12/10 Flashcards by Jeanne D

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durée (point dans le temps ou imprécis)

A

since / FOR

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pour une période: durant

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during

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tous les deux mois/jours

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every other month/day

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fréquence à laquelle

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how often

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augmentation

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pay rise/raise

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poursuivre en justice

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to sue, to prosecute sb

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combien de temps

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how long

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un procès

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a lawsuit, a trial

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faire des heures sup

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work overtime

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diffamation

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diffamation libel

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joindre les deux bouts

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making ends meet

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habitude dans le passé

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would

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rupture passé présent

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used to

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arrêter

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to quit/ quit/quit

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avoir des difficultés

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to have troubles, to have a hard time

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gagner sa vie

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to earn a living/ to make a living

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faire la queue

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waiting in line/ queuing up/ lining up

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postuler à un emploi/à une école

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to apply for a job/ to a school

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licencier

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to make sb redundant, to lay off sb, to dismiss sb, to fire

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un licenciement

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a dismissal/ a layoff/ a redundancy

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démissionner

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to resign

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dévisager

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to stare

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politique en générale

A

politics

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président d’une association

A

a chairman

un retraité

a retiree

tomber dans l'oreille d'un sourd

fall on deaf ears

faire la une des journaux

make the front-page of newspaper

induire en erreur

mislead

l'emporter face

prevail over

alimenter

to fuel

isolé, perdu

remote, faraway

engagement

commitment, involvement

dû à

due to, because of, owing to

sensibiliser

to raise awareness about, to sensitise to

promettre

to promise / to pledge

recours

resort

incontrôlé

rampant/ out of control/ runaway/ uncontrollable