General economics Flashcards

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un tableau

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a chart

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un trou

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a hole

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concurrence

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competition

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la compétitivité

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the competitiveness

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la consommation

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consumption

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la crise

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the economic downturn

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le déficit commercial

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the trade deficit

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le coût de la vie

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the cost of living

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un salarié

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a wage earner

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la bourse

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the stock exchange

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fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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un écart

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a gap

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des biens de conso

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consumer goods

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bankruptcy

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faillite

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la croissance

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O economic growth

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PIB

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GDP

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Un stimulant

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an incentive

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un foyer

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a household

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le tertiaire

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the services industries

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une facture

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an invoice

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un prêt

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a loan

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un intermédiaire

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a middleman

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avare

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a miser

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les perspectives

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the outlook

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le rendement productivité
the output
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un découvert
an overdraft
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un plan de relance
a stimulus package
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les pauvres
the poor
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le pouvoir d'achat
O purchasing power
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les richesses
riches
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une reprise
a recovery
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un rendement
a return
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les ventes soldes
the sales
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les économies
savings
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un bidonville
a shantytown
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un actionnaire
a shareholder
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une pénurie de
a shortage of
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une action
a share
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une dépression
a slump
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la société de consommation
the consumer society
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une source de revenu
a source of income
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les dépenses
spending
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l'offre et la demande
supply and demand
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un excédent commercial
a trade surplus
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le niveau de vie
the standard of living
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un contribuable
a taxpayer
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négociations commerciales
trade talks
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le libre échange
free trade
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une tendance
a trend
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le chiffre d'affaires
the turnover
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une amélioration
an upswing
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un redressement
an upturn
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la richesse
wealth
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riche
affluent
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mal en point
ailing
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rentable
cost effective
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dans la misère
destitute
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économique au sens peu coûteux
economical
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sombre triste
gloomy
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miséreux
poverty stricken
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rentable
profitable
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stagnant
sluggish
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économe
thrifty
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prospère
thriving
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instable
volatile
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faire des affaires
to be in business
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etre en crise
to be in crisis
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etre a découvert
to be in the red
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conseil d'administration
the board of directors
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avoir de hauts revenus
to be ON a high income
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recevoir un salaire décent
to be paid a living wage
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etre en expansion
to boom
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stimuler
to boost
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réduire un écart
to bridge a gap
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s'effondrer
to collapse
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etre en concurrence avec
to compete with
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diminuer sa conso
to cut back on
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réduire les effectifs
to downsize
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couler
to go under
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investir dans
to invest IN
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etre a la traîne
to lag behind
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gagner sa vie
to make a living
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faire des bénéfices
to make a profit
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fusionner
to merge
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externaliser
to outsource
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plonger
to plummet
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breveter
to patent
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rembourser une dette
to pay off a debt
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mettre de l'argent de côté
to put some mone away
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augmenter les prix
to raise prices
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se remettre
to recover
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to sell out
revendre et vendre tout un stock
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to smuggle
faire de la contrebande
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dépenser l'argent du contribuable
to spend taxpayer dollars
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sharply
brusquement
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steadily
régulièrement
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steeply
de façon abrupte