english voc difficult Flashcards by Émilie Vander Putten

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toucher du chômage

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be on the dole

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atelier clandestin

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sweatshop

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éventail politique

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political spectrum

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effet de ruissèlement

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trickle-down effect

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un haut fonctionnaire

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a high-ranking civil servant

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se ridiculiser

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to make a fool of sbd (himself)

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honoraires

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fees

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salaire au rendement

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performance-related pay

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être employé par une compagnie

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to be on a compagny’s payroll

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dans une situation désespérée

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in a desperate straits

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dans les griffes

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in the clutches

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attirer

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to lure

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rationaliser

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to streamline

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un délégué syndical

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a shop steward

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inconditionnel

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non-means-tested

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traitement

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stipend

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aisé

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well-off

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parmis les nantis

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in the moneyed circles

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un magnat des médias

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a media mogul

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un roi des logiciels

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software tycoon

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sociétés écran

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shell companies

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to join forces

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se mobiliser

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to join forces

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se mobiliser

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un ménage à revenue faible

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a low-income household

une société à deux-vitesse

a two-tier society

la fracture sociale

the gap between the haves and the have-nots

un écart

a discrepancy

un gouffre

a chasm

rivalités éthnique

ethnic strife

histoire de qqn qui est passé de pauvre à riche

a rags-to-riches story

un taudis

a slum

se serrer la ceinture

to tighten your belt

vivre avec peu d'argent

to be on a shoestring (budget)

jeter l'argent par les fenêtres

to throw money down the drain