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Voc 5 Flashcards

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L’opinion public

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Public opinion

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Une société à 2 vitesses

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A two-tier society

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Le niveau de vie

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The living standard

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Les conditions de vie

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Living conditions

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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The purchasing power

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La mobilité sociale

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Social mobility

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Vivre dans l’aisance

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To be well-off

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La classe

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The pure/mixer/middle class

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La lutte des classes

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Class struggle

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Une famille monoparentale

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A single-parent family

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Joindre les 2 bouts

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To make ends meet

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Violence conjugales

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Domestic violence

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Avortement

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Abortion

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L’effet de ruissèlement.

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The triclke-down effect

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Les aides sociales

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Welfare benefits

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Un HLM

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A council flat

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Faire fortune

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To make a fortune

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S’endetter

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To Run into debt

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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

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Pays sous développés

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Underdeveloled countries

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Pays en voie de développement

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Developing countries

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Un camp de réfugié

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A refugee camp

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Un demandeur d’asile

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An asylum seeker

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Un immigrés clandestin

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An illegal immigrant

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Un procédé
A device
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Bien se vendre
To sell well
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Porte une arme
To bear a gun
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L’économie
The economy
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La science économique
Economics
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FMI
International Monetary Fund
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OMC
The World Trade Organisation
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Le PNB
The Gross Domestic Product
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Le travail au noir
Moonlighting
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Un congé de maternité
A maternity leave
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Faire des heures sup
To work overtime
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Un col bleu
A blue-collar worker
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Un fonctionnaire
A civil servant
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Un patron
A boss
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Le personnel
The staff
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Un employé
An employee
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Un auto entrepreneur
A self-employed worker
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Le salaire minimal
The minimum wage
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Une augmentation
A pay rise
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Une convention collective
A collective bargaining agreement
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Partir à la retraite
To retire
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Une retraite
A pension
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Le capitalisme
Capitalism
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Une économie de marché
A market
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Le libre échange
Free trade
50
Concurrence
Competition
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L’offre et la demande
The supply and demand
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Une monnaie
A currency
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Le troc
Barter
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Une entreprise
A corporation
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Coter une entreprise en bourse
To float a company
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Un actionnaire
A shareholder
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Une entreprise publique
A state-owned company
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Une subvention
A subsidy
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Les profits
Profits
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Le chiffre d’affaire
The turnover
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Une fusion
A merger
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Une privatisation
Idem
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La bourse
The stock exchange
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Un krach
A crash
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Une recession
A slump
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Un impôt sur les sociétés
A corporate tax
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L’évasion fiscale
Tax evasion
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Un paradis fiscal
A tax haven
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Un PDG
A CEO | Chief executive officer
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Le siège
Headquarters
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Une société mère
A parent company
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Une filiale étrangère
A foreign subsidiary
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La mondialisation
Globalisation
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L’externalisation
Outsourcing
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La délocalisation
Offshoring
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Le commerce équitable
Fair trade
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Exploiter
To sweat someone
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Travail à temps plein/partiel
A part/full-time work
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Faire des petits boulots
To do odds jobs
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Embaucher
To hire
81
Licencier
To fire
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Démissionner
To resign
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Un parachute doré
A golden handshake
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Les chômeurs
The unemployed
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Le taux de chômage
The unemployed rate
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Un impôt sur le revenu
An income tax
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Le marché du travail
The job market
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Un chercheur d’emploi
A job seeker
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Candidater à un poste
To appli for a job
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Envoyer un CV
To send a resume
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Une lettre de motivation
A cover letter
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Un stage
An intership
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Un entretien d’embauche
A job interview

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