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      ATTITUDES Avec moi, ça ne marche pas This cuts no ice with me ice glace Ça me met la puce à l'oreille That rings me a bell bell cloche Ça me prend la tête ! That drives me crazy!   Ça y est, j'ai compris The penny has dropped drop tomber J'ai décroché la timbale I bring home the bacon   J'ai l'air fin I look like a dying duck dying duck canard moribond Je crois que j'ai soulevé un lièvre I think I stirred up a hornet's nest stir  remuer hornet frelon Je deviens

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harvested (d) maintained Q6 ....... it has not been a bad year as our costs are well down on last year's. (a) Overall (b) Largely (c) Mainly (d) Quite Q7 Managers complained bitterly at the Annual General Meeting that ....... of production had dropped to an all time low. (a) signs (b) indications (c) types (d) levels Q8 You have to accept that this kind of expenditure is quite ....... in an enterprise of this kind. (a) general (b) typical (c) formal (d) correct Q9 The figures that have just

global as China became communist and America intervened in Korea and Vietnam. Nuclear weapons also grew more power with the creation, in 1952 by the US and in 1953 by the USSR, of thermonuclear weapons which were vastly more destructive than those dropped during the Second World War. This led to the development of ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’, whereby neither the US nor USSR would ‘hot’ war with each other because the resulting conflict would destroy much of the world.

ils ont deviné qu’elle était prématurée. At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound nine ounces, they already knew she was perilously premature. [pic] Mais les mots du docteur tombaient comme des bombes. Still, the doctor's soft words dropped like bombs. Je ne crois pas qu’elle va vivre a-t-il dit le mieux possible "I don't think she's going to make it," he said, as kindly as he could. [pic] Il n’y a que 10% de chance qu’elle passe la nuit, même que si par miracle elle survivait

been very reassuring, as agricultural production remained very unstable and there were shortages across a wide range of agricultural products. Agricultural production fell 7.3% in the first half of the year with respect to 2008; output of bananas dropped 61%; citrus, 45%; pork meat, 33%; poultry, 28%. While there were some reported increases of tomatoes and potatoes, the availability of eggs and meat, particularly pork, items of great weight in the diet of ordinary Cubans, was down. (Even for some

legacy carriers Reputation * High brand awareness Strategy * Third largest passenger carrier in the world in terms of revenue and the second largest in terms of passenger flown Threats and solutions * Hub-and-spoke carriers dropped fares systematic cost cutting within Delta mainline should be the solution * Regional airlines are eating the Delta’s midsized market their leading position should be the solution * LCCs had made inroads into Delta’s Florida market Delta

of their income. The analyst had some concerns, but forecasted losses for XYZ at only 4.9% of the mortgage pool. Early 2008: Defaults and Downgrades By early 2008, Moody’s had downgraded many of XYZ’s bonds. The bonds, once rated investment grade, dropped five notches to speculative grade. 27% of the mortgages in XYZ were delinquent. Losses on the pool were now estimated at 14-16%, three times the original estimate! Source: Roger Lowenstein, Triple-A Failure NY Times (4/27/2008) CRAs as gatekeepers:

a few days. Le feu baisse : the fire is burning down. - in. montez : Step in (en voiture) Il a été gardé en retenue à cause de sa paresse : he was kept in for his laziness. Il est entré nous dire bonjour hier soir : he dropped in last night. N’insistez pas lourdement : don’t rub it in ! - p 48 out Venez faire une petite promenade. Come out for a stroll. Nous dînons en ville ce soir. We are dining out tonight. L’argent fut distribué aux familles nombreuses

because of oil and raw material costs and has caused the raise of production costs. Furthermore, at the same time as the financial crisis, there was the issue of the oil barrel price, which skyrocketed in the summer 2008 above $147 a barrel and now has dropped to $50. That is why companies have to readjust their objectives, causing numerous redundancies. In France, Renault, which have seen its stock increase as the demands for cars have been falling, decided the temporary closure of its French factories