Globalization Flashcards

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un mondialiste

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a pro-globalizer

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libérer les prix

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to deregulate prices

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des ententes illicites (sur les prix)

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price fixing

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délocaliser une entreprise

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to relocate a company

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l’externalisation (d’une activité)

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the offshoring / the outsourcing (of a job)

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y trouver son compte

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to get something out of it

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récolter le fruit de ses efforts

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to reap the benefits of one’s efforts

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une subvention / subventionner

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a subsidy / to subsidize

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qu’on le veuille ou non

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like it or not

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même si cela est qqchose

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albeit one

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devrait bénéficier

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stands to gain

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laissé-pour-compte

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left behind

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tenu responsable

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held responsible

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payer au prix fort

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to bear the brunt

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4 fois plus élevé que

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4 times that between

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réduire les subventions agricoles

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to cut the agricultural subsidies

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tout en réclamant

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while insisting that

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valeurs communes

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shared values

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code de conduite

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codes of behaviour

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passer progressivement à

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to make the transition to

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durable

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sustainable

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faire tourner l’économie

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to fuel the economy

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en masse

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in droves

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envoyer (des biens)

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to ship

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entraver
to hobble
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une incitation
an insentive
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devancer
to outstrip
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un repère, une référence
a benchmark
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représenter
to account for
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la bourse (marché financier)
the stock market
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une action (bourse) / un actionnaire
a share / a shareholder
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une entreprise cotée en bourse
a listed company
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être en piteux état (en lambeaux)
to lie in tatters
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forte expansion (florissante)
a boom, a thrive
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séparer, dégrouper
to unbundle
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une aubaine
a boon
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un critère
a yardstick
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portée internationale
global reach
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réduire
to massage down
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à l’étranger
abroad
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un rachat
a takeover
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une enchère
a bid
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immatériel
intangible
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droits d’utilisation de la marque
branding rights
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une candidature
an application
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répondre aux besoins de
to meet the demands of
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être résolu
to be sorted out
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surmonter
to overcome, to get over
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le chiffre d’affaires
the turn over
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un appartement
a flat
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plat
flat
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peu importe
whether
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assister à qqch
to attend
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un témoin
a witness
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réel
actual
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famine
starvation
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sec / sécheresse
dry / drought
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fournir
to provide
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dans la mesure où
as so far as
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anonyme
faceless
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libérer, déchaîner
to unleash
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éviter
to avoid
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to slip
se glisser
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dépasser
to outstrip
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estimer
to out-think
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un morceau
a chunk
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échelle, ampleur
a scale
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faire ce que qqn a ordonné
to do one’s bidding
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un renversement
an unwinding
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distant
aloof
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mourir
to denise
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faible
tiny
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alerter
to warn
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rapporter
to bring in, to yield
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la portée
the reach, the scope
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les pours et les contres
the haves and the have-nots
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marquer un arrêt
to bring something to the halt, to stall
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la disponibilité
the availability
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chaîne d’approvisionnement
supply chain
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provenir de
to stem from
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être réduit, serré
be squeezed
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le rythme
the pace
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un atout
an asset
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faire naître, réagir, provoquer
to spur, to prompt, to spawn
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à double tranchant
two-edged sword
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de base
staple
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remarquer
to point out
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être à son comble
to reach fever pitch
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contraindre, obliger
to compel
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plier baggage
to pull up stakes
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freiner, réduire
to curb
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adapter
to tailor
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en outre
what is more
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classer
to rank
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gêner, ralentir
to crimp
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considérer, estimer
to crimp
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les afflux, les arrivées
the inflows
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un retour de flamme/bâton
a backlash
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soutenir, supporter qqn
to have someone’s back
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se retirer
to withdraw
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s’engager
to commit
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un renversement
an overthrow
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dénoncer
to whistleblow
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un serment
an oath
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quelque chose qui mérite d’être expliqué
something that warrants unpacking
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casser, réduire
to slash
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laisser la place, céder
to give way
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s’essouffler
to run out of steam
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être accusé
to be charged
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piller
to despoil
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dépasser
to outstrip
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et encore
that is
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compenser
to made up for
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céder à
to cave in
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une alerte
a whistleblower
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l’ensemble des citoyens
the citizenry
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accumuler
to accrue
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inutile de dire
needless to say
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quelque chose qui en dit long
something which speaks volumes
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en quelque sorte, pour ainsi dire
as it were
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ailleurs
elsewhere
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afin que
so that
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à voix basse
in a hushed voice
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se soumettre
to comply
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démodé
outadated
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de peur que
lest
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à moins que
unless
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en finir avec
to end up with
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gagner du temps
to save time
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avare
stingy
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c’est dommage
it’s a pity
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pas de pot
too bad, though luck
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témoigner
to witness
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une tendance, une mode
a trend
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prévoir
to forecast
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gâcher
to blight
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inverser la tendance
to curb the trend
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s’effondrer
to collapse
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recevoir
to host
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retirer, se retirer
to withdraw
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nocif
harmful
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les sceptiques
the doubters
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tape-à-l’oeil
glitzy
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une aubaine
a windfall
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légèrement
slightly
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amasser
to rake in
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présumé, soi-disant
alleged
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faire savoir ses intentions
to state one’s intentions
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centre ville
downtown
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à la pointe de / de pointe
state-of-the-art
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incarner
to embody