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société cotée en Bourse

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a listed/quoted company

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une action/des actions

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a share/equities

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les actions

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stocks

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valeurs mobilières

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stocks and shares

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le capital d’une société

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total stock capital

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un portefeuille d’actions

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a portfolio

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un actionnaire

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a shareholder

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un porteur

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a bearer

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petits porteurs

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small shareholders

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un agent de change

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a stockbroker

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des titres

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securities

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bons du trésor

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government securities/treasury bills

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obligations

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bonds

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une monnaie

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a currency

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le taux de change

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the exchange rate

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flottante

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a floating currency

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à parité fixe

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a fixed currency

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frapper de la monnaie

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to mint/to coin money

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un billet de banque

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a bill (US), a banknote (GB)

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de la petite monnaie

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change

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une pièce de monnaie

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a coin

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faire des transactions boursières

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to trade on the stock market

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the market can be …

  • Ferme
  • animé
  • soutenu
  • terne
  • anémié
  • déprimé
  • irrégulier
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  • firm
  • brisk
  • buoyant
  • dull
  • sluggish
  • depressed
  • erratic
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un marché mal au point

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an ailing market

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fléchir légèrement

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to edge down

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monter légèrement

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to edge up

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tomber dans le marasme

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to fall into the doldrums

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l’indice

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the index

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l’index de wall street

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the dow jones

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les risques financiers

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financial exposure

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un spéculateur a la baisse

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a bear

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une marché baissier

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a bear market/ a falling market

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un repli

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a downturn

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baisser légèrement

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to ease/ to drift

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une chute libre

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a plunging market

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nerveux

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a jittery, a restive market

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un effondrement

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a collapse, a smash

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une déroute

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a debacle

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marasme

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a slump

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être dans une situation difficile

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to be in deep water

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plonger

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to plummet, to take a nosedive

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provoquer un effondrement

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to trigger a crash

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subir de lourdes pertes

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to suffer heavy losses

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être ruiné

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to be wiped out

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atteindre le niveau le plus bas/haut jamais enregistré

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to hit an all-time low/high

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un investisseur optimiste

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a bull

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spéculer à la hausse

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to go bull/ to bull the market

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une tendance à la hausse

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the market is bullish, a bullish tendency

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fébrile

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hot market

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monter soudainement

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to spurt

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un essor

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a boom

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un revirement

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a turnabout

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax-haven

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produire un bénéfice

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to yield a profit

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prise de contrôle

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a takeover

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une fusion

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a merger

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lancer une offre

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to launch a bid

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faire main-basse sur

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to snatch a company

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couler

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to sink

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bénéfices d’une entreprise

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corporate profit

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s’en mettre plein les poches

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to fatten one’s wallet

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ratisser des milliards

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to rake a billions

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encourager à investir

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to entice people to invest

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s’introduire en bourse

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to go to the market

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se mondialiser

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to go global

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une SARL

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private limited company

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une société immobilière

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a real-estate company

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une compagnie aérienne

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an airline company

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une compagnie de navigation

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a shipping company

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une compagnie d’assurance

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an insurance company

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une société de vente par correspondance

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a mail-order firm

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lancer une start-up

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to launch a start-up

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croissance économique des hautes technologies

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high-tech economic growth

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une succursale

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a branch

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une filiale

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a subsidiary

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le siège d’une société

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the headquarters, the Head Office

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une société qui a son siège à HK

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a HK-based company

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une perte sèche

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a dead loss

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subir des pertes

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to incur losses

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accumuler des pertes

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to run up losses

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limiter ses pertes

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to cut one’s losses

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vendre à perte

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to sell at loss

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à prix coutant

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to sell at cost price

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une société endettée

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an indebted firm/ a leveraged firm

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insolvabilité

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insolvency

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solvabilité

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solvency

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subir un revers

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to suffer a setback

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augmentation rapide des coûts

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surging costs

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bénéfices en chute libre

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collapsing profits

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lutter pour sa survie

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to battle for survival

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laisser péricliter

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to run a company into the ground

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une sté qui fait faillite

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a bankrupt company

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la gestion de l’entreprise

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company management

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diriger une entreprise

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to run a company

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être à la tête de…

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to be at the head of…

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un décideur

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a decision maker

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les cadres supérieurs

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the top management/ top executives/ senior staff

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le prédisent

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the chairman

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PDG

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CEO - The chief executive officer

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le DG

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the general manager

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le conseil d’admin

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the board of directors

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le directeur adjoint

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the deputy-manager

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secrétaire de direction

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an executive secretary

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directeur régional

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a district manager

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un chef de service

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a department manager

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directeur des ventes

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a sales manager

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présider une réunion, un conseil

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to chair a meeting

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tenir une réunion, un conseil

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to hold a meeting

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adopter une motion

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to pass a motion

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rejeter

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to reject

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l’ordre du jour

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the agenda

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un point de l’ordre du jour

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an item on the agenda

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le personnel

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the staff

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la masse salariale

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the payroll

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un employé de bureau

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a clerk

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un comptable

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an accountant

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un stagiaire

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a trainee

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un magasinier

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a store-keeper

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un chef de bureau

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a chief clerk

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le travail du bureau

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clerical work

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regarder l’avenir en face

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to look ahead

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montrer des qualités de gestion

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to display managerial skills

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mettre sa carrière en jeu

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to stake one’s career

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être dévoué à

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to be dedicated to

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avoir le profil pour

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to be fit for

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une aptitude

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an ability

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compétences

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skills

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expérience professionnelle

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work experience

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la compétence

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expertise

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le savoir-faire

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know-how

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bien formé

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well-trained

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être surmené

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to be overworked

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un bourreau du travail

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a workaholic

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travailler dur

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to be hardworking

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appliqué

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painstaking

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autoritaire

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authoritarian

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impitoyable

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ruthless, merciless

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être paresseux

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to be workshy

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un paresseux, un tire-au)flanc

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a loafer

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un parasite

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a scrounger, sponger

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offrir une incitation salariale

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to offer a wage incentive

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satisfaction professionnelle

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job satisfaction

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l’échelle sociale

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the social ladder

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une société à deux vitesses

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a two-tier society

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la course à la réussite

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the rat race

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faire fortune en partant de rien

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to go from rags to riches

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mobilité sociale

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social mobility

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