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95 - The building trade, industry Flashcards

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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 (2)

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The plan /

The blueprint

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Un entrepreneur en bâtiment

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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 (2)

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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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The 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

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A hard hat

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Un ouvrier du bâtiment

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A hard hat

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Le gros œuvre

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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

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Ailing

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Vieillissant

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Aging

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À l’agonie

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Dying

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Dépassé

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Out of date

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Obsolète

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Obsolete

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Subventionnés

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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 dismantle

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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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Construire

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To build

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Une usine (2)

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A plant /

A factory

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Une usine automobile

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A car factory

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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 fabriquant

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A manufacturer

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Produire

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To produce

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Un produit

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A produce

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La production

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Production

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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

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A process

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Un processus

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A process

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Traiter

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To process

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Le traitement

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Processing

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Fabriquer en série

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To mass-produce

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La petite mécanique

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Light engineering

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La mécanique lourde

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Heavy engineering

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57
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Une machine

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A machine

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Usiner

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To machine

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Une machine-outil

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A machine-tool

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Faire fonctionner

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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 (2)

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A component /

A part

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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 plant

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Un atelier de montage

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An assembly shop

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La chaîne de montage

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The assembly line

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Travailler à la chaîne

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To work on the line

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Un robot

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A robot

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La robotique

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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 contremaître

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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

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A shift

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Les trois-huit

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Shift work

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A la base

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At shopfloor level

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La sécurité

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Safety

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Une norm de sécurité

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A safety standard

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Efficace (2)

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Effective /

Efficient

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L’efficacité (2)

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Effectiveness /

Efficiency

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Accroître

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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 coûts 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

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To incite

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Une incitation

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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 publics

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Civil engineering

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L’industrie chimique

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The chemical industry

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Une scierie

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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 (2)

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Advanced /

Leading edge

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Une technopole

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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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Groundbreaking

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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 bâtiment

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Building workers

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Un bâtiment en béton

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A concrete building

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Un bâtiment en brique

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A brick building

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Un bâtiment en pierre

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A stone building

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Un bâtiment préfabriqué

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A prefabricated building

120
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Démolir (3)

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To demolish /
To pull down /
To knock down

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Démolir au bulldozer

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To buildoze a building

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Raser un bâtiment

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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 (2)

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A concrete mixer /

A 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 closure

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La production de masse

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Mass production

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Des 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’entretien

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A maintenance worker

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Faire fonctionner une machine (2)

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To work a machine /

To operate a machine

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Une machine

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A machine

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Un travail ingrat (2)

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Thankless work /

Unrewarding work

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Des normes de sécurité sévères

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Stringent safety standards

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Des règles de sécurité (2)

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Safety rules /

Safety regulations

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Rationaliser les tâches

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To streamline tasks

141
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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 prend 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 lourde

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Heavy industry

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L’industrie légère

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Light industry

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L’industrie automobile (2)

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The car industry /

The automobile industry

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L’industrie agroalimentaire

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The food-porcessing 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 cottage industry

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