BP - Unemployment Flashcards

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1
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Du travail

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Work

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Un travail, un emloi

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a job

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une profession, une activité professionnelle

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an occupation

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les professions libérales

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the professions

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une carrière

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a career

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le monde du travail

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the world of work

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etre au travail

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to be at work

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le lieu de travail

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the workplace

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travailler chez soi

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to work from home

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travailler a temps partiel / a mi-temps

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to work part time

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travailler a plein temps

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to work full time

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la classe ouvrière

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the working class

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la population active

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the working population

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la vie active

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the working life

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les conditions de travail

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working conditions

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un atelier

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a workshop

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une usine

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a factory/ a plant

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un atelier clandestin

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a sweatshop

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travailler beaucoup

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to work hard

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être travailleur

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to be hard-working

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un travailleur acharné / un bourreau de travail

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a hard worker, a workaholic

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un permis de travail

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a work permit

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être/ ne pas être de service/ de garde

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to be on duty / off duty

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people who remain poor although they have jobs

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the working poor

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un phénomène

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a trend

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joindre les deux bouts

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make ends meet

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le seuil de pauvreté

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the poverty line

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un éventail politique

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a political spectrum

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un effet de ruissellement

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trickle-down effect

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financer

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to fund

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31
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le chomage

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unemployment , joblessness

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etre au chomage

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to be unemployed

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taux de chomage

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unemployment rate, jobless rate

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les chomeurs

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the unemployment, the jobless

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le chomage de longue durée

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long-term unemployment

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36
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le chomage des jeunes

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youth unemployment

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37
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allocation chomage

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unemployment benefit

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toucher le chomage

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to be on the dole (GB), to be on welfare

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le marché du travail

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job market, labour market

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CDD

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a fixed-term contract

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41
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CDI

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an open-ended contract

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42
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la flexibilité de l’emploi

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job flexibility

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avoir des horaires flexibles

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work flexitime (GB) flextime (US)

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la sécurité/ la précarité de l’emploi

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job security / insecurity

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45
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un stage

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an internship, a work placement

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un stagiaire

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an intern, a trainee

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47
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un travailleur précaire

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a casual worker

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48
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un petit boulot

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an odd job, casual job

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49
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un boulot dété

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a summer job

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50
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un intérimaire

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a temporary worker

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51
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faire de l’intérim

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to temp, to work as a temp

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52
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pénurie

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shortages

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53
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satisfaire

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to help meet

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54
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les perspectives

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outlook

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55
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employer

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to employ

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56
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un employeur

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an employer

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57
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un employé

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an employee

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58
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changer de travail

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to switch/ change jobs

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59
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embaucher un travailleur

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to hire, to take on a worker

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recruter

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to recruit

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une période d’essai

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a trial period

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un poste

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a post, a position

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nommer qqn a un post

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to appoint somebody to a post

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muter qqn

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to transfer

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65
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un poste a responsabilité

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a responsible job

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66
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un emploi subalterne

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a menial job

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un demandeur d’emploi

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a job-seeker

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une agence de Pôle emploi

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a Jobcenter

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Un CV

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a curriculum vitae, CV, résumé (US)

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expérience professionnelle

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work experience

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des compétences

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skills

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être candidat a un emploi

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to apply for a job

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un candidat à un poste

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an applicant

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un entretien d’embauche

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a job interview

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une offre d’emploi

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a job offer, a job vacancy

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travail OU main d’oeuvre

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labour

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la main d’oeuvre féminine / des enfants

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female labour, child labour

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les normes en matière d’emploi

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labour standards

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la main d’oeuvre

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manpower, workforce

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le personnel

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staff, personnel

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un collègue, un camarade de travail

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a colleague, a co-worker, a workmate

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les ressources humaines

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human resources

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travail manuel

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manual labour

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travailleur manuel

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manual worker

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le parti travailliste

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the Labour Party

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un travail qualifié / peu qualifié / pas qualifié

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a skilled/ low-skilled / unskilled job

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un ouvrier spécialisé (OS)

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an unskilled worker

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un ouvrier

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un blue-collar worker

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un employé de bureau

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a white-collar worker

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un fonctionnaire

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a state employee, a civil servant

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un salarié du secteur public

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a public-sector employee

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un haut fonctionnaire

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a high-ranking civil servant

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être indépendant, travailler a son compte

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to be self-employed

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les travailleurs indépendants

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the self-employed

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des honoraires

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fees

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se ridiculiser

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to make a fool of oneself

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souligner

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to highlight

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la libre entreprise

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free entreprise

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l’esprit d’entreprise

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entrepreneurship

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entreprenant

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entrepreneurial

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la paie

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pay

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salaire

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salary

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salaire (d’ouvrier)

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wages

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gagner de l’argent

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to earn money, to make money

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gagner sa vie

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to earn a living, to earn one’s living, to make a living

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que fait-il dans la vie ?

A

What does he do for a living ?

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Un travail mal payé

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a badly-paid job, a low-paid job

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un travail bien payé

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a well-paid job, a highly-paid job

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un salarié

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a wage-earner

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une prime

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a bonus (pl: bonuses)

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un avantage (en nature), avantage annexe

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a perk, a fringe-benefit

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une voiture de fonction

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a company car

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salaire au rendement

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performance-related pay

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être employé dans une entreprise

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to be on a company’s payroll

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dans tout le pays

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across the country

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s’apprêter à

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to be set to

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faire face à

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to keep up with

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salariés payés a l’heure

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hourly-paid workers

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des vancances

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holiday

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les congés payés

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paid holiday

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être en vacance

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to be on holiday

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un jour ferié

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a bank holiday

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être en congé maladie

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to be on sick leave

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prendre deux jours de congés

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to take two days off

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réduction du temps de travail (RTT)

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reduction of working hours

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les 35 heures, la semaine de 35 heures

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the 35-hour working week

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être prisonniers

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to be trapped

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prendre soin de…

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to have made a point

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à grande échelle

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in a big way

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l’oisiveté

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idleness

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to cut jobs

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supprimer des emplois

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faire des coupes sombres, claires dans la main d’oeuvre

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to slash, to axe jobs

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des pertes d’emploi, suppressions d’emploi

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job losses

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rationaliser

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to streamline

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dégraisser ses effectifs

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to downsize

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licencier des salariés

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to lay off workers , to make workers redundant

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un licenciement (économique)

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a redundancy

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un départ volontaire

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a voluntary redundancy

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un plan social

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a redundancy plan

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indemnité de licenciement, prime de départ

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redundancy payment, severance pay, severance package

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un parachute doré

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golden parachute, a golden handshake

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renvoyer, licencier, congédier quelqu’un

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to dismiss sb

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mettre à la porte, renvoyer, virer

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to fire, to sack, to give sb the sack

144
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être renvoyé

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to get the sack

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être vilipendé

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to be reviled

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autonomie

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self-reliance

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incarner

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encapsulate

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un conflit social

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an industrial dispute

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se mettre / être en grêve

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to go on strike / be on strike

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un gréviste

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a striker

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la direction et les salariés

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management and workers

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un délégué syndical

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a shop stewart

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un syndical

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a (trade) union

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une revendication

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a claim

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des revendications salariales

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wage claims, wage demands

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une augmentation de salaire

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a payrise (GB), a payraise (US)

157
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reprendre le travail

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to resume work

158
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légèrement

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slightly

159
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annoncer

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to flag

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prendre sa retraite

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to retire

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démissionner

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to resign, to step down

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la retraite

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retirement

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un retraité

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a pensioner, an old age pensioner, a retiree (US)

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Partir en pré-retraite

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to take early retirement

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l’âge de la retraite

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retirement age