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activité commerciale liée au secteur primaire

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agribusiness

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Matières premières

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raw materials

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Biens , marchandises, articles

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goods

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production industrielle

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manufacturing

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industries traditionnelles

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«smokestack» industries

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se désindustrialiser

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To desindustrialise

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L’automatisation

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automation

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aller à l’encontre d’une tendance

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To buck the trend

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Un changement radical

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a substantial shift

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une économie tertiaire , de services

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a service-based economy

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Les biens immatériels

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intangible goods

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La vente au détail

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retailing

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La vente en gros

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wholesaling

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L’efficacité

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effectiveness

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Délimiter, définir les contours de

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to delineate

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Géré par l’état

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state-run

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La marque de

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The hallmark of

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Entraver

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To hinder , to hamper

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Un mandat de premier ministre

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premiership

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Créateur de richesses

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wealth-producing

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protégé des effets de la crise

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recession-proof

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destructeur de richesses

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wealth-consuming

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Être voué à

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To be bound to

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lancer une critique contre

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to level criticism at

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Des postes à haut niveau de responsabilités

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high-powered positions

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inférieur, subalterne

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menial

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Les avantages sociaux

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benefits

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Intérim, emploi temporaire

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contingency work

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Au bout du compte

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At the end of the day

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Jetable

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disposable

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Personnes qui changent fréquemment d’emploi

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job-hoppers

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un emploi alimentaire

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a bread-and-butter job

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un emploi sans perspective de carrière

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a dead-end job

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une carrière

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a career path

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avoir des répercussions sur

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to have a knock-on effect on

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  1. Le résultat financier

2. L’essentiel

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bottom line

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inventer une expression

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To coin an expression

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péjoratif

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derogatory

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39
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Expressions à la mode

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vogue expressions

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Conforme aux attentes des touristes

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tourist-friendly

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apparence , vernis

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veneer

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chimérique

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make-believe (adj)

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général, global

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across-the-board (adj)

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Être contrarié par, indigné de

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to resent sth

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Rehausser, réparer , racheter

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to redeem

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image de marque

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brand image

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filiale

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arm

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contre-attaquer

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To strike back

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Le commerce électronique

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e-commerce

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les logiciels

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software

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Le matériel informatique

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hardware

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la bulle internet

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The Internet bubble

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annoncer l’arrivée de

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to herald

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le commerce en ligne

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e-trade

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S’avérer

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to prove (to be)

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perturber

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to be disruptive to

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sortir indemne de la crise

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To ride out the storm

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un commerce traditionnel (pas en ligne)

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a bricks-and-mortar business

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un commerce traditionnel qui a aussi développé une activité en ligne

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a clicks-and-mortar business

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un commerce en ligne

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a clicks-only business

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Les frais d’entreposage ou de magazinage

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warehouse costs

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Donner davantage d’autonomie à qqun

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To empower sb

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Facile d’utilisation

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user-friendly

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Une boutique en ligne

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a virtual store

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un ensemble impressionnant de

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an array of

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un service sur mesure , personnalisé

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a customised service

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un pionnier

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a trailblazer

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un épicier

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a grocer

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une start-up

online

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a dotcom

dotcom (adj)

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Désespérément à court de temps

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time-starved

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à la suite de , dans le sillage de

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in the wake of

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l’éclatement de la bulle internet

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the bursting of the Internet bubble = the dotcom crash

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un commerçant en ligne

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an e-tailer

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se maintenir à flot

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to stay afloat

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la concurrence

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competition

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des enchères en temps réel

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real-time auction

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un enchérisseur

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a bidder

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mobile commerce

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m-commerce

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faire partie des priorités de qqun

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To be high on sb’s agenda

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l’encodage

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encryption

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potentiel

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would-be

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confier à qqun qqch / la responsabilité de faire qqch

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To entrust sb with (doing) sth

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un PDG

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a CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

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Un registre

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a log

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se syndiquer

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to unionise

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des mesures pr la sauvegarde de l’environnement

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conservation measures

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une chaîne logistique

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a supply chain

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un partisan de

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a proponent of

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les ONG

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NGOs

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louable

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commendable

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excès

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overindulgence

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galopant, endémique

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rampant

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sensibiliser qqn à qqch

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to sensitise sb to sth

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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étouffer

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to stifle

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excessif

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overblown

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une refonte

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an overhaul

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une prime

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a premium

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