THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Flashcards by Julia Alexis | Brainscape

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Une phase de baisse

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a downturn

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Un fléchissement de l’activité

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a downswing

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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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Une récession

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A recession, a slump

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The global economic meltdown

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L’effondrement de l’économie mondiale

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Deflation

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La déflation

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Stagflation

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La stagflation

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To fall, to slide, to decrease, to drop

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Baisser, diminuer

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To collapse

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S’effondrer

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L’immobilier

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Property

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Un agent immobilier

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An estate agent

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A developer

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La bulle immobilière

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The housing bubble

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Les prix de l’immobilier

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Housing prices

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The property market is in the doldrums

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L’immobilier est dans le marasme

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The building industry

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Le bâtiment

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To borrow money from a bank

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Emprunter de l’argent à une banque

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To lend money to somebody

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Prêter de l’argent à quelqu’un

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Taux d’intérêt

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Interest rate

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Un prêt, un emprunt

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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 loan

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Ne pas honorer ses engagements

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To default on a loan

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A mortgage

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Un emprunt immobilier

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To take out a mortgage

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Contracter un emprunt immobilier

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To mortgage one’s house

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Hypothéquer sa maison

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A monthly instalment

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Une mensualité

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To pay off a mortgage

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Rembourser un emprunt immobilier

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To foreclose a mortgage

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Saisir un bien immobilier

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Reprendre possession d’un bien

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To repossess property

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Une saisie

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A foreclosure

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Sans abri

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Homeless

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La bulle de crédit

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The credit bubble

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La crise du crédit

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The credit crunch

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Le secteur bancaire

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Banking

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An investment bank

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Une banque d’affaires

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A pension fund

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Un fonds de pension

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A rise in interest rates

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Une hausse du taux d’intérêt

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Inflation rate

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Le taux d’inflation

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To make a profit

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Réaliser des bénéfices

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A loss

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Une perte

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To go bankrupt

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Faire faillite

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A bankruptcy

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Une faillite

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Debt

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Une dette

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To be in debt

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Avoir des dettes

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To be in red

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Être dans le rouge

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Sortir du rouge

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Get out of the red

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La crise immobilière

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The housing crisis

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Que l’on ait connue

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We’ve been throught

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La seconde guerre

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World War II

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Economic policy

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La politique économique

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Boost

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Stimuler

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This opportunity

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L’occasion

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Compétitivité

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Competitiveness

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Protectionnisme

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Protectionism

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La situation devient difficile

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The going gets tough

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He would compel

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Qu’il contraindrait

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Saisir

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To foreclose

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Le domicile

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The homes

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Il n’y a guère de doute

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There is little doubt

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Is a thing of the past

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Appartient au passé