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French Vocab March 23
Current events vocabulary (economics, politics, abortion, crime, etc.)
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Language - French
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03/24/2005
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Term
La gestion
 Definition
the action of gerer
Term
Les cadres
 Definition
those responsable for la gestion
Term
Moyens
 Definition
middle-class workers
Term
Supérieurs
 Definition
upper-class workers
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PDG
 Definition
président directeur général (CEO)
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L’affluence
 Definition
richness
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La richesse
 Definition
richness
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La pauvrête
 Definition
poorness
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Aisé
 Definition
well off
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Défavorisé
 Definition
not well off
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Les biens materiels
 Definition
les choses qui créer le niveau social
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Une situation/un poste/un job/un boulot
 Definition
a job
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Avoir les moyens
 Definition
to have enough money to do something
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Les dépenses/les frais
 Definition
cost
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Le loyer
 Definition
rent
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HLM
 Definition
habitation à loyer modéré
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Les matières premières
 Definition
raw materials
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Le charbon
 Definition
coal
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Le gaz
 Definition
gas
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Un ouvrier/un salarié
 Definition
a worker
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Un syndicat
 Definition
a union
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La concurrence
 Definition
competition
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Les impôts
 Definition
taxes on what you earn (income tax)
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Les taxes
 Definition
taxes on a product
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Mettre de l’argent à la banque
 Definition
to put money in the bank
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Toucher un chèque
 Definition
to cash a check
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Embaucher
 Definition
to hire
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Renvoyer
 Definition
to fire
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La Bourse
 Definition
the stock market
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Les actions
 Definition
shares
Term
Les actionnaires
 Definition
shareholders
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Un agent de change
 Definition
stock broker
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Une espèce en voie de disparition
 Definition
a species on its way to disapearence (endangered)
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Le pétrole
 Definition
oil
Term
Le maxout
 Definition
crude oil
Term
Nucléaire
 Definition
nuclear
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Les déchets chimiques
 Definition
chemical waste
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L’essence anti-pollution
 Definition
anti-pollution gas
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L’essence sans plomb
 Definition
lead-free gas
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Une piqure
 Definition
a needle
Term
Une aiguille
 Definition
a needle
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Le centre de soins
 Definition
a rehab clinic
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Un traitement
 Definition
treatment
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Le préservatif
 Definition
a condom
Term
Etre séro-positive (VIH)
 Definition
HIV positive
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Etre enceinte
 Definition
to be pregnant
Term
La grossesse
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
Accoucher
 Definition
to have (a baby)
Term
Donner naissance à
 Definition
to have (a baby)
Term
L’accouchement
 Definition
birth
Term
Se faire avorter
 Definition
to have an abortion
Term
Un centre IVG (interruption volontaire de grossesse)
 Definition
an abortion clinic
Term
Les sans-abris
 Definition
homelessness
Term
L’harcèlement sexuel
 Definition
sexual harassment
Term
Etre adonné à
 Definition
addicted to
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S’envirer
 Definition
to drink exessively, to get drunk
Term
Se souler
 Definition
to drink excessevely, to get smashed/hammered
Term
Cambrioler
 Definition
to break and enter
Term
Le cambriolage
 Definition
breaking and entering
Term
Le cambrioleur
 Definition
the person who breaks and enters
Term
Violer
 Definition
to rape
Term
Le violeur
 Definition
the person who rapes
Term
Agresser
 Definition
to physically attack
Term
Un agression
 Definition
an attack
Term
Un agresseur
 Definition
the attacker
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Le procès
 Definition
trial
Term
Obeir à la loi
 Definition
to obey the law
Term
Voter des lois
 Definition
to pass a law
Term
Une élection
 Definition
an election
Term
Élire (élu)
 Definition
to elect ; elected
Term
Battre (battu)
 Definition
to be beaten, defeated
Term
Se présenter
 Definition
to run for something (ie. President)
Term
Un adversaire/un contestataire
 Definition
an opponent
Term
La campagne électoral
 Definition
an election campaign
Term
Favoriser
 Definition
to support
Term
Soutenir
 Definition
to support
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S’opposer à
 Definition
to be opposed to
Term
Un adepte
 Definition
A follower, supporter
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Se tenir au courant de
 Definition
to keep up to date with
Term
Le sondage
 Definition
a poll
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Le bilan
 Definition
the balance sheet ; the results
Term
Le scrutin
 Definition
the physical ballot ; what you vote with
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Les deux jours
 Definition
elections ; on a Sunday à lots of candidates. Everyone votes once, the 2 highest candidates are re-voted on after 2 weeks.
Term
Le mondat
 Definition
the term (like a presidential derm)
Term
Subventionner
 Definition
to give money for encouraging something (to donate ?)
Term
La policie étrangère
 Definition
foreign police
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Les Maghrébins
 Definition
those who come from Maroc/Algérie/Tunisie/Libye
Term
Le tiers monde
 Definition
third-world countries (under developed countries)
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