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Lesson 90 : Work, the job market Flashcards

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1
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La recherche d’emploi

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Job hunting

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Chercher un emploi

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To seek a job / to hunt for a job

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Un demandeur d’emploi

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A job seeker / a job hunter

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Une ANPE

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A job center

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Une offre d’emploi

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A job offer

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Un poste vacant

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A vacancy

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Un chasseur de têtes

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A headhunter

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Un cabinet de recrutement

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A head-hunting firm

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Postuler à un emplooi

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To apply for a job

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Un candidat à un emploi

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An applicant

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Une candidature

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An application

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Un cv

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A CV / a résumé

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Des références

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Credentials

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Des diplomes

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Qualifications

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Des compétences / qualifié / non qualifié

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Skills / skilled / unskilled

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L’expérience / expérimenté

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Expérience / experienced

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Le savoir-faire

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Know-how / expertise

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Capable / aptitude

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Able / Ability

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Un domaine

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A field

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Un rendez-vous

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An appointment

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Un entretien

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An interview

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Passer un entretient

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To be interviewed

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Un entretien d’embauche

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A job interview

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Recruter / le recrutement

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To recruit / recruitment

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Embaucher

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To hire / to take on

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À l’essai

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On probation

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Un stage d’entreprise

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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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L’emploi

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Employment

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Employer

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To employ

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L’emploi / un employeur / un employé

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Employment / an employer / an employee

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Indépendant

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Self employed

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Un emploi

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A job

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À temps partiel / à temps plein

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Part-time / full-time

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Intérimaire / un intérimaire / faire de l’intérim

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Temporary / A temp / to temp

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Précaire / la précarité

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Precarious, tenuous / precariousness

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Travailler / le travail / un travailleur/ un ouvrier

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To work / work / a worker / a workman

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La main d’oeuvre

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The labourforce / manpower

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Un manoeuvre

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A labourer

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Un métier / une profession

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An occupation / a trade

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Une vocation -

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A calling

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La vie professionelle

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Professional life

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Le personnel

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Staff

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Un membre du personnel

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A staffer

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Un poste

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A post / a position

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Occuper (un poste)

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To hold (a post / a position)

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Une carrière

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A career

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Un apprenti / l’apprenti

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An apprentice / an apprenticeship

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Un cadre

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An executive

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Diriger / un directeur

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To manage / a manager

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Un responsable de

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Responsible for / in charge of

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Se former / un stage / se recycler

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To train / a training period / to retrain

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La reconversion

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Retraining

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Le dynamisme

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Drive

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Un ambitieux

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A go-getter

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Un bourreau de travail

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A workaholic

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Promouvoir / l’avancement / avoir de l’avancement

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To promote / promotion / to get promoted

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Promouvoir / rétrograder qq

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To upgrade / to downgrade sby

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Nommer qq / une nomination

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To appoint sby / an appointment

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Une mutation / être muté

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A transfer / to be transferred to

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Démissionner (d’un poste)

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To resign (from a post)

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La démission

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Resignation

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Prendre sa retraite

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To retire

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La retraite / à la retraite / un retraité

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Retirement / retired / a retiree, a pensioner

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Le chômage

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Unemployment

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Mettre qq à la porte / renvoyer qqn

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To fire / to sack sby

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Licencier qqn / un licenciement

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To dismiss / a dismissal

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Licencier qqn / un licenciement

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To make sby redundant / a redundancy

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Être au chômage

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To be out of work / jobless / the jobless

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Le chômage des jeunes

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Youth unemployment

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Un bénéficiaire (aide sociale)

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A claimant

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Les petites annonces

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The classified ads

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Décrocher un emploi

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To land a job

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Refuser une offre

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To turn down an offer

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Satisfaire aux exigences

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To meet the requirements

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Une période d’essai

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A probationary period

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Le marché du travail

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The labour / job market

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La population active

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The working population

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La travail manuel

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manual work

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Le travail de bureau

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Clerical work

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Le travail de secrétariat

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Secretarial work

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Un emploi subalterne

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A menial job

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Cols bleus / blancs / roses

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Blue / white / pink collar workers

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Décider de travailler à temps partiel

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To go part time

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Décider de travailler en indépendant

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To go freelance

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Le partage du travail

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job sharing

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Un cadre débutant; supérieur

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A junior / senior executive

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Faire un stage

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To go on a train period

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Se recycler / se perfectionner

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To go on a refresher course

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L’avancement à l’ancienneté / au mérite

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Promotion by seniority / by selection

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Une promotion ultrarapide

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A fast-track scheme

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Gravir les échelons de l’entp

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to move up / to climb the corporate ladder

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Un jeune loup

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A high flyer

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Les postes à responsabilité

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Senior positions / top jobs

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Assumer la responsabilité de

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To take on responsibility for

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Se faire mettre à la porte

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To get the sack

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Lourdes suppressions d’emplois

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Drastic job cuts / heavy job losses

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Licenciements de masse

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Massive layoffs

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Le taux de chômage

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The unemployment rate / unemployment figures

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Les chiffres du chômage

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Unemployment figures

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Le chômage partiel

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Short-time working

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Les indemnités de chômage

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unemployment / welfare benefits // jobseeker’s allowance

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Toucher les indemnités chômage

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To collect unemployment benefits / to be on the dole (uk) / to be on welfare (us)

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Retrouver un emploi

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To find a new job

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