14. The Economic Crisis Flashcards

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Une phase de baisse

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A downturn, a downswing

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Des hauts et des bas

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Boom and bust

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Un ralentissement

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A slowdown

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Connaître une période difficile

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To go through a bad patch

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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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The global economic meltdown

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Baisser, diminuer

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To fall, To slide, to decrease, to drop

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S’effondrer , plonger , dégringoler

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To slump, to collapse, to plummet, to plunge, to tumble

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L’immobilier

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Property, real estate

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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent (GB), a realtor( US)

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La crise Immo

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The housing crisis

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Les prix de l’immobilier

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Housing/ property / real estate prices

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Le bâtiment

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The building industry

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Emprunter de l’argent à une banque

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To borrow money from a bank

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Prêter de l’argent à qq

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To lend money To sb

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Taux d’intérêt

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Interest rate

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Un prêt

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A loan

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Un usurier

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A loan shark

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Faire un emprunt

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To take out a loan

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Une société de crédit immobilier

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A building society

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Un crédit hypothécaire

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A mortgage

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Hypothéquer sa maison

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To mortgage one ´ s house

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Rembourser un emprunt Immo

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To pay off a mortgage

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Saisir un bien immobilier

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To foreclose a mortgage

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Reprendre la possession d'un bien
To repossess property
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Une saisie (immobilière )
A foreclosure
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Sans abri
Homeless
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Le secteur bancaire
Banking
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Une banque d'affaires
An investment bank
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Réaliser des profits
To make a profit
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Faire faillite
To go bankrupt
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Une faillite
A bankruptcy
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Une dette
A debt
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Avoir des dettes
To be in debt
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Une subvention
A subsidy
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La bourse
The stock exchange, The stockmarket
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Des actions
Shares, stocks
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Un actionnaire
A shareholder
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Épargner
To save
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Economies
Savings
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Les petits épargnants
Small savers
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Une prime
A bonus
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Le délit d'initiés
Insider dealing
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Fraude fiscale
Tax evasion
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Un fraudeur
A tax dodger
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Une escroquerie
A scam
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Un escroc
A crook
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La croissance
Growth
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Licencier des salariés
To Lay off workers
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Supprimer des emplois
To cut jobs
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Des suppressions d'emploi
Job losses
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La reprise
Recovery
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Les affaires reprennent
Business si picking up
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Monter en flèche
To soar, to surge, to rocket