CH7 Work/Uber Flashcards

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1
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un jour ouvrable

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a work day

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une semaine de 39 heures

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a 39-working week

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3
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les salariés

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the payroll

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4
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un membre d’une profession libérale (ou bien sûr un professionnel)

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a professional

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5
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un commerçant

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a shopkeeper

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un artisan

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acraftsman

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7
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un ouvrier sur machine/un agent secret

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an operative

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un employé de bureau

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a clerk

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9
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un emploi subalterne

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a menial job

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10
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un petit boulot

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an odd job

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11
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la charge de travail

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workload

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12
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un paresseux

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a loafer

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13
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un poste à pourvoir

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a vacancy, a vacant position

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14
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nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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to appoint sbdy to a post

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15
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un licenciement

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a lay-off, to lay off

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16
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salaire, paye

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wages

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17
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être mal payé

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to be ill paid

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18
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travailler au noir

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to moonlight, moonlighting

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19
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une augmentation de salaire

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a pay rise

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20
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une note de frais

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an expense account

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21
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un cdd

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a term contract

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22
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un cdi

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a permanent contract

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23
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travailler comme une brute

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to work like a Trojan/ a dog/ a horse

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24
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l’âge de la retraite

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the pension eligibility age

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25
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toucher une retraite

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to collect/to draw a pension

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26
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prendre sa retraite (US)

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to go on Social Security

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27
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arrondir ses revenus

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to supplement one’s income

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28
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se syndiquer

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to join a union

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29
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le malaise social

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labour unrest

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30
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conflits du travail

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labour strife

31
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une grève largement suivie

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a widespread strike

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une grève illlimitée

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an indefinite strike

33
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un préavis de grève

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an advance notice

34
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une série de négociation

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a round of talks

35
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Equivalent du MEDEF

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the CBI

36
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une économie d’Etat

A

a state-run économie

37
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la population active

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The working population

38
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le déficit de la balance commerciale

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the trade gap

39
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production industrielle

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Industrial output

40
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les dépenses des ménages

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consumer spending

41
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les dépenses publiques

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Public spending

42
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l’offre

A

the supply side

43
Q

la TVA

A

VAT

44
Q

liquidation

A

winding up

45
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faillite

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Bankruptcy

46
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PIB

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GDP

47
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la crise de 1929

A

the Slump

48
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le taux de change

A

the exchange rate

49
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une action

A

a share

50
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un actionnaire

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a shareholder

51
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monter en flèche

A

to soar, to rocket

52
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une banque de dépôt

A

a savings bank

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un chéquier

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checkbook

54
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être à découvert

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to be overdrawn

55
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une hypothèque

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a mortgage

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une PME

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a medium-sized business

57
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faire des affaires

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to do business

58
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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

59
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prospérer

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to thrive

60
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un directeur commercial

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a sales manager

61
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un comptable

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an accountant

62
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la réduction d’effectif

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Downsizing

63
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un entrepôt

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a warehouse

64
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une facture

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an invoice

65
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casser les prix

A

to slash prices

66
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un rival

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a challenger

67
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une etiquette

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a price tag

68
Q

d’occasion

A

second-hand

69
Q

une (bonne) affaire

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a bargain

70
Q

OCDE

A

OECD

71
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FMI

A

IMF

72
Q

rue de Londres associée aux grandes banque ==> marché financier londonien

A

Lombard street

73
Q

un homme qui doit sa fortune au pétrole

A

A oillionaire

74
Q

les affaires louches

A

Monkey business