A trough, in economic terms, can refer to a stage in the business cycle where activity is bottoming, or where prices are bottoming, before a rise.

1. The elimination of intermediary agents in transactions between buyers and sellers.

In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity. It is anything that can be used to produce positive economic value. Assets represent value of ownership that can be converted into cash. The balance sheet of a firm records the monetary value of the assets owned by that firm

In finance, equity is ownership of assets that may have debts or other liabilities attached to them. Equity is measured for accounting purposes by subtracting liabilities from the value of the assets. For example, if someone owns a car worth $24,000 and owes $10,000 on the loan used to buy the car, the difference of $14,000 is equity.

1. A financial instrument that derives its value from another more fundamental asset, as a commitment to buy a bond for a certain sum on a certain date.

1. To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act.

1. One who has legal title to something; an owner.

not legally permitted; unlicensed; unlawful

1. Existing only in fables; fictitious.

a. Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials.

1. Dirty or deteriorated, especially from poverty or lack of care

A state of extreme agitation or excitement.

To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain

1. A person given a position of nominal leadership but having no actual authority.

a. The class of industrial wage earners who, possessing neither capital nor production means, must earn their living by selling their labor. b. The poorest class of working people.

a. Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

1. A ruler with absolute power.
2. A person who wields power oppressively; a tyrant.

Vorwurf

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explanation of Majorzwahl

1. die Zeit kurz vor dem Anfang von etwas

so, dass es immer schon zu einer Sache dazugehört und Teil von ihr ist

a. A chance of being injured or harmed b. Risk or danger:

1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.

The limbic system, also known as the paleomammalian cortex, is a set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the medial temporal lobe of the cerebrum primarily in the forebrain. It supports a variety of functions including emotion, behavior, long-term memory, and olfaction.

letahrgy = a. A lack of energy or vigor; sluggishness.

Basically, the ones that are rated 9 or 10 in a scale of 0-10

1. (also: plongée sous-marine) scuba diving (no pl)

We can bring it back to you.

Our stage name

We also had a lot of other questions about the language, about Ingrid's and my experiences as expats

We also had a lot of other questions about the language, about Ingrid's and my experiences as expats

But... likewise, I have a good level of understanding because it's true,

I like the idea as much as you do.

Students have the opportunity to agree to hold video meetings

a form of addiction to coursework

to congratulate

a. one of the natural or physical sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, geology, or astronomy

1. (chimique, mathématique) formula formule magique magic formula

pas mal de quite a lot of Il y avait pas mal de monde au concert. There were quite a lot of people at the concert.

controversy controversial

humour

probably means "stats"

1. (= encore) still

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in a row

reading

1. To take an inventory.

1. [abri, ennemi] to locate repérer les lieux to reconnoitre the area se faire repérer to be spotted

1. en coulisse (= derrière les apparences) behind the scenes

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by way of

1. (Law) testimony (no pl) ⧫ evidence (no pl)
2. (= rapport, récit) account

1. (Television, Radio) channel

It was a paradox that you mentioned between logic on the one hand and feelings on the other.

1. (pour attribuer) to share out
2. [poids, chaleur] to distribute

1. (= considérer comme important) to value

teacher

co-founder

1. (= grade, condition, classement) rank au rang de among ⧫ among the ranks of avoir rang de to hold the rank of

In Open Space meetings, events, or conferences, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel sessions around a specific theme. Open Space is a straightforward way to create participant-driven events to address a specific question or theme.

1. (Law) lawful ⧫ legitimate

1. (= pause) break

(à pied) walk

to lose concentration ⧫ to lose one’s concentration

1. [art] sacred

déjeuner

1. [événement, passé] to call to mind ⧫ to evoke
2. (= mentionner) to mention Il a évoqué divers problèmes dans son discours. He mentioned various problems in his speech.

1. (= conséquence) consequence ⧫ penalty la sanction a été immédiate there were immediate consequences

it does not take into account

famous

we've discussed it quite a bit, too

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a. Management or administration marked by hierarchical authority among numerous offices and by fixed procedures:

1. (= succursale) branch ⧫ office

groups were most often dealt with

1. (précaution) to be careful se méfier de to be careful about

2. (défiance) to be wary se méfier de Si j’étais toi, je me méfierais de lui. If I were you, I wouldn’t trust him.

to delegate = 2. To commit or entrust to another:

1. (= précisément) just ⧫ exactly
2. [faire observer] rightly

1. [route, ouverture] to widen

personalement

1. (= originalité) novelty

1. [artiste, acteur] faire sa rentrée to make a comeback

1. (= inclure) to include

third

a. the development of the embryo of a viviparous mammal, between conception and birth: about 266 days in humans, 624 days in elephants, and 63 days in cats

whereas only half of them are over 65.

Indeed, with each new poll, the proportion of French people in favour of PMA for all increases.

accéder à [lieu] to reach ⧫ to get to; [informations, ressources, marchés] to access; [pouvoir, trône] to accede to; [poste] to attain; [requête] to grant ⧫ to accede to

1. [trou] to fill in

1. [méthode] traditional

soutenir = 1. (moralement) to support

1. disposer de (= avoir)[accessoire] to have at one’s disposal; [logement] to have; [argent, fonds] to have at one’s disposal

So I looked, and I couldn't find any mention of this notion of the right to a child in the arguments in favour of the new law.

militant

1. [événement, passé] to call to mind ⧫ to evoke
2. (= mentionner) to mention

découler de to ensue from ⧫ to follow from

1. (= environnement) surroundings pluriel

témoigner = 1. (Law) to testify ⧫ to give evidence

1. [intérêt, gratitude] to show

citizen

accéder à [lieu] to reach ⧫ to get to; [informations, ressources, marchés] to access; [pouvoir, trône] to accede to; [poste] to attain; [requête] to grant ⧫ to accede to

1. (figurative) (= résultant de) stemming from

(informal) (= manifestation) demo (informal)

en l’occurrence = in this case

1. [projet, candidature] to withdraw

. of, having, affecting, or occurring on only one side

1. (spatiale) shuttle

spatiale = space

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any legislative or governing body considered to resemble a Senate

MP = 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain and Canada) Member of Parliament representative

siéger = 1. [assemblée, tribunal] to sit

l’Assemblée nationale = the National Assembly (of France)

aller retour = 1. (= trajet) round trip

elected elected representatives pl

calculation

discussion ⧫ debate (Politics) proceedings ⧫ debates

ne rimer à rien not to make sense "Pregnancy will no longer be a heterosexual couple" ???

1. [sujet, difficulté] to tackle

1. (avec valeur d’opposition) yet ⧫ but

recourir à [ami, agence] to turn to ⧫ to appeal to; [force, ruse, emprunt] to resort to ⧫ to have recourse to

to appeal ⧫ to lodge an appeal

appeal = 9. (Law) law to apply to a superior court to review (a case or particular issue decided by a lower tribunal)

1. (intr) to make an earnest request for relief, support, etc

1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation
2. existing in the mind independent of experience.
3. conceived beforehand.

1. (= causer) to lead to ⧫ to bring about

Befruchtung

le Royaume-Uni the United Kingdom

single

1. (= affirmer) to claim

1. (manière d’aborder un problème, un projet) approach

a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.

test tube

it made all the headlines.

the state or quality of being permanent

cloning

1. (Business) [crédit] to restrict

to follow one another

bioethics = (Philosophy) (functioning as singular) the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination

1. (Business) [crédit] to restrict

Cisgender describes a person whose gender identity is the same as their sex assigned at birth

separately

1. [peuple] to rise up

to discuss ⧫ to debate

others

a. the development of the embryo of a viviparous mammal, between conception and birth: about 266 days in humans

short cut

to pay back ⧫ to repay

supernumerary = 3. a person or thing that exceeds the normal, required, or regular number

to freeze

recourir à [ami, agence] to turn to ⧫ to appeal to

to fertilize

commonly

a technique by which an ovum is fertilized with sperm in a laboratory dish and subsequently implanted in a uterus for gestation.

first ⧫ beforehand

spouse

insémination artificielle artificial insemination insemination = Befruchtung

ayant mûrement réfléchi having given the matter much thought

[projet, aventure] to undertake

1. (= trajet) journey
2. (Sport) (= terrain) course

1. (= précisément) just ⧫ exactly

on top, from above

pregnancy

1. [opinion, usage] widespread

decade

1. [opinion, usage] widespread

acronym ⧫ initials pluriel

1. (= chemin, moyen) way

entre guillemets in inverted commas ⧫ in quotation marks

Caesarean section = (Surgery) a surgical incision through the abdominal and uterine walls in order to deliver a baby

1. (= mise au monde) delivery ⧫ birth

mener qch à bien to see sth through ⧫ to complete sth successfully

1. (= mettre un enfant au monde) to have a baby ⧫ to give birth

1. [aide, nourriture] to ask for
2. [dû, part] to demand ⧫ to claim

1. (= causer) to lead to ⧫ to bring about

to appeal ⧫ to lodge an appeal

appeal = 1. a request for relief, aid, etc

associate

pregnancy

such

The period of pregenital psychosexual development, usually from age 1 to 3, in which the child has particular interest and concern with the process of defecation and the sensations connected with the anus; the pleasurable part of the experience is termed anal eroticism.

1. any deviation from a healthy, normal, or efficient condition.

monkey, ape

widespread

to see oneself ⧫ to picture oneself

1. indolence; laziness.

mythomaniac = lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.

circle

greed

1. (= discutable) dubious ⧫ questionable

1. (Business) transaction

to embody ⧫ to personify

real

to call o.s.

practising

a. A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another

excessive eating and drinking.

a. A practice or habit considered to be evil, degrading, or immoral:

major

agnostic = 1. (Theology) a person who holds that knowledge of a Supreme Being, ultimate cause, etc, is impossible. Compare atheist, theist

donation

taxation

1. [projet, opération] to carry out

the welfare state