Business Flashcards

(72 cards)

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grave

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severe

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croissance économic

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economic growth

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continuellement, infiniment

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endlessly

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4
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être intéresser en

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to be interested in sth

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les actions, le cours des actions

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share prices

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être élevé, bien se porter

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to fly high

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7
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un taux d’intérêt

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an interest rate

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grimper en flèche, s’envoler, décoller

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to soar (to … %)

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remarquer

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to notice

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10
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gagner sa vie

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to earn (one’s) living

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acquérir, acheter

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to purchase

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profiter de quelque chose

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to benefit from sth

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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épuisé

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drained

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15
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étant donné

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given

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16
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qui facilite la tâche

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labour-saving

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17
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un appareil

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a device

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insister fortement, harceler

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to hassle for sth

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19
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produits chimiques

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chemicals

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20
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se soucier de

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to be concerned about sth

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21
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bienveillant

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benevolent

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22
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l’avidité, la cupidité

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greed

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23
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simplement, seulement

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merely

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24
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faire faillite

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to go bust

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un fournisseur, distributeur
a retailer
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cesser ses activités
to go out of business
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stagner
to go into stalemate
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un moteur
an engine
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tourner sans arrêt, à l'infini
to turn relentlessly
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désirer ardemment qlqch
to yearn for sth
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le désir de quelque chose
a yearning for sth
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repus, rassasié
satiated
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une gamme, un éventail
a range of sth
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la pression sanguine
blood pressure
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faire régime
to diet
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presque
nearly
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constiter de
to consist of sth
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facture
a bill
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nécéssiter
to appeal for sth
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les sans-abris
the homeless
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les meurs de fins, les affamés
the starving
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culture marchande
cash crops
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rembourser les intérêts
to service a debt
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rembourser, effacer intégralement une dette
to pay a debt off
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faire du profit
to make profit from sth
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un atelier où la main d'oeuvre est exploitée
a sweat shop
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les déchets
waste
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exiger
to demand
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être indifférent à quelque chose
to be mindless of sth
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être dépourvu, dénoué de
to be devoid of sth
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oublier, ne pas être conscient de
to be oblivious to sth
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rassembler
to muster sth
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plonger
to plummet
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grimper en flèche
to shoot up
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part de marché
a market share
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tomber, chuter, trébucher
to tumble
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faire un bon, bondir
to leap in profit
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un taux
a rate
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plonger
to plunge (to ... %)
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une chute, un marasme
a slump
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remonter, repartir, reprendre
to pick up
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les frais généraux
an overhead
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atteindre un sommet
to peak
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toucher le fond, atteindre un plancher
to reach one's lowest point
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se stabiliser
to level out
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to go up, s'envoler
to soar
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léger
slight
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graduellement
gradual
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content, régulier
steady
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vertigineux, net
sharp
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spectaculaire
dramatic
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important, conséquant
substantial