Global Challenges / Les Defis Mondiaux
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la tolérance
tolerance
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le bouc émissaire
scapegoat
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l'accommodement (m)
accommodation, compromise
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l'approbation (f)
approval
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se consacrer à
to dedicate oneself to
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la discrimination
discrimination
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l'équité (f)
equity
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l'éthnie (f)
ethnic group
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les gitanes (m/f)
Gypsies
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l'impartialité (f)
impartiality
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l'intolérance (f)
intolerence
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la marginalisation
marginalisation
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la méconnaissance
ignorance
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le mépris
scorn + contempt
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le particulier
individual
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le préjugé
prejudice
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le racisme
racism
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le stéréotype
stereotype
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le terrorisme
terrorism
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l'économie (f)
economy
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l'action (f)
share of stock
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les affaires (f)
business
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la Bourse
stock exchange
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le chômage
unemployment
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les congés payés
paid vacation
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les cotisations sociales (f)
social security / pension contributions
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la dépense
spending, expense
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la dette nationale
national debt
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emprunter
to borrow
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être en baisse
to be falling
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être licencié
to be laid off
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faire un emprunt
to take a loan
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faire des heures supplémentaires
to work overtime
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les gages (m)
wages
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gagner sa vie
to earn a living
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la gestion
management
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la grève
strike
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l'impôt (m)
tax
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l'investissement (m)
investement
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le marché
market economy
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les matières premières (f)
raw materials
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mendier
to beg
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le ministre du Travail
secretary of Labor
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le montant
amount
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le niveau de vie
standard of living
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le patron/la patronne
boss
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la pauvreté
poverty
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le prêt
loan, credit
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prêter
to lend
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la rémunération
pay, salary
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le seuil de pauvreté
poverty line
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le seuil d'endettement
debt limit
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le SMIC (salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance)
minimum salary
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la société anonyme
corporation
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subventionner
to subsidize
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les taux d'intérêt
interest rates
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le travail à temps partiel
part time job
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le travail à temps plein
full time job
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le travail maneul
manual labor
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la valeur
value
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l'environnement
environment
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abîmer
to damage
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l'accroissement
increase
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accroître
to increase
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améliorer
to improve
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l'assainissement
cleaning up
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l'avalanche (f)
avalanche
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biodégradable
biodegradable
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la biodiversité
biodiversity
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la bombe aerosol
aerosol spray
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cancérigène
cancerous
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la canicule
heat wave
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la catastrophe naturelle
natural disaster
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catastrophique
catastrophic
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la centrale nucléaire
nuclear power plant
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chauffer
to heat; to warm
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le combustible fossile
fossil fuel
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la conservation
preservation
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consommer
to use
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contaminer
to contaminate
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la couche d'ozone
ozone layer
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la coulée de lave
lava flow
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couler
to flow
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le covoiturage
carpooling
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déboiser
to deforest
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le décharge
landfill
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les déchets (m)
waste
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la décomposition
decomposition
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la déforestation
deforestation
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les dégâts (m)
damage
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le détritus
debris
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détruire
to destroy
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dévastateur
devestating
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la disparition d'espèces
extinction
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à l'échelle mondiale
on a global scale
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le / la écologiste
environmentalist
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l'effet de serre (m)
greenhouse effect
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éliminer
to eliminate
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l'emballage (m)
packaging
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émettre
to emit
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