- If for some unfortunate reason you run up debt on your credit card and don’t pay the bill over a period of several months, your creditor might use a collection agency to make you pay your debt. In France, this job is carried out by a court bailiff (un huissier de justice). To run up a bill means you owe someone a lot of money. In winter, we tend to run up higher gas bills in order to heat our homes.
- If your job is outsourced, this means it has been either transferred to another region or it is now being done by someone else outside your company.
Cartoons often use humor to explore complex issues related to globalization.
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