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Callings And Trades Flashcards

1
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Choisir un but

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To choose an aim

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Un projet

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A scheme

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Intelligent

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Clever

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Doue

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Gifted

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Capable

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Able

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Competent

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Competent

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Un conseiller d orientation

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A careers officer

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Habilete

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Skill

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Capacite talent

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Ability

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Conseiller

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To advise so

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Guider

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To guide so

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Conseils

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Advice

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Professions liberales

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The ( learned) professions

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Une carriers

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A career

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Connnaissances

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Knowledge

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Le savoir

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Learning

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Member des pro liberales

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Professional people

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Le droit la justice

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The law

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La justice

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Justice

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Faire son droit

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To read for the bar

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Un homme de loi

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A lawyer

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Avocat notaire

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A solicitor

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Avocat

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A barrister
A lawyer
An attorney

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Medicine

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Medicine

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docteur

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A doctor

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Medecin

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A physician

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Fameux

Renomme

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Famous

Renowned

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La clientele

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The practice

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Honoraires

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The fees

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Generaliste

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A general practitioner

A GP

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Specialiste

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A specialist

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Entrer dans l enseignement

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To go in for teaching

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Suivre des cours

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To go through a course

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Ecole normale

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A training college

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Avoir le gout du journalisme

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To have a taste for journalism

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Beaux arts

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The fine arts

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Avoid des dispositions pour

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To have a bent for

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Faire du theatre

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To go on the stage

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Politique

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Politics

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Affaires

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Business

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Entreprenant

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Enterprising

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Une societe

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A business

Businesses

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Scientifique

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A scientist

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Ingenieur

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An engineer

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Reussir

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To succeed

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Echouer

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To fail

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Une place

Emploi

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A job

An employment

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Du travail

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Employment

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Gagner sa vie

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To make a living

To earn a livelihood

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Les commercAnts

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Shopkeepers

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Un commercant

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A tradesman

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Exercer in métier

FAire du commerce

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To carry on trade

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53
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Produits alimentaires

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Foodstuffs

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54
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Epicier

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A grocer

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Marchand de legumes

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A Greengrocer

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Boulanger

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A baker

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Boucher

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A Butcher

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Fruitier

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A fruiterer

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Marchand de volailles

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A poulterer

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Poissonier

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A fishmonger

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Cremier

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A dairyman

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Laitier

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Marchand des 4 saisons

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A costermonger

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Confiseur

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A confectioner

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Marchand de vin

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A wine merchant

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Brasseur

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Une brasserie

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Faire biere

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To brew beer

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Echanges commerciaux

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Tailleur

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Couturiere

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A dressmaker

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Bonnetier

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Bonneterie

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Modiste

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Modiste

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A milliner

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Marchand de nouveautes

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Etoffes

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Nouveautes

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Fancy good

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Marchand de confection

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An outfitter

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Pret a porter

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Ready-made

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Coordonier

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A shoemaker

A cobbler

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Mercier

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A haberdasher

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Mercerie

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Small wares

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Teinturier

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A cleaner

A dryer

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Repasser

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Teindre

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Blanchisserie

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Laverie automatique

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A launderette

Laundromat

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L habillement

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Clothing

Dress

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Les industries du batiment

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The building trades

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Fournir

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To supply

To provide so with sth

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Journal

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A newspaper

A paper

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Imprimer livre

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To print a book

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Imprimeur

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Imprimerie

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A printing works

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Presse

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A printing Press / machine

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Caracteres

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Procede photocomposition

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A photo-setting process

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Redac chef

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The editor

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Journaliste

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A journalist

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Reporteur

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A reporter

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Grands quotidiens

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National newspapers

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Tirage

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Circulation

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Abonnes

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Subscribers

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Editorial

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Pb

Sujet

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Titre

Manchette

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A headline

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Auotidien

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Hebdomadaire
Mensuel
Trimestriel

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A weekly
A monthly
A quarterly

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Kioske

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A bookstall

A news-stand

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Editeur

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A publisher

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Editer livre

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To publish a book

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Livre broche, de poche

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A paperback

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Libraries

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A Bookshop

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Libraire

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A bookseller

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Livre relie

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A hardback

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Relier

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Relieur

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A book-binder

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Occasion

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Second-hand

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Papetier

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A stationer

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Papeterie

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Stationery

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Un choix

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Papier a lettre

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Envelope

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An envelope

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Buraliate

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A tobacconist

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Tabc

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Cigarette

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Cigarettes

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Fumer la pipe

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To be a pipe smoker

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Recharge

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Briquet

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A cigarette lighter

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Priser

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To take snuff

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Chiquer

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To chew tobacco

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Etre en apprentissage chez

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To be apprenticed to so

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Etre capable pour un metier

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To be fit for a trade

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Incapable

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S elever a force de travail

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To work one’s way up

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Monter une affaire

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To set up in business

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Metier qui rapporte

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A paying trade

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Faire fortune

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To make a fortune

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Prendre sa retraite

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Un rate

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Education post scolaire

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Further education

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Patron

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An employer

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Employe

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An employee

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Apprenti

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An apprentice

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Education permanente

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Adult education

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Formation pro

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In-service training

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Recyclage

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Refresher course

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2 ho me metier entendent jamais

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Two of a trade never agree

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Bon tt propre rien

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Jack of all trades and master of none

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Pettes causes

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For want of a nail, the shoe was lost

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Chosir fe

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Chose net other women nor linen by candlelight

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13 a 12

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A baker’s dozen

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Affaires

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Business is business

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