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1
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Un actif

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A worker

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A condition

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Provided

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S’abonner

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To subscribe to

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Un abonnement

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A subscription

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Acharné, féroce

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Fierce, cutthroat

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Acheter, un achat

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To purchase, a purchase

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L’actif (le passif)

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Assets

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Un actionnaire

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A stockholder

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9
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Alimenter

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To fuel

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Une allocation

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A benefit

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Appliquer

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To apply, to implement, to put into practice

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Un article

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An item

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Assumer

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To cope, to manage, to handle (a situation)

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14
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Un atout

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An asset

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Aténuer, adoucir

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To alleviate

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16
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Un bail

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A lease

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17
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Une barrière douanière

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A tariff

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18
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Un bénéfice

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A profit

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19
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Les biens de consommation

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Consumer goods

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20
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Un bilan

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An assessment

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21
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Un bilan comptable

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A balance sheet

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22
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Le blanchissement

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Money laundering

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23
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Bouleverser

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To disrupt, to upset

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24
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La Bourse

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The Stock market/Stock exchange

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25
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Une introduction en Bourse

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An IPO (Initial Public Offering)

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Faire son introduction en Bourse

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To go public, to launch an IPO, to float shares

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27
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Brut

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Gross/crude (pétrole)/raw (matières premières)

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28
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Une candidature

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An application

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29
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Casser les prix

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To slash prices

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30
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Une chef d’entreprise

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A business executive, a company manager

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Un chiffre d’affaires

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A turnover (UK) a sales figure (US)

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Un chiffre

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A figure

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33
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Réaliser un chiffre d’affaires

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To make a turnover/sales figure

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34
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Chômage

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Unemployment, joblessness

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35
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Être au chômage

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To be jobless, unemployed, on the dole, out of work

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36
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Un client

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A customer

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37
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Le commerce de détail

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Retail, retailing

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38
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Le commerce de gros

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Wholesale, wholesaling

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39
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Un comité d’entreprise

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A work council

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40
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Compenser

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To offset

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41
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Compromettre (un accord par ex.)

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To jeopardize

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42
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La comptabilité

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Accounting

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43
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Un comptable

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An accountant

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44
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Un concurrent

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A rival, a competitor

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45
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La concurrence

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Competion, rivalery

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46
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Concurrent

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Competing

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47
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La conjoncture

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The economic situation, the business outlook, the present economic trend

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48
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Consacrer à

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To allot to, to earmark for

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49
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Un conseil

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Advice (uncountable), a piece of advice, some advice

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50
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Un consommateur

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A consumer

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51
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La consommation

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Consumption

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52
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La société de consommation

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The consumer society

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53
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Contrairement à

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Contrary to

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54
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Avoir un effet contraire

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To backfire

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55
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Un contribuable

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A taxpayer

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56
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Un coupable

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A culprit, a guilty person

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57
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Coût d’exploitation

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Operating cost

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58
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Une couverture (sociale, médiatique)

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A coverage

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59
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Un débouché

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An outlet

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60
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Déclencher

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To trigger (off)

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61
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Dégraisser

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To trim

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62
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La demande

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Demand

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63
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Une démission

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A resignation

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Démissionner

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To resign, to quit

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65
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Donner sa démission

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To hand in one’s resignation

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66
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Déposer son bilan

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To file for bankruptcy

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67
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Le déréglementation

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Deregulation

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68
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La désindustrialisation

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Deindustrialization

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69
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Le directeur

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The manager

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Le directeur des ventes

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The sales manager

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71
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Le directeur des ressources humaines, DRH

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The staff/personnel manager

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72
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La direction

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Management

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73
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La (grande) distribution (supermarché, hypermarché etc.)

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Retailing, retail trade, retail

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74
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D’un côté…de l’autre

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On (the) one hand…on the other hand

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75
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Un droit de douane

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A customs duty

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76
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L’économie

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The economy/economics (science)

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77
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Économique (lié à l’économie)

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Economic

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78
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Économique (faire des économies)

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Economical

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79
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Les économies

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Savings

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80
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Les effectifs

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Staff, employees, the payroll

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81
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En effet

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Indeed

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82
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L’électroménager

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Household/domestic appliances

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83
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Un emploi

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A job

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84
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L’emploi

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Work

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85
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Un emprunt

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Loan

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86
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Emprunter

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To borrow/to loan (from the bank)

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87
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L’endettement

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Indebtedness

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88
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Enrayer

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To curb

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89
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Entreprendre

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To undertake

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90
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L’équilibre

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The balance

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91
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Étant donné

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Given

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92
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L’étendue

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The extent

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93
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Évoluer

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To evolve

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94
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Exécuter

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To implement, to fulfill, to harness

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95
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Exploiter (un marché)

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To tap

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96
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Exploiter (une personne)

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To exploit

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97
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Les exportations

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Exports

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98
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Expulser

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To evict

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99
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Une expulsion

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An eviction

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100
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Une facture

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An invoice (the document sent from the company to providers)/a bill, a check (at the restaurant)/the cost (“what it is going to cost”)

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Facturer

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To charge, to invoice

102
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La faillite

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Bankruptcy

103
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Faire un procès

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To sue, to take to court

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Féroce

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Fierce, cutthroat

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Fiable

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Reliable, dependable (someone we can rely on), trustworthy (worth to rely on)

106
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Une filiale

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A subsidiary

107
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Un fondateur

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A founder

108
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Lea frais généraux

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overhead costs

109
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Une fusion

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A merger

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Fusionner

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To merge

111
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Une galerie marchande

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A (shopping) mall

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Gagner sa vie

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To earn one’s living

113
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Gérer (une entreprise)

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To operate, to run

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Guerre (faire la)

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To wage a war

115
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Les heures sup’

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Overtime

116
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Un homologue

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A counterpart

117
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L’Hexagone

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France

118
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Une horaire

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Schedule

119
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S’implanter

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To settle, to set up shop

120
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Les importations

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Imports

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Lea impôts

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Taxes

122
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Un industriel, un fabricant

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An industrialist, a manufacturer, a maker

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L’immobilier

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Real estate, the property market

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S’implanter dans un marché

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To secure/to gain a foothold into a market

125
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Des informations

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Data (plural word)

126
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L’informatique (science)

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Computer science

127
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L’informatique (indistrie)

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Data processing/computer industry

128
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Inexistant

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Nonexistent

129
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Insuffisant

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Insufficient

130
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Interrompre progressivement

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To phase out

131
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Inversement

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Conversely

132
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Les jeunes, la jeunesse

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Young people, youth, the young

133
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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

134
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Un jour férié

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A bank holiday (UK) a day off

135
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Licencier

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To lay off, to make redundant, to dismiss, to fire, to sack

136
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Un licenciement

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A layoff (layoffs), a dismissal, a redundancy

137
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Un licenciement sec

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A layoff without compensation

138
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“Light” (produit)

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Sugar-free, fat-free

139
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Coca light

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Diet Coke

140
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Un locataire

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A tenant

141
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Un logiciel

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Software (uncountable) a computer program

142
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Le marché intérieur

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The domestic market

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Une marque

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A brand, a make (cars), a trademark

144
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Un ménage

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A household

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Mettre à hour

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To update

146
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Une mise à jour

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An update

147
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Mettre en oeuvre

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To implement

148
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Un militant

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An activist, a militant

149
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La monnaie

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Currency

149
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Un moyen

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A means

150
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La nature

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Nature

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Obligatoire

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Compulsory

152
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Un obstacle

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A hindrance

153
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L’offre

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Supply

154
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L’OMC (Organisation Mondiale du Commerce)

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The WTO (Wolrd Trade Organization)

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L’orde du jour

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The agenda

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Par tous les moyens

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(To do) everything (you) can to

157
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Paradoxal

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Paradoxical

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Le passif

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Liabilities

159
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Le patron

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The boss, the head

160
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Les pauvre

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The poor

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Pénétrer un marché

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To break into/to tap a market

162
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Une pénurie

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A shortage

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Les personnes âgées

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The elderly

164
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Un point de vente

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An outlet

165
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La population active

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The working pupulation, the workforce

166
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Le pour et le contre

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The pros and cons

167
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Le pourvoir d’achat

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The purchasing power

168
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Le président (pays)

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The President, the Chief Executive

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Le President/le PDG (société)

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The president, the CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

170
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Le président (association, comité etc.)

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The chairman

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Prétendre

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To allege

172
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Prétendument, paraît-il, à ce qu’on entend

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Allegedly

173
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Prêter

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To lend, to loan (monney)

174
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Un prêt

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A loan

175
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Le prix de revient

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Cost price

176
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Probable

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Likely

177
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La production

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Production, output

178
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Le produit intérieur brut (PIB)

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The gross domestic product (GDP)

179
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Le produit national brut (PNB)

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The gross national product (GNP)

180
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Un propriétaire (qui possède le logement)

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An owner

181
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Un propriétaire (qui loue le logement)

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A landlord

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La pub

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Advertising

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Une pub

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An ad, an advertisement, a commercial

184
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Quant à lui, quand à elle

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Cannot be translated in english

185
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Racheter une société

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To take over, to buy out

186
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Rapporter

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To yield

187
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Réciproquement

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Conversely

188
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Réduire

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To curtail

189
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Relocaliser

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To relocate

190
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Rembourser

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To pay back, to refund

191
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Le rendement

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Yield, return, profit

192
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Un rendez-vous

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An appointment

193
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Se rendre compte

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To realize

194
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Rentabiliser

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To make the most of, to maximise

195
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La rentabilité

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Cost-effectiveness, profitability

196
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Rentrer dans les frais

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To break even

197
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Représenter (s’élever à, se monter à)

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To amount to

198
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Représenter (constituer)

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To account for

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Un responsable

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A manager, the person In charge, the officials

200
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La restauration

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Catering

201
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La restauration rapide

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Fast food

202
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Réaliser des économies

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To make savings, to save money

203
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Réaliser un chiffre d’affaire

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To make a turnover

204
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Le résultat d’exploitation

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The operating/trading profit

205
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Réticent

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Reluctant

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Un retraité

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A retiree, a pensioner

207
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La retraite

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Retirement (état), pension (rémunération)

208
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Un revenu

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An income

209
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Les revenus

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Incomes, earnings

210
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Les riches

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The rich, the affluent, the well-to-do

211
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Les riches et les pauvres

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The haves and the have nots

212
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La richess

A

Wealth

213
Q

Un salaire

A

A wage

214
Q

Un salarié

A

A wage-earner

215
Q

Saturé, engorgé

A

Glutted

216
Q

Sauver (financièrement)

A

To bail out

217
Q

Un sauvetage financier

A

A bailout

218
Q

Séduire, courtiser

A

To wood

219
Q

Sept jours sur sept

A

Seven days a week

220
Q

Un service (entreprise)

A

A department

221
Q

Le siège

A

The head office, the headquarters

222
Q

Une société, une entreprise

A

A company, a firm, a business

223
Q

La société d’abondance

A

The affluent society

224
Q

Une société familiale

A

A family business

225
Q

Sortir d’une crise

A

To climb out of crisis, to weather a crisis

226
Q

Souligner

A

To underscore, to highlight, to point out

227
Q

Soutenir, renforcer

A

To bolster

228
Q

La sous-traitance

A

Subcontracting, subleasing, farming out

229
Q

Sous-traiter

A

To subcontract, to sublease, to farm out

230
Q

Une subvention

A

A subsidy (subsidies)

231
Q

Subventionner

A

To subsidize

232
Q

Supplementaire

A

Additional, extra

233
Q

Supprimer peu à peu

A

To phase out

234
Q

Sur mesure

A

Tailor made, customized

235
Q

Système d’exploitation

A

Operating system

236
Q

Le traffic de drogue

A

Drug trafficking

237
Q

Transformer, remanier, revoir (une organistion)

A

To revamp, to overhaul, to reshuffle

238
Q

Le travail au noir

A

Moonlighting, the underground economy

239
Q

Trompeur

A

Deceptive, misleading

240
Q

Un vendeur

A

A salesperson

241
Q

Vendre

A

To sell

242
Q

Une vente

A

A sale

243
Q

La vente

A

Selling, trade

244
Q

La vente par correspondance (VPC)

A

Mail-order selling

245
Q

La vente en ligne

A

E-commerce, online trading

246
Q

24h/24

A

Round the clock, 24/7

247
Q

Viser

A

To target, to aim at, to focus on

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