Le Mot Et L'idee Flashcards by Andriamampionona Dina

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A textile mill owner

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Un industriel du textile

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To enter into partnership

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S’associer

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Corporation

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SARL

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Manufacturing

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Fabrication

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Genuine

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Authentique/garanti

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Adulterated

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Falsifié

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Shoddy goods/trumpery goods

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Camelote

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A workman

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Ouvrier

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A foreman

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Un contremaître

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A shift

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Une équipe/poste

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A mechanic

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Un mécanicien

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Skilled # Unskilled

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Qualifié # non qualifié

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To ask for a rise/raise

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Demander une augmentation

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To go on strike

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Être en grève

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An industrial dispute

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Un conflit de travail

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Collective bargaining

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La concertation

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A trade/labor union

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Un syndicat

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A shop steward

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Un délégué syndical

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The shop floor

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La base/les ouvriers

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Deunionization

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La désyndicalisation

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Labour-intensive

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À main d’œuvre nombreuse

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Capital-intensive

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À forte intensité de capital

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Advanced technology/Hi-tech

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Technologie de pointe

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A layman

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Un profane

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Coal mining

L'exploitation de la houille

The National Coal Board

~ Charbonnages

Output

Production

A coalfield

Un bassin houiller

A collier/a colliery

Un mineur/une houillière

To dig (to be dug) a shaft/pit

Un puit de mine

To work the seams

Exploiter un filon

Firedamp

Grisou

To hew (to be hewn)

Tailler

Yield/ROI

Render end

To become worked-out/exhausted

S'epuiser

Cost effective/profitable

Rentable

The metal industry

Metallurgie

Brass/bronze/alloy/steel

Laiton/bronze/alliage/acier

To extract, to dig out ore

Extraire du minerai

Ore

Minerai

To crush/grind

Ecraser/broyer

Technology and know-how

Le savoir-fairs

Technological advances

Les progrès de la technologie

An appliance/to devise

Un appareil/inventer

To process

Traiter, transformer

Silicon chips

Les puces electroniques

Noxious fumes

Gaz deleteres

Lead-free/unleaded

Sans plomb

The ozone layer

Couche d'ozone

Carbon dioxyde

Gaz carbonique

Radioactive waste

Déchets radioactifs

Environmentalists

Écologistes

Wares/goods

Marchandises

To sell/a sale

Vendre/une vente

Wholesaler/dealer

Grossiste

A middleman

Intermédiaire

A retailler

Un détaillant

A warehouse

Entrepôt

A stall

Un étal/inventaire

To run errands

Faire les commissions

To trade/deal in

faire le commerce de

A commodity

Une denrée

A counyer

Un comptoir

A departement

Un rayon

A salesman/a shop assistant/sales clerk

Un employé, commis de magasin

Patrons

Clients habituels

A store detective

Un inspecteur

A shoplifter

Un voleur a l'étalage