The Financial Crisis Flashcards

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Un plan de sauvetage

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A bailout

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Une monnaie

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A currency

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Une crise

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A crunch / slump / meldown / downturn

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La falaise fiscale

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The fiscal cliff

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Le plafond de la dette

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The debt ceiling

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Le chiffre d’affaire

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The sales figures

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Un prêt

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A loan

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Les pertes financières

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Red ink

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Une reconnaissance de dette

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An IOU

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Les contribuables

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The taxpayers

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Des sables mouvants, un bourbier

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A quicksands / a quagmire

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Hausses / baisses d’impôts

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Tax raises / cuts

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Le ministre des finances GB

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The chancellor of the Exchequer

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Ministre des finances US

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The Secretzry of the Treasury

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La faillite

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The bankruptcy

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Marge de manœuvre

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Leeway

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Hypothèque

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Mortgages

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En difficulté

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Ailling

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Flottant / instable

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Flickering / unsteady

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Imprévisible

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Unpredictable

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Prendre rapidement de l’ampleur

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To snowball

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Être à découvert

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To be in the red

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Faire tache d’huile

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To spread / gain around

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Aller à vau-l’eau

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To go to hell in a handbasket

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Condescendant

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Patronising / condescending

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Être redevable

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To owe sb

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Être dans une mauvaise passe

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To be in dire straits

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Avoir des réserves

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To be in the black

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Considérablement augmenter

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Ballooning

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Une période

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A span

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Une baisse soudaine

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A drop

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Rapidement

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Quickly / swiftly

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Réduire

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To cut / to slice

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Une cessez-le-feu

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A ceasefire / a truce

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Un avantage

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An advantage

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Un désavantage

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A disadvantage / a downside

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Camper sur ses positions

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To keep the sale opinion / to stick to your guns

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Critiquer

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To criticise / to lambast

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Les chances / les probabilités

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The odds

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Les programmes d’aides sociales

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Social aid programs / entitlement programs

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Des actifs financiers

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Assets

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Une croissance rapide

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A boom

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S’enfuir massivement

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To stampede out

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Privé de

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Starve

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Responsable

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Liable / accountable

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Amortir le choc

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To take up the slack

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Dans une certaine mesure

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To an extent

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Incroyable

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Incredible / Amazing / mind blowing