The Crisis Flashcards

(55 cards)

1
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A foreclosure

A

Une saisi immobilière

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2
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Homelessness

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Le problème des sans abri

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3
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Job insecurity

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La précarité

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4
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Austerity measures

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Des mesures d’austérité

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5
Q

An economic meltown

A

L’effondrement de l’éco

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6
Q

A mortgage

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Un prêt hypothécaire

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7
Q

Profitable

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Rentable

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8
Q

Struggling

A

Qui a du mal à joindre les deux bouts

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9
Q

To bounce back

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Rebondir

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10
Q

To experience a crisis

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Connaître une crise

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11
Q

To lose one’s job

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Perdre son emploi

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12
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To make do

A

Se débrouiller

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13
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To put an end To the crisis

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Sortir de la crise

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14
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To Roll back benefits

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Diminuer les allocations

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15
Q

To be face with

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Faire face à

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16
Q

To take on two jobs

A

Prendre deux boulots

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17
Q

To survive on coupons

A

Vivre de coupon

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18
Q

To support one’s family

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Subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

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19
Q

To pay back

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Rembourser

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20
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To overcome obstacles

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Surmonter les obstacles

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21
Q

To mortgage one’s house

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Hypothéquer sa maison

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22
Q

To make ends meet

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Joindre les deux bouts

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23
Q

To live off one’s parents

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Vivre aux crochet de ses parents

24
Q

To live above/below the poverty Line

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Vivre au dessus/en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

25
To dole out benefits
Distribuer des allocations
26
To do Well
Bien s'en sortir
27
To cut jobs
Supprimer des emplois
28
To be laid off
Être licencié
29
To be hit hard by
Être touché de plein fouet par
30
To be on the red
Être dans le rouge
31
Selfish
Égoïste
32
Stingy
Radin
33
Crime-ridden
Ou règne le crime
34
Resourceful
Débrouillard
35
Precarious
Précaire
36
Demeaning
Dégradant
37
Available
Disponible
38
Soaring unemployement
Le chômage en forte augmentation
39
A rogue trader
Un trader véreux
40
A redundancy scheme
Un plan social
41
A scam
Une escroquerie
42
Resourcefulness
Débrouillardise
43
Precariousness
Précarité
44
A down payment
Un acompte
45
A dead-end job
Emploi sans perspective
46
A odd job
Un petit boulot
47
A low-paid job
Un emploi mal payé
48
A developer
Un promoteur immobilier
49
Real estate
L'immobilier
50
De-industrialization
Désindustrialisation
51
The credit crunch
La crise du credit
52
Two crises
Deux crises
53
A coupon
Un bon de réduction
54
A crook, a swindler, a conman
Un escroc
55
The housing bubble
La bulle immobilière