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95 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Flashcards

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construire

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to build

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un maçon

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a builder

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un architecte

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an architect

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les plans

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the plan / the blueprint

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un entrepreneur en batiment

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a building contractor

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un ingénieur en TP

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a civil engineer

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un géomètre

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a land surveyor

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un chantier de construction

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a building site

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un chef de chantier

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a site foreman

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les travaux de construction

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construction work

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creuser

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to dig / to excavate

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le terrassement

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excavation

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une pelleteuse

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an excavator

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les fondations

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foundations

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un échafaudage

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a scaffolding

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une grue

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a crane

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un casque / un ouvrier du batiment

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a hard hat

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le gros oeuvre

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the shell

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les gros travaux

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the heavy work

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les finitions

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the finishing touches

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industriel

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industrial

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industrialiser

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to industrialize

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un industriel

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an industrialist

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l’industrialisation

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industrialization

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en difficulté

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struggling

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mal en point / vieillissant

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ailing / aging

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à l’agonie

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dying

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dépassé / obsolète

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out of date / obsolete (obsolite)

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subventionné

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state-supported

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fermer

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to close down

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démanteler

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to dismantele

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délocaliser

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to relocate

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se maintenir au courant de

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to keep up with

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améliorer

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to upgrade

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moderniser

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to update

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stimuler

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to boost

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une usine

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a plant / a factory

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une usine automobile

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a car factory / plant

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un atelier

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a workshop

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fabriquer

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to manufacture

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un fabriquand

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a manufacturer

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produire un produit

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to produce a product

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la production

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productioon

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la productivité

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productivity

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les matières premières

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raw materials

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un procédé/processus

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a precess

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traiter –> le traitement

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to process –> processing

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fabriquer en série

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to mass-produce

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la petité mécanique

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light engineering

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la mécanique lourdre

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heavy engineering

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une machine –> usiner

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a machine –> to machine

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une machine-outil

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a machine-tool

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faire focntionner

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to operate

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un cariste

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a forklift truck operator

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une pièce

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a part / a componenet

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assembler

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to assemble

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une usine de montage

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an assembly palnt

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un atelier de montage

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an assembly shop

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la chaine de montage

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the assembly line

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travailler à la chaine

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to work on the lione

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un robot –> la robotique

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a robot –> robotics

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l’automatisation

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automation

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automatisé

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automated

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automatique(ment)

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automatic(ally)

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un ouvrier (non) qualifié

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a(n) (un)skilled worker

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un contremaitre

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a foreman

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travailler à la pièce

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to do piece work

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une équipe –> les trois-huit

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a shift –> shift work

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à la base

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a shopfloor level

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la sécurité

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safety

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une norme de sécurité

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safety standards

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efficace –> efficacité

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effective –> effectiveness

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efficace –> efficacité

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efficient –> efficency

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accroitre

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to step up

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améliorer

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to enhance

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le rendement

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output

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les gains de productivité

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productivity gains

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les bénéfices

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profits

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rentable

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profitable

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la rentabilité

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profitability

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les couts de fabrication

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manufacturing costs

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réduire

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to scale down

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inciter –> une incitation

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to incit –> an incentive

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une prime

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a bonus

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la logistique

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logistics

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l’ergonomie

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ergonomics

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l’industrie du bois

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the timber industry

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l’industrie textile

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the textile industry

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les travaux publiques

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civil engineering

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l’industrie chilique

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the chemical industry

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une sciere

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a sawmill

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un chantier naval

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a shipyard

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les industries de pointe

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high-tech industries

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de pointe

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advanced / leading edge

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une techopole

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a technological park

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innover

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to innovate

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innovant

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grundbreaking

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concevoir

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to design

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mettre au point

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to develop

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le savoir faire

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know how

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exploiter une technologie

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to harness a technology

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faire des progrès

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to make progress

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déposer un brevet

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to take out a patent

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les matériaux de construction

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building materials

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les ouvriers du batiment

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building workers

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un batiment en béton / brique / pierre

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a concrete / brick / stone building

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un batiment préfabriqué

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a prefabricated building

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démolir

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to demolish / pull down / knock down

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démolir au bulldozer

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to buldoze a building

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raser un batiment

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to raze a building

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creuser une tranchée

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to dig a trench

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poser les fondations

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to lay the foundations

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poser un tuyau

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to lay down a pipe

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une bétonnière

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a concrete / cement mixer

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le béton armé

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reinforced concrete

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une industrie montante

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a sunrise industry

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une industrie en déclin

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an ailing industry

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une fermeture d’usine

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a plant cluser

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la production de passe

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mass production

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les produits manufacturés

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manufactured goods

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un ouvrier de fabrication

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a production worker

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un ouvrier d’entretient

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a maintenance worker

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faire focntionner une machine

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to work / to operate a machine

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un travail ingrat

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thankless / unrewarding work

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des normes de sécurité sévères

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stringent safety standards

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les règles de sécurité

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safety rules / regulations

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rationnaliser les tâches

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to streamline tasks

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stimuler la productivité

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to boost productivity

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qui fait gagner du temps

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time-saving

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qui prends du temps

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time-consuming

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a flux tendu

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just-in-time methods

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l’industrie agoalimentaire

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the food-processing industry

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la construction navale

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the shipbuilding industry

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une industrie traditionnelle

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a smokestack industry

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une industrie à domicile

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a cotage industry

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