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La faillite

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Bankruptcy

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Faire faillite

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To go bust/ go broke

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Restructurer , réorganiser une entreprise

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To restructure/to revamp/ to streamline a company

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Salaire

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Wage

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agitation sociale

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social unrest

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un salarié

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A wage earner

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Sa paie

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His wage packet

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Un salaire horaire

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An hourly wage

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Le smic

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the minimum wage

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Avoir un bon salaire

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To earn a good wage

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Être bien/mal payé

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To be well/badly paid

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Être promu

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To get promotion / to be promoted

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L’impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

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Avoir des revenus élevés

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To be on a high income

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Le salaire net

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Take-home pay

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Le revenu brut

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Gross income

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Des honoraires

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Fees

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Une revendication de salaire

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A wage claim

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Une augmentation de salaire

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A wage rise/ a pay rise

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Des négociations salariales

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Pay negotiations

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Un conflit salarial

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A pay dispute

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Un syndicat

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A trade union

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Se syndiquer

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To join an union

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Se mettre en grève

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To go on strike

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Une manifestation

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A demonstration

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organiser un événement

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To stage an event

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Corrompre qq

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To bribe sb

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Participer à

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To take part in

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L’athlétisme

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Athletics

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Un prétendant

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A contender

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L’hymne

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The anthem

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Devenir trop commercial

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To get too commercial

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Des installations / équipement

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Facilities

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