The Consumer Society Flashcards

0
Q

acheter

A

to buy / to purchase

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

la société d’abondance

A

the affluent society

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

the purchasing power

A

le pouvoir d’achat

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

goods/ wares/ commodities

A

les marchandises

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

les biens de consommation

A

consumer goods

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

the standard of living

A

le niveau de vie

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

un foyer

A

a household

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

riché/ fortuné/ aisé

A

rich/ wealthy/ well-to-do

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

pauvre/ indigent

A

poor/ destitute/ needy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

cher

A

expensive/ costly/ pricey(fam)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

to rocket/ to soar/ to spiral

A

monter en flèche (prix)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

baisser (prix)

A

to fall/ to go down/ to drop

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

s’ffonder

A

to collapse

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

les dépenses

A

expenses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

upmarket/ downmarket

A

haut/bas de gamme

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

un détaillant

A

a retailer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

a shop windows

A

une vitrine

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

faire du lèche-vitrines

A

to go window-shopping

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

un centre commercial

A

a shopping mall/ a shopping centre

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

devoir de l’argent à qqun

A

to owe movey to sb

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

to discard/ to get rid of

A

se débarasser de

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

jeter par les fenêtres

A

to squander

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

une culture du gaspillage

A

a throw-away culture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

consommation ostentatoire

A

conspicuous consuption

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

être conditionné

A

to be brainwashed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

to save

A

économiser

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

thrift/ thrifty

A

la frugalité/ économe, frugal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

les soldes

A

sales

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

to barter

A

troquer

29
Q

marchander

A

to haggle/ to bargain

30
Q

the sharing economy

A

l’économie du partage

31
Q

No Buying Day

A

la journée sans achats

32
Q

réduire ses dépenses (en)

A

to cut back/ down on sth

33
Q

companies

A

les entreprises

34
Q

une concurrence acharnée

A

keen/ fierce/ cutthroat

35
Q

une part de marché

A

a market share

36
Q

corporate image

A

image d’entreprise

37
Q

culture d’entreprise

A

corporate culture

38
Q

actionnaire

A

shareholder/ stakeholder

39
Q

a chain store

A

une chaîne de magasins

40
Q

une filiale, une succursale

A

a branch, a subsidiary

41
Q

la valeur/ valoir

A

worth/ to be worth

42
Q

business accountability

A

la responsabilité des entreprises

43
Q

la responsabilité sociale des entreprises

A

corporate social responsibility

44
Q

fusionner

A

to merge

45
Q

to buy out

A

racheter

46
Q

la faillite

A

bankruptcy

47
Q

plaireà

A

to appeal to

48
Q

brands

A

les marques

49
Q

flatter les goûts de…

A

to pander to the tastes of

50
Q

signe extérieur de réussite

A

status symbol

51
Q

to court/ to woo customers

A

rechercher des clients

52
Q

étude de marché

A

market survey

53
Q

répondre au normes/ aux exigences

A

to meet the standards/ the demands

54
Q

a fad

A

une mode passagère

55
Q

un sondage d’opinion

A

opinion poll

56
Q

la publicité

A

advertising

57
Q

le publicité mensongère

A

misleading advertising

58
Q

a billboard (US)/ a hoarding (GB)

A

un panneau publicitaire

59
Q

une devise

A

a motto

60
Q

une litanie

A

a mantra

61
Q

diffuser

A

to broadcast

62
Q

a commercial

A

un spot publicitaire

63
Q

des arguments de vente, des boniments publicitaires

A

sales pitch/ sales patter

64
Q

the blurb

A

le texte publicitaire

65
Q

transmettre une idée

A

to convey an idea

66
Q

to get a message accross

A

faire passer un message

67
Q

incarner

A

to embody

68
Q

a press release

A

un communiqué de presse

69
Q

un matraquage publicitaire

A

an advertising blitz

70
Q

un coup médiatique

A

a publicity stunt

71
Q

hype

A

le battage publicitaire