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question		réponse
transfer commencer à apprendre		to move something from one place or group to another
accelerate commencer à apprendre		to happen or make something happen sooner or faster
accelerate commencer à apprendre		When a vehicle or its driver accelerates, the speed of the vehicle increases
accounting commencer à apprendre		the skill or activity of keeping records of the money a person or organization earns and spends
accustom commencer à apprendre		to make someone familiar with new conditions
accustomed commencer à apprendre		familiar with something
acknowledge commencer à apprendre		to accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something
acquire commencer à apprendre		to get or buy something
add up commencer à apprendre		to increase gradually until there is a large amount
add up commencer à apprendre		to seem reasonable or likely
admittedly commencer à apprendre		used when you are agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly
alleviate commencer à apprendre		to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe
analyst commencer à apprendre		someone whose job is to study or examine something in detail
anecdote commencer à apprendre		a short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done
arithmetic commencer à apprendre		the part of mathematics that involves the adding and multiplying, etc. of numbers
asset commencer à apprendre		a useful or valuable quality, skill, or person
balance of trade commencer à apprendre		the difference between the money that a country receives from exports and the money it spends on imports
batting average commencer à apprendre		in cricket, the average number of runs scored by a batsman in each innings
business person commencer à apprendre		a person who works in business, especially one who has a high position in a company
call for sth commencer à apprendre		to demand that something happens
capital flow commencer à apprendre		the movement of money for investment in and out of countries
capital inflow commencer à apprendre		the amount of money that comes into a country's economy from other countries within a particular period of time
centipede commencer à apprendre		a small, long, thin animal with many legs
cluster commencer à apprendre		a group of similar things that are close together, sometimes surrounding something
codify commencer à apprendre		to arrange something, such as laws or rules, into a system
complexity commencer à apprendre		the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an answer to
comprehension commencer à apprendre		the ability to understand completely and be familiar with a situation, facts, etc.
concern commencer à apprendre		to cause worry to someone
conglomerate commencer à apprendre		a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually very different
consider commencer à apprendre		to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision
constitute commencer à apprendre		to be or be considered as something
constraint commencer à apprendre		something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits
consumption commencer à apprendre		the amount used or eaten
convinced commencer à apprendre		certain of your beliefs
core competence commencer à apprendre		something that a company does very well and that makes it better than other companies
corporation commencer à apprendre		a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization
counter commencer à apprendre		a person or machine that counts; to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something:
deficit commencer à apprendre		the total amount by which money spent is more than money received
demand commencer à apprendre		to ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that you do not expect to be refused
disastrously commencer à apprendre		in a way that is disastrous (= extremely bad or unsuccessful)
disposal commencer à apprendre		the act of getting rid of something
distinct commencer à apprendre		clearly noticeable; that certainly exists
diverse commencer à apprendre		very different from each other
division commencer à apprendre		a separate part of large organization
domestic commencer à apprendre		relating to a person's own country
economic commencer à apprendre		relating to trade, industry, and money
economist commencer à apprendre		a person who studies or has a special knowledge of economics
economy commencer à apprendre		the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made and used
elude commencer à apprendre		to avoid someone or something:
enunciate commencer à apprendre		to explain a plan or principle clearly
executive commencer à apprendre		someone in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
expand commencer à apprendre		to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way
expansion commencer à apprendre		the increase of something in size, number, or importance
expansionary commencer à apprendre		a policy of action
expense commencer à apprendre		an amount of money that a person or business spends in order to do something
export commencer à apprendre		to send goods to another country for sale
feasible commencer à apprendre		able to be made, done, or achieved
fee commencer à apprendre		an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service
feedback commencer à apprendre		information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked
finances commencer à apprendre		the money that a person or company has
floating exchange rate commencer à apprendre		an exchange rate that is allowed to change in relation to the value of other currencies
force commencer à apprendre		physical, especially violent, strength, or power
foreign commencer à apprendre		belonging or connected to a country that is not your own
foreign investment commencer à apprendre		investment in shares and other assets of another country
foreign to commencer à apprendre		Something can be described as foreign to a particular person if they do not know about it or it is not within their experience
framework commencer à apprendre		a system of rules that is used to plan something
free trade commencer à apprendre		international buying and selling of goods, without limits on the amount of goods that one country can sell to another, and without special taxes on the goods bought from a foreign country
gain commencer à apprendre		to get something that is useful
grasping commencer à apprendre		(of people) always trying to get and keep more of something, especially money
hands-off commencer à apprendre		dealing with situations and people in a way that allows others to make decisions: Someone who has a hands off way of organizing or dealing with something allows other people to make decisions about how things should be done and avoids becoming directly involved
iffy commencer à apprendre		not certain or decided
impact commencer à apprendre		a powerful effect that something has on a situation
implausible commencer à apprendre		difficult to believe, or unlikely
imply commencer à apprendre		to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly
import commencer à apprendre		to buy or bring in products from another country
impose commencer à apprendre		to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living
impose commencer à apprendre		to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received
inevitably commencer à apprendre		in a way that cannot be avoided
insufficient commencer à apprendre		not enough
investment commencer à apprendre		the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this
jargon commencer à apprendre		special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work
job creation commencer à apprendre		the process of providing new jobs, especially for people who are unemployed
landfill commencer à apprendre		the process of getting rid of large amounts of rubbish by burying it, or a place where rubbish is buried
major in something commencer à apprendre		to study something as your main subject in college or a university
marginal commencer à apprendre		very small in amount or effect
mastery commencer à apprendre		complete control of something
misguided commencer à apprendre		unreasonable or unsuitable because of being based on bad judgment or on wrong information or beliefs
mystical commencer à apprendre		relating to the belief that there is hidden meaning in life
nation commencer à apprendre		a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc.
necessarily commencer à apprendre		used in negatives to mean "in every case" or "therefore"
necessary commencer à apprendre		needed in order to achieve a particular result
necessity commencer à apprendre		the need for something
obey commencer à apprendre		to act according to what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority, or to behave according to a rule, law, or instruction
offset commencer à apprendre		to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result
on the contrary commencer à apprendre		actually the opposite is true
open system commencer à apprendre		a computer system that anyone can use
outcome commencer à apprendre		a result or effect of an action, situation, etc.
park and ride commencer à apprendre		a place in or near a town or city where you can park your car cheaply and take a bus or other form of public transport into the centre
plead commencer à apprendre		to make an urgent, emotional statement or request for something
policy commencer à apprendre		a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a political party
pretentious commencer à apprendre		trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature
pronouncement commencer à apprendre		an official announcement
propound commencer à apprendre		to suggest a theory for other people to consider
prosperous commencer à apprendre		successful, usually by earning a lot of money
rapid commencer à apprendre		fast or sudden
ravage commencer à apprendre		to cause great damage to something
reception commencer à apprendre		the way in which people react to something
reception commencer à apprendre		a formal party at which important people are welcomed
relatively good, bad, etc. commencer à apprendre		quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect
repeatedly commencer à apprendre		many times
retail commencer à apprendre		connected with the activity of selling goods to the public, rather than selling to stores, etc.
retail commencer à apprendre		the activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops
rhetoric commencer à apprendre		speech intended to influence people
rightly commencer à apprendre		behaving in a way that is suitable and acceptable
seek commencer à apprendre		to try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object
semiconductor commencer à apprendre		a material, such as silicon, that allows electricity to move through it more easily when its temperature increases, or an electronic device made from this material
service commencer à apprendre		work that someone does or time that someone spends working for an organization
sheer commencer à apprendre		not mixed with anything else; pure or complete
simultaneously commencer à apprendre		in a way that is simultaneous (happening or being done at exactly the same time)
slide commencer à apprendre		to (cause to) move easily and without interruption over a surface
strain commencer à apprendre		something that makes you feel nervous and worried
surge commencer à apprendre		a sudden and great increase
surplus commencer à apprendre		(an amount that is) more than is needed
synergy commencer à apprendre		the combined power of a group of things when they are working together that is greater than the total power achieved by each working separately
tangible commencer à apprendre		real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced
the extent to which commencer à apprendre		the degree to which something happens or is likely to happen
the latter commencer à apprendre		the second of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
the World Trade Organization commencer à apprendre		an organization that tries to control international trade and make it easier
theme commencer à apprendre		the main subject of a talk, book, film, etc.
thus commencer à apprendre		in this way
thus commencer à apprendre		with this result
thus far commencer à apprendre		as far as this or until now
trade balance commencer à apprendre		a country's balance of trade
trade deficit commencer à apprendre		a situation in which the value of goods a country imports is greater than the value of goods it exports or the size of this difference a situation in which the value of goods a country imports (= buys from other countries) is greater than the value of goods it exports (= sells to other countries), or the size of this difference
truism commencer à apprendre		a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying
ultimate commencer à apprendre		most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best or worst
unavoidable commencer à apprendre		impossible to avoid
underlie commencer à apprendre		to be a hidden cause of something
unified commencer à apprendre		brought together, combined, or united
unrequited commencer à apprendre		(of love) felt toward someone who does not feel the same way toward you
utter commencer à apprendre		complete or extreme
utter commencer à apprendre		complete
various commencer à apprendre		many different
vast commencer à apprendre		extremely big
vice versa commencer à apprendre		used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
wages commencer à apprendre		the money earned by an employee, esp. when paid for the hours worked
widget commencer à apprendre		a piece of software that is used on a page of a website to give the user changing information of a particular type in a small area of the computer screen
intuitive commencer à apprendre		based on feelings rather than facts or proof

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