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7/12/15 Flashcards

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L’offre d’emploi

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A job offer

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Béant

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Wide open, gaping

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To curse

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Pester

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To take a long weekend

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Faire le pont

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To plan, organise

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Planifier

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Un/une stagiaire

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An intern

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No stress

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Sans prise de tête

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La carrière

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The career

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Une pénurie

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A shortage, lack of

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Le travail à temps partiel

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Part time work

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To peel

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Eplucher

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To rant about, speak against

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Fulminer

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Un collaborateur

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A colleague

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Verser

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To pay [v….]

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Entamer

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To start, open

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To start, open

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Entamer

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A person of working age

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L’actif

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Par le biais de

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By, through (the means by which)

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An indemnity payment

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Une indemnité / Le parachute doré

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Factory line work

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Le travail à la chaîne

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A complainant

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Un plaignant

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Vouvoyer

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to use ‘vous’

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Grouillant

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Teeming

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Fulminer

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To rant about, speak against

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The job centre

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Le Pôle emploi

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Cotoyer

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To mix with, rub shoulders with

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A deposit

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Un dépôt de garanti

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A job opening

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Un débouché

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La revendication

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The demand, claim

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To mix with, rub shoulders with

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Cotoyer

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A chatter-box

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Un moulin à paroles

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The body language

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La gestuelle

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(paid) (parental) (sick) leave

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Le congé (payé) (parental) (maladie)

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Se cantonner

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To limiter yourself

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L’actif

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A person of working age

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The career

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La carrière

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L’écart

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The distance, disparity

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Postuler

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To apply for a job (compete)

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Contrat de bail

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Tenancy agreement

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Un gérant

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A manager

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A tad

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Un brin

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Un réflexe

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A reflex

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Expenses

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Les charges

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Un(e) syndiqué(e)

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A union member

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A promotion

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Une promotion

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Un apprentissage

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An apprentiship

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Contrecarrer

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To thwart, oppose

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Faded

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Estompé

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La fiche de paie

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The pay slip

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Faire la grève / se mettre en grève

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To go on strike

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An apprentiship

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Un apprentissage

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A representativeness

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Une répresentativité

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To look for a job

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Chercher un emploi

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Rétorquer

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To retort

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Teeming

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Grouillant

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Un débouché

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A job opening

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Etre à la retraite

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To be retired

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Railler

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To tease

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Harmony, understanding

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Entente (fem)

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La formation professionelle

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Professional training

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By, through (the means by which)

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Par le biais de

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To pay [d…]

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Débourser

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Poser sa candidature

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To apply for a job

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A heart break

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Un crève-cœur

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to use ‘vous’

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Vouvoyer

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Une indemnité / Le parachute doré

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An indemnity payment

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Un salarié

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An employee

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Travailler pour des prunes

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To work for peanuts

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Le SMIC

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Minimum wage

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To tease

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Railler

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A (senior) executive

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Un cadre (supérieur)

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A knack, trick

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Une astuce

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Une astuce

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A knack, trick

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Le collègue

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The colleague

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Le déficit

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The deficit

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Baratiner (inf)

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To persuade (into going out)

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To brush past

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Frôler

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To work for peanuts

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Travailler pour des prunes

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Recruter

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To recruit

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Le plan social

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A scheme of mass redundancies

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A famous person

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Un illustre

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Une prime

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A bonus

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Le harcèlement

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The harassment

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Tenancy agreement

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Contrat de bail

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A colleague

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Un collaborateur

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Wide open, gaping

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Béant

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Un palmarès

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a prize list

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Light, slight

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Léger

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Un dépôt de garanti

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A deposit

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Une embauche

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An employment

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La gestuelle

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The body language

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Léger

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Light, slight

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Léguer

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To leave to (inheritance)

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Estompé

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Faded

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The pay slip

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La fiche de paie

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Pester

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To curse

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To get a promotion

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Monter en grade

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Un stage

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A work experience placement

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To limiter yourself

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Se cantonner

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Un creux

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A hollow, cavity / a quiet moment

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To apply for a job

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Poser sa candidature

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Un garant

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A guarantor

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Minimum wage

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Le SMIC

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A snag

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Un hic

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The distance, disparity

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L’écart

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Full time work

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Le travail à plein-temps

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Un aveu d’échec

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An admittance of failure

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108
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The job (inf)

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Le boulot

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A job offer

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L’offre d’emploi

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The Dean, head of faculty

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Le doyen

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An employee

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Un salarié

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Sans prise de tête

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No stress

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Le chef d’entreprise

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The head of the business

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Bondir

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To leap, jump

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To annoy, aggravate

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Horripler

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A bonus

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Une prime

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Embaucher

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To employ

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Frôler

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To brush past

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The demand, claim

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La revendication

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To prove to be

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S’avérer

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Se serrer la ceinture

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To tighten one’s belt

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En un coup d’œil

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At a glance

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Off the books work, undeclared work

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Le travail au noir

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Chercher un emploi

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To look for a job

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A reflex

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Un réflexe

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Fierce, determined, unrelenting

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Acharné

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Le boulot

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The job (inf)

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Les charges

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Expenses

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A union

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Le syndicat

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Le patron

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The owner

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Le groupe HEC

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École des hautes études commerciales

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To paralyse, immobilise

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Scléorser

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Le métier

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The profession, trade

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Solliciter un emploi

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To request a job

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The owner

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Le patron

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Travailler pour le roi de Prusse

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To work for nothing

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An (spontaneous) application

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La candidature (spontanée)

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An admittance of failure

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Un aveu d’échec

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To open up, blossom

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S’epanouir

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Le travail à plein-temps

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Full time work

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Monter en grade

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To get a promotion

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La préretraite

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Early retirement

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Les comités d’entreprise

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The works council (social)

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Débourser

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To pay [d…]

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The refereeing

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L’arbitrage

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Vanter

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To praise, extol

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Acharné

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Fierce, determined, unrelenting

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A manager

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Un gérant

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A strike

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Une grève

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Bousculer

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To jostle, shove

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Un brin

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A tad

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Soudoyer

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To bribe

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A gerontocracy, ruled by old people

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Une gérontocratie

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A union member

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Un(e) syndiqué(e)

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Une collectivité

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a community / local authority

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To persuade (into going out)

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Baratiner (inf)

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To crouch

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Accroupir

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A saying

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Un adage

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Une demande spontanée

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A spontaneous application

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To tighten one’s belt

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Se serrer la ceinture

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Le congé (payé) (parental) (maladie)

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(paid) (parental) (sick) leave

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An intern

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Un/une stagiaire

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A spontaneous application

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Une demande spontanée

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To recruit

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Recruter

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Le licenciement

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Dismissal, redundancy

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The works council (social)

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Les comités d’entreprise

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To request a job

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Solliciter un emploi

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a prize list

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Un palmarès

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Interpeller

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To call to

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Early retirement

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La préretraite

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Choyé

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Coddled

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École des hautes études commerciales

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Le groupe HEC

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1 month’s pay bonus at the end of the year

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Le treizième mois

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To retort

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Rétorquer

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To apply for a job (compete)

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Postuler

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The head of the business

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Le chef d’entreprise

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La candidature (spontanée)

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An (spontaneous) application

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Induire

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To induce

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The notice (of leaving work)

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Le préavis

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Entente (fem)

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Harmony, understanding

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A seasonal worker

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Un saisonner

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A civil-servant

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Un fonctionnaire

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A letter of application

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Une lettre de motivation

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Le treizième mois

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1 month’s pay bonus at the end of the year

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The colleague

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Le collègue

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The person in charge

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Le responsable

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Scléorser

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To paralyse, immobilise

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To resign

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Démissionner

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Un cadre (supérieur)

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A (senior) executive

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Démissionner

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To resign

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Le syndicat

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A union

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To use ‘tu’

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Tutoyer

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S’engouffre

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To devour, gobble

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Accroupir

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To crouch

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Un fonctionnaire

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A civil-servant

196
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A work experience placement

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Un stage

197
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Professional training

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La formation professionelle

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Dismissal, redundancy

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Le licenciement

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Une gérontocratie

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A gerontocracy, ruled by old people

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The profession, trade

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Le métier

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The subscription, dues (to be paid)

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La cotisation

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To bribe

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Soudoyer

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To induce

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Induire

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A hollow, cavity / a quiet moment

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Un creux

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The job

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L’emploi

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Un hic

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A snag

207
Q

Un illustre

A

A famous person

208
Q

Une répresentativité

A

A representativeness

209
Q

Un moulin à paroles

A

A chatter-box

210
Q

To employ

A

Embaucher

211
Q

Un crève-cœur

A

A heart break

212
Q

A scheme of mass redundancies

A

Le plan social

213
Q

S’epanouir

A

To open up, blossom

214
Q

Horripler

A

To annoy, aggravate

215
Q

A temp worker

A

Un/une intérimaire

216
Q

Tutoyer

A

To use ‘tu’

217
Q

Le doyen

A

The Dean, head of faculty

218
Q

To pay [v….]

A

Verser

219
Q

Le Pôle emploi

A

The job centre

220
Q

To work for nothing

A

Travailler pour le roi de Prusse

221
Q

Un adage

A

A saying

222
Q

To fire

A

Liciencier

223
Q

Tiny, minuscule

A

Infime

224
Q

Le travail au noir

A

Off the books work, undeclared work

225
Q

Part time work

A

Le travail à temps partiel

226
Q

A guarantor

A

Un garant

227
Q

Eplucher

A

To peel

228
Q

Une compétence

A

A skill, stregnth

229
Q

Un rattrapage

A

A retake

230
Q

To be retired

A

Etre à la retraite

231
Q

To jostle, shove

A

Bousculer

232
Q

To leap, jump

A

Bondir

233
Q

At a glance

A

En un coup d’œil

234
Q

Le responsable

A

The person in charge

235
Q

The resignation

A

La démission

236
Q

Un plaignant

A

A complainant

237
Q

Une agence immobilier

A

A housing agency

238
Q

La démission

A

The resignation

239
Q

La cotisation

A

The subscription, dues (to be paid)

240
Q

To leave to (inheritance)

A

Léguer

241
Q

Liciencier

A

To fire

242
Q

A shortage, lack of

A

Une pénurie

243
Q

To praise, extol

A

Vanter

244
Q

A housing agency

A

Une agence immobilier

245
Q

Un saisonnier

A

A seasonal worker

246
Q

Planifier

A

To plan, organise

247
Q

Un/une intérimaire

A

A temp worker

248
Q

To thwart, oppose

A

Contrecarrer

249
Q

L’emploi

A

The job

250
Q

The deficit

A

Le déficit

251
Q

To devour, gobble

A

S’engouffre

252
Q

Faire le pont

A

To take a long weekend

253
Q

An employment

A

Une embauche

254
Q

Une promotion

A

A promotion

255
Q

Une grève

A

A strike

256
Q

A skill, stregnth

A

Une compétence

257
Q

Coddled

A

Choyé

258
Q

Redouter

A

To fear, dread

259
Q

A member, supporter

A

Un adepte

260
Q

Un adepte

A

A member, supporter

261
Q

a community / local authority

A

Une collectivité

262
Q

A union member

A

Le/la syndicaliste

263
Q

A retake

A

Un rattrapage

264
Q

Infime

A

Tiny, minuscule

265
Q

To call to

A

Interpeller

266
Q

The harassment

A

Le harcèlement

267
Q

Le travail à la chaîne

A

Factory line work

268
Q

Une lettre de motivation

A

A letter of application

269
Q

Le/la syndicaliste

A

A union member

270
Q

Le préavis

A

The notice (of leaving work)

271
Q

L’arbitrage

A

The refereeing

272
Q

To fear, dread

A

Redouter

273
Q

To go on strike

A

Faire la grève / se mettre en grève

274
Q

S’avérer

A

To prove to be

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