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question		réponse
median commencer à apprendre		situated in the middle
to look down on commencer à apprendre		despise
budget buster commencer à apprendre		something that consumes a lot of money
to embrace commencer à apprendre		to accept enthusiastically
conventional wisdom commencer à apprendre		generally accepted theory or belief
to defy commencer à apprendre		openly resist or refuse to obey
a mantle commencer à apprendre		a role, a responsibility
to lambast commencer à apprendre		to scold, reprimand
skimpy commencer à apprendre		modest, small
the slack commencer à apprendre		those who are undecided
lavish commencer à apprendre		generous, wasteful
to crowd out commencer à apprendre		restrict, limit, decrease
to inhibit commencer à apprendre		restrain, hold, hinder
to spearhead commencer à apprendre		to lead
fitful commencer à apprendre		irregular, uneven
a stab commencer à apprendre		an attempt to do something
bail-out commencer à apprendre		giving financial support to a business in trouble
stingy commencer à apprendre		unwilling to spend, ungenerous
leitmotiv commencer à apprendre		the main concern
resentment against commencer à apprendre		grudge, claim, grievance
to rail commencer à apprendre		to complain
staunch commencer à apprendre		loyal, keen
to wind up commencer à apprendre		to end
unemployment benefits commencer à apprendre		for those who do not work
sick leave commencer à apprendre		leave of absence granted because of illness
the decline of something commencer à apprendre		the demise od something
to flounder commencer à apprendre		to go through difficulties
to plunge commencer à apprendre		to plummet
floundering business commencer à apprendre		struggling business
to wind down commencer à apprendre		to finish
roughly commencer à apprendre		approximately
to engulf commencer à apprendre		to surround
in the process commencer à apprendre		while doing that
a prized job commencer à apprendre		corruption generating job
to weed something out commencer à apprendre		to crack down on something
the back of beyond commencer à apprendre		very far off lands
to wane commencer à apprendre		to wear off
feted commencer à apprendre		publicly appraised for achievements
smash commencer à apprendre		something very successful
to resound with commencer à apprendre		to sound like
garment commencer à apprendre		a piece of clothing
to underwire prosperity commencer à apprendre		to constitute
a hub commencer à apprendre		a hotbed
to join the fray commencer à apprendre		to join the fight or argument
to ride high commencer à apprendre		to be very successful
slender profit commencer à apprendre		low profit
albeit commencer à apprendre		although
to stack up commencer à apprendre		to pile up
to shun something commencer à apprendre		to dodge something, to eschew something
to tweak commencer à apprendre		to correct, to improve
to entice somebody to do something commencer à apprendre		to incentivize somebody to do something
bleak future commencer à apprendre		gloomy future
be rife commencer à apprendre		very common (about something unpleasant)
a savings glut commencer à apprendre		a surplus in savings there is a glut of houses for sale in this area
dementia commencer à apprendre		dotage to fall into dotage
aging population commencer à apprendre		greying population
to part write something commencer à apprendre		to co-write something
as for commencer à apprendre		when it comes to
a gilded age commencer à apprendre		is defined as the time between the Civil War and World War 1 during which the United States population grew quickly
contain the seeds of its own destruction commencer à apprendre		something that eventually causes one to fail, be destroyed, be ruined
alas commencer à apprendre		unfortunately
be jaundiced commencer à apprendre		pessimistic
a news conference commencer à apprendre		a press conference
red tape commencer à apprendre		bureaucracy
in short commencer à apprendre		in a nutshell
the oneset of something commencer à apprendre		the start of something
to abate commencer à apprendre		to weaken
gaudy commencer à apprendre		too bright
to rebound commencer à apprendre		to bounce back
onerous commencer à apprendre		difficult to do, needing effort
in a row commencer à apprendre		running, consecutively
Culture shock commencer à apprendre		negative feelings associated with living in a new place
Initial Public Offering commencer à apprendre		selling shares to the public for the first time at the stock exchange
plaudits commencer à apprendre		applause
to grill somebody commencer à apprendre		to criticize
be plain wrong commencer à apprendre		be clearly wrong
to beget sth commencer à apprendre		to cause something, be the father of something
hefty commencer à apprendre		influence, importance, ability
be the bee's knees commencer à apprendre		be excellent, the best
to tout commencer à apprendre		to promote, to advertise
brisk commencer à apprendre		very quick
an outcrop commencer à apprendre		a rock formation that is visible on the surface
agitprop commencer à apprendre		propagand, usually communist
to offload something commencer à apprendre		to get rid of something
like for like revenues commencer à apprendre		comparative revenues
racous music commencer à apprendre		loud and unpleasant
to stall commencer à apprendre		to delay, to stop, to stop progress
to stay afloat commencer à apprendre		to remain profitable, to manage debt and stay in business
to sport something commencer à apprendre		to wear something on your body and show it to the people in a proud way
techlash commencer à apprendre		rebellion against powerful technology companies
Trustbuster commencer à apprendre		he has proved to be an energetic trustbuster as Assistant Atoorney General
to click away commencer à apprendre		to matter how good the program, come to first commercial break, i'll click away
in advance of something commencer à apprendre		before something

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