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Question		Answer
scallop start learning		coquille saint jacques
trawler start learning		chalutier
MEP start learning		Eurodéputé (Member of European Parliament)
to dredge start learning		draguer
to go bust start learning		faire faillite
to scupper start learning		saboter / saborder
shackles start learning		entraves / chaines
skirmish start learning		escarmouche
to embolden start learning		enhardir / encourager
SPLC start learning		Southern Poverty Law Center
discharge start learning		démobilisation / congédiement
to demean start learning		jeter l’opprobre
Antifa start learning		Antifascist
to belittle start learning		rabaisser / mépriser
sapient start learning		sagace having pretentions to wisdom and intelligence
nincompoop start learning		idiot
recession start learning		récession economic depression
the die is cast start learning		les dés sont jetés
buccaneer start learning		boucanier, corsaire
tosh start learning		baliverne // rubbish
to countenance start learning		accepter comme possible / consentir / accorder
cursory start learning		hâtif
much-vaunted start learning		très vanté / souvent portée aux nues
to default start learning		ne plus payer
credit start learning		crédit loan of money
Zero-hours contract start learning		Contrat zéro heure most insecure contract of employment, employer not financially committed to the employee
scathing indictment start learning		acte d'accusation cinglant / critique décapante
cozying up to start learning		ce que fait un flatteur, flagorneur making friends w/
channeling start learning		parlant en faveur de
eulogy start learning		oraison / éloge funèbre
to fan start learning		attiser / éventer
upheaval start learning		bouleversement
to underscore start learning		souligner
to extol start learning		vanter
foil start learning		un faire-valoir
to warp start learning		déformer
cudgel start learning		bâton, gourdin
turnout start learning		participation (aux élections)
a bigot start learning		un bigot
warped mind start learning		esprit mal tourné
to rebuke start learning		réprimander
GOP start learning		Grand Old Party
to wage start learning		mener une campagne
takeaway start learning		point clé
hall pass start learning		permission de passage
to hinge a hinge start learning		reposer sur une charnière
at the behest of start learning		à la demande de / sur ordre
to roll back start learning		abroger
Caucus start learning		Parti (membres du Corps législatif qui sont tous membres du même parti)
holdout start learning		obstacles
utterance start learning		déclaration
to tip one's hand start learning		révéler son jeu
trail start learning		sentier
to take the hint start learning		saisir l'allusion
wiretapping start learning		écoutes téléphoniques
clerk for start learning		être assistant de
to grind sthg to a halt start learning		paralyser
to scuttle start learning		saborder
mundane start learning		banal / ordinaire
convening start learning		ouverture de séance
compounded by start learning		rendu plus efficace
scheduling nightmare start learning		cauchemar de planification
to boil over start learning		déborder / dégénérer to become so tense as to lose control
toxic debts start learning		dettes toxiques loans that have a low chance of being repaid w/ interest
property market start learning		marché de l'immobilier buying, selling and renting of land and buildings
indebtedness start learning		endettement
discount houses start learning		banques d'escompte
surge start learning		poussée / pic
to splurge start learning		faire des folies (faire chauffer la carte bleue)
complacency start learning		complaisance self-satisfaction
wholesale borrowing start learning		emprunt à court terme sur marché monétaire. Prêt d'argent aux banques de détails
to beef up start learning		renforcer, muscler
countercyclical capital start learning		capital anticyclique require banks to add capital when credit is growing rapidly, so that the buffer can be reduced when the financial cycle turns
buffer start learning		choc
oversight start learning		surveillance
reckoning start learning		addition, estimation
turbocharged start learning		turbocompressé / boosté
meltdown start learning		effondrement
countervailing start learning		contrepoids
to underwrite start learning		souscrire / garantir
loan-to-value ratio start learning		ratio prêt / valeur
greenback start learning		billet de 1 dollar
pooling dollar reserves start learning		mise en commun des réserves en dollars
taxpayer start learning		contribuable
zillions start learning		énorme quantité d'argent
quantitative easing start learning		assouplissement quantitatif
demise start learning		disparition end of sth that was considered powerful
AIG start learning		American International Group
Pay-packet start learning		salaire
revamped start learning		remanié / révisé
pay policies start learning		politiques salariales
bonus start learning		prime
scapegoat start learning		bouc émissaire
aggregate demand start learning		demande globale total demand for goods and services within an economy
a mortgage start learning		hypothéque
doom loop start learning		cercle vicieux
to take on start learning		assumer / prendre en charge
to hinder start learning		gêner / entraver
backstop start learning		filet de sécurité
Fed start learning		Federal Reserve System
mockery start learning		absurdité / hypocrisie
Customs unions start learning		Unions douanières
Frictionless trade in goods start learning		Commerce de marchandises sans entrave douanière
implementing start learning		mise en oeuvre
Single Act start learning		impose MARCHE UNIQUE en capital, main-d'oeuvre et marchandises
to sentence sby to start learning		condamner qn à qch
to warrant start learning		garantir
deeming start learning		considérer
a mogul start learning		un magnat tycoon, powerful business personality
inductee start learning		intronisé someone who has been included
to beggar relief start learning		défier la raison
to slap an addedum start learning		to add an extra title
harrowing start learning		poignant
to con sb start learning		escroquer / rouler qn
taken up in pinches start learning		pas pris au sérieux

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