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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
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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)
Term
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
Term
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
Term
Les déchets chimiques
Definition
chemical waste
Term
L’essence anti-pollution
Definition
anti-pollution gas
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L’essence sans plomb
Definition
lead-free gas
Term
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
Term
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
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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
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La campagne électoral
Definition
an election campaign
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Favoriser
Definition
to support
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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
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Le sondage
Definition
a poll
Term
Le bilan
Definition
the balance sheet ; the results
Term
Le scrutin
Definition
the physical ballot ; what you vote with
Term
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
Term
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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