Theme 3- Le monde du travail Flashcards

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Working woman

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la femme professionnelle

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Working world

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le monde professionel

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Previously

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auparavant

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More

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davantage

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Policy

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la politique

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Effective

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efficace

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At home

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au foyer

à domicile

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Advice

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conseils

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9
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To juggle

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jongler

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Under tension

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sous-tension

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Depressed

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déprimé

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Clean the house

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nettoyer la maison

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Bottle-feeds

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les biberons

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Relentless

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acharnement

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Convinced

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convaincu

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Exhausted

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extenué

épuisé

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Restricted

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restreint

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18
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I have to live up to my parent’s expectations

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Je dois être à la hateur des attentes parentales

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Expectations

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des attentes

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20
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Nice to meet you

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enchanté

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21
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Overloaded

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surchargé

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22
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To distribute

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distruber

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Profitable, succesful, fruitful

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fructeux

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Unemployment rate

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le taux de chômage

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25
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Widespread/common

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répandu

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26
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Health crisis

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la crise sanitaire

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27
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Purchasing power

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le pouvoir d’achat

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28
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To prevail

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prévaloir

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29
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Competition

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la concurrence

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30
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Subsidy

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une subvention

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31
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At the beginning

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au début

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32
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disillusioned

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déchanté

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33
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Because of

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à cause de

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34
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Workstation

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le poste de travail

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35
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To stand/tolerate

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supporter

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36
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To be suspicious of/doubtful

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soupçonner

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37
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To resign/quit

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démissionner

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38
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Elsewhere

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ailleurs

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39
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To build/form/tie

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nouer

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40
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Togetherness

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la convivialité

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41
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To choose an occupation

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choisir un métier

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42
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To earn a living

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gagner sa vie

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43
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To make plans for the future

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Faire des projets d’avenir

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44
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To be motivated

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être motivé(e)

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45
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To be qualified

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être diplômé(e)

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46
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Ambition

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l’ambition (f)

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47
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Ambitious

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ambitieux (-euse)

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48
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To look for a job

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Chercher un emploi

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49
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Jobseeker

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le demandeur d’emploi

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50
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Advertisements for jobs

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les offres (f) d’emploi

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51
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Vacancy

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le poste vacant

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52
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Recruitment

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le recreutement

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53
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To find a job

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Trouver une situation

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54
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Working day

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le jour ouvrable

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55
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Public holiday

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le jour férié

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56
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Day off

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le jour de congé

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57
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Paid holiday

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le congé payé

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58
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Lunch Break

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la pause-déjeuner

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59
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To have a career

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Avoir une carrière

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60
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To work full time

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Travailler à temps plein

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61
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To work part time

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Travailler à mi-temps

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62
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Job sector

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un domaine d’activité

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63
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Professions in private practice

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les professions libérales

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64
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Civil service

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la fonction publique

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65
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Civil servant

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le/la fonctionnaire

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Service industries

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le secteur tertiaire

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67
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Career guidance

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l’orientation professionelle

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68
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To be aiming for a career in…

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se destiner à une carrière dans…

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69
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To set oneself a goal

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se fixer un objectif

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To stand on one’s two feet

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Voler de ses propres ailes

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Career prospects

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les perspectives (f) de carrière

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72
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To make a career

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faire une carrière

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The better qualified you are, the less likely you are to be out of work

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Plus on est diplômé(e), moins on risque d’être au chômage

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74
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To be retired

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être à la retraite

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75
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To lack experience

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Manquer d’expérience

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Apprenticeship, learning process

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l’apprentissage (m)

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To do a course; to do work experience

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effectuer/suivre/faire un stage

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Work experience

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le stage en entreprise

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Course participant; trainee

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le/la stagiaire

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80
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Level of training

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le niveau de formation

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81
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Particular area of training

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la spécialité de formation

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Skills

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les compétences (f)

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83
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Ongoing training

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la formation continue

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84
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Job training alternating with education

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la formation en alternance

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85
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Apprenticeship in the workplace

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l’apprentissage (m) sur le terrain

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To learn on the job

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être formé(e) sur le tas

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To get basic experience of a job

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s’initier aux pratiques de métier

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To acquire a skill

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acquérir une compétance

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To specalise in

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se spécaliser en/dans

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To know the ins and outs of a job

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Connaitre les ficelles du métier

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Personal achievement

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l’accomplissement (m) personnel

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Personal enrichment

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l’enrichissement (m) personnel

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Applicant, candidate

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le/la candidat(e)

le postulant

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Application

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la candidature

la demande d’emploi

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To apply for a job

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faire une demande d’emploi

soliciter un emploi

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Job application form

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la formulaire de demande d’emploi

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CV

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le CV (Curriculum vitae)

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Job description

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la description de poste

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99
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To possess the required qualifications

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posséder les qualifications requises

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To have an (in)adequate level of training

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avoir un niveau de formation (in)suffisant

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To provide references

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fournir des références

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102
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To be experienced

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être expérimenté(e)

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103
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To be equal to the task

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être à la hauteur

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104
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Management

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la direction

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105
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Job interview

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l’entretien (m) d’embauche (f)

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To hire

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embaucher

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107
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To employ

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engager

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108
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Job offer

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une offre d’emploi

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109
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to be appointed

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être nommé(e)

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110
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To be taken on

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se faire embaucher

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111
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To sign a contract

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signer un contrat

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112
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To earn a salary

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toucher un salaire

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113
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an employee

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un(e) employé(e)

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Employer

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un(e) employeur (-euse)

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115
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To resign

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démissioner

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116
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National Employment Agency

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l’ANPE (l’Agence nationale pour l’emploi)

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To sign on as unemployed and looking for work

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s’inscrire comme demandeur d’emploi

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118
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An employment agency

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une agence de placement

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119
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Head hunter

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le chasseur de têtes

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120
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To make approaches to

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faire des démarches auprès de…

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121
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An irresistible offer

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une offre séduisante

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122
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To find and fill a gap in the job market

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Combler un vide sur le marché du travail

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A temporary/permanent contract

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Un contrat à durée déterminée/ indéterminée

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A permanent job

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une embauche définitive

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125
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Temporary replacement

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l’intérimaire

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126
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Seasonal work

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le travail saisonnier

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127
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Temporary work, filling in for someone

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le travail intérmaire

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128
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Getting into the job market

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l’insertion (f) professionnelle

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129
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Competition

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concurrentiel(le)

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130
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To offer interesting job prospects

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offrir d’intéressants débouchés

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131
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To work for oneself

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Travailler à son compte

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132
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To avoid areas with poor prospects

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éviter les secteurs en déclin

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133
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An insecure jobs

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un emploi précaire

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A shortage of labour

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une pénurie de main-d’oeuvre

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135
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A shortage of qualified staff

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une pénurie de personne qualifé

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136
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An acute shortage of experienced people

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un manque aigu d’hommes de terrain

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137
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Over-qualification in relation to the work

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la surqualification par rapport aux métiers

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138
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Surplus

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l’excédent (m)

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139
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Scarcity of jobs

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la raréfaction de l’emploi

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140
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Temporary employee

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le vacataire

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141
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Work sharing

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le partage du travail

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142
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To work overtime

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faire des heures supplémentaires

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143
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To handle one’s stress

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gérer son stress

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144
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Work intensification

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l’intensification (f) du travail

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145
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Profitability

A

la rentabilité

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146
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To juggle roles

A

jongler entre les rôles

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147
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Social rights/acheivement

A

les acquis (m) sociaux

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148
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Workers’ rights

A

les droits (m) des travailleurs

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149
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To spread the movement to other areas of industry

A

étendre le mouvement-à-d’autres secteurs

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To stand shoulder to shoulder in a dispute

A

mener un conflit au coude-à-coude

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151
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Sharing benefits of increased productivity

A

le partage des gains de productivé

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152
Q

Union

A

le syndicat

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153
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To join

A

adhérer à

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154
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To belong to a union

A

Faire partie d’un syndicat

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155
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Union dues, subscription

A

la cotisation syndicale

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156
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Union member

A

le/la syndicaliste

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157
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Union offical

A

le/la responsable syndical(e)

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158
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Union representative

A

le/la délégué(e) syndical(e)

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159
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Bargaining power of the unions

A

la puissance revendicative des syndicats

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160
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Negiotations

A

les pourparlers (m)

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161
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Decline in union support

A

l’affaiblissement (m) de l’esprit (m) syndicaliste

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162
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Union influence has decreased

A

le poids syndical s’est allégé

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163
Q

Fight

A

la lutte

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164
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To protect equality

A

protéger l’égalité (f)

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165
Q

To find a job easily

A

trouver une embauche facilement

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166
Q

The right to strike

A

le droit de grève

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167
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Gender equality

A

l’égalité des sexes

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168
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Maternity/paternity leave

A

le congé (de) maternité/paternité

169
Q

Negative impact on career

A

l’impact négatif sur le parcours professionnel

170
Q

Sexual discrimination

A

la discrimination sexuelle

171
Q

Sexual harassement

A

le harcèlement sexuel

172
Q

To be discriminated against

A

être victime/l’objet de discrimination

173
Q

To be the victim of ridicule

A

être victime de dérision

174
Q

Sexist prejudice

A

le préjugé sexiste

175
Q

Career path

A

le déroulement de carrière

176
Q

Insecurity

A

la précarité

177
Q

Shift work

A

le travail par roulement

178
Q

To do shift work

A

faire les trois-huit

179
Q

The rat race

A

la foire d’empoigne

180
Q

Starting one’s first job

A

l’entrée (f) en activité

181
Q

A trail period

A

une période d’essai

182
Q

To be on the way up

A

avoir le pied à l’étrier

183
Q

To play on one’s good points

A

miser sur ses atouts

184
Q

To get someone to pull strings for

A

se faire pistonner

185
Q

To succeed by one’s efforts

A

réussir par ses propres moyens

186
Q

To get a job through contacts

A

Trouver un emploi par relations

187
Q

To climb the ladder

A

gravir les échelons

monter dans la hiérarchie

188
Q

To be the competitive type

A

avoir un esprit de compétition

189
Q

To leap at the opportunity

A

sauter sur l’occasion qui se`prèsente

190
Q

To do well for oneself

A

tirer son épingle du jeu

191
Q

Performance related pay

A

le salaire au mérite

192
Q

To be promoted

A

être promu(e)

193
Q

To reach the position of…

A

accéder au statut de…

194
Q

Middle manager

A

le cadre moyen

195
Q

Top manager

A

le cadre supérieur

196
Q

Management (abstract)

A

la gestion

197
Q

Management (people)

A

la direction

198
Q

Managing director

A

le president-directeur general (PDG)

199
Q

To relocate

A

délocaliser

200
Q

To request a transfer

A

demander une mutation

201
Q

To take an extra day off between a public holiday and a weekend or between a weekend and a public holiday

A

faire le pont

202
Q

Time off training

A

le congé formation

203
Q

To go on sick leave

A

partir en congé (de) maladie

204
Q

Annual leave

A

les congés annuels

205
Q

Paid leave

A

les congés payés

206
Q

(Paid) sabbatical leave

A

le congé sabbatique (rémunéré)

207
Q

Aimelessness

A

le désoeuvrement

208
Q

Unemployment benefit

A

l’allocation (f) (de) chômage

209
Q

To be on social security

A

toucher l’aide publique

210
Q

Non-working population drawing benefit

A

les inactif allocataires

211
Q

Long term unemployment

A

le chômage de longue durée

212
Q

The cost in human terms

A

le cout humain

213
Q

To feel rejected

A

avoir l’impression d’être mis(e) au rebut

214
Q

Protest

A

la contestation

215
Q

Demand, complaint

A

la revendication

216
Q

Pay claim

A

la revendication salariale

217
Q

Complaint

A

la réclamation

218
Q

(not) legitimate

A

(peu) légitimée

219
Q

Reduction in working hours

A

la diminuation du temps de travail

220
Q

To set in motion

A

déclencher

221
Q

Industrial action

A

le mouvement social

222
Q

Strikes

A

les mouvement (m) de grève

223
Q

Workers’ movement

A

le mouvement ouvrier

224
Q

Walk-out

A

l’arrêt (m) du travail

225
Q

To call a strike

A

lancer un appel de grève

226
Q

To take industrial action

A

appeler à la grève

227
Q

To give notice of strike action

A

déposer un préavis de grève

228
Q

To go on strike

A

faire grève

229
Q

Striker

A

le/la gréviste

230
Q

Country of strikers

A

le pays de grévistes

231
Q

To join a strike

A

se porter gréviste

232
Q

Picket

A

le piquet de grève

233
Q

Picket line

A

la ligne de piquetage

234
Q

Mass unemployment

A

le chômage massif

235
Q

To hand in one’s notice

A

donner son préavis

236
Q

To bring to a standstill

A

paralyser

237
Q

To cause a delay

A

occasioner un retard

238
Q

Emergency services

A

les services (m) d’urgence (f)

239
Q

To endanger

A

compromettre

240
Q

To come out in sympathy with somebody

A

se solidariser avec quelqu’un

241
Q

A secure job

A

un emploi stable

242
Q

Job security

A

la sécurité de l’emploi

243
Q

Flexitime

A

les horaires flexibles

244
Q

To work unsocial hours

A

travailler en dehors des heures normales

245
Q

Working hours

A

les heures(f)/ horaires(m) de travail

246
Q

Shortening of the working week

A

la réduction de la durée du travail

247
Q

Abiding inequality

A

l’inégalité persistante

248
Q

Difference between salary levels

A

la disparité salariale

249
Q

For the same job

A

à poste indentique

à emploi équivalent

250
Q

Women are seriously underrepresented

A

les femmes sont gravement sous-représentées

251
Q

Women are underrepresented in management roles

A

les femmes sont sous-représentées aux postes de direction

252
Q

Jobs shared out according to gender

A

la répartition hommes-femmes des emplois

253
Q

Distribution of roles

A

la répartition des rôles

254
Q

Area monopolised by men

A

une fillère monopolisée par les hommes

255
Q

To advance the cause of woman

A

faire avancer la cause des femmes

256
Q

Equality of opportunity

A

la non-discrimination

l’égalité des chances

257
Q

Equality of earnings

A

l’égalité salariale

258
Q

Gender equality

A

la parité

259
Q

To be on an equal playing foot with

A

être sur un pied d’égalité avec

260
Q

To make a breakthrough

A

Accomplir une percée

261
Q

To invade male bastions

A

investir des citadelles masculines

262
Q

Slow pace of change in attitudes

A

la lenteur de l’évolution des mentalités

263
Q

To humiliate

A

abaisser

264
Q

To favour

A

avantager

265
Q

To damage

A

endommager

266
Q

To be career minded

A

être carriéste

267
Q

Self-succient

A

autonome

268
Q

To have an access to a career

A

accéder à la vie professionnelle

269
Q

Both partners working

A

un couple biactif

270
Q

Working parents

A

les salariés-parents

271
Q

To keep getting two salaries

A

conserver deux salaries

272
Q

Rewarding career

A

une carrière valorisante

273
Q

Fulfillment through one’s career

A

l’épanouissement (m) professionnel

274
Q

Self esteem, pride

A

l’amour-propre (m)

275
Q

Assert one’s rights

A

faire valoir ses droits

276
Q

Commitment to the job

A

l’engagement (m) professionnel

277
Q

To throw oneself into…

A

s’investir pleinement dans…

278
Q

Weighing up the priorities

A

une mise en balance des priorités

279
Q

To be available

A

être disponible

280
Q

To reconcile family life and professionallife

A

concilier vie de famille et vie professionnelle

281
Q

Time management

A

la gestion de temps

282
Q

To find a balance between…

A

trouver un équilibre entre…

283
Q

Fair division of parental roles

A

l’égalité des rôles parentaux

284
Q

Equitable division of family responsibilities

A

la partage équitable des responsabilités

285
Q

To face a difficult choice

A

être confronté(e) à un dilemme

286
Q

To abandon one’s career

A

abandonner sa carrière

287
Q

To stay at home and look after the family

A

rester femme au foyer

288
Q

To pay housewives for their work

A

rémunérer les femmes au foyer

289
Q

To regard the family as a brake on one’s career

A

considérer la famille comme un frein à sa carrière

290
Q

To feel a need to fulfill oneself

A

éprouver un besoin se s’épanouir

291
Q

To combine a career with family life

A

conjuger carrière et famille

292
Q

To juggle with conflicting demands

A

jongler avec des impératifs contradictoires

293
Q

To have repercussion on family life

A

rejallir sur la vie de famille

294
Q

Adaption of working hours

A

l’aménagement (m) des heures de bureau

295
Q

Flexibility of working hours

A

la souplesse des horaires

296
Q

To work at home

A

travailler à domicile

297
Q

Tidal wave

A

un raz-de-marée

298
Q

Face to face

A

en présentiel

299
Q

Online

A

à distance

300
Q

To materalise

A

se concrétiser

301
Q

Hatred of foreigners

A

la xénophobie

302
Q

Factory

A

une usine

303
Q

Throughout

A

tout au long

304
Q

On the rise

A

à la hausse

305
Q

The most common

A

les plus courantes

306
Q

In the first place

A

en premier lieu

307
Q

To materalise

A

concrétiser

308
Q

Privileged means

A

les moyens privilégiés

309
Q

Acheivement/gain

A

les acquis

310
Q

Such as

A

tels que

311
Q

Road/highway

A

les routiers

312
Q

France trainline

A

la SNCF

313
Q

Total refusal

A

le refus total

314
Q

Having feared

A

en criant

315
Q

All together

A

tous ensemble

316
Q

Complaints

A

réclamations

317
Q

Together

A

solidaire

318
Q

Fault/mistake

A

la faute

319
Q

Improve/ reconnect

A

rétablir

320
Q

Witnessed

A

témoin

321
Q

To tie up

A

lier

322
Q

Of sort

A

au genre

323
Q

Pregnancy

A

à la grossesse

324
Q

Despite

A

en dépit

325
Q

Glass ceiling

A

le plafond de verre

326
Q

Cradle

A

berceau

327
Q

To give a helping hand

A

filer un coup de main

328
Q

Disappointment

A

déception

329
Q

The respondents/ people questions

A

les interrogées

330
Q

To put into place

A

mettre en place

331
Q

In order to

A

en vue de/ afin de

332
Q

Equality

A

la parité

333
Q

According to

A

d’après

334
Q

To join

A

adhérer à

335
Q

Decline in union support

A

l’affaiblissement de l’espirit syndicaliste

336
Q

At the end

A

au bout de

337
Q

To what happens

A

ce qui se passe

338
Q

Unsympathetic

A

antipathiques

339
Q

Reversal

A

le renversement

340
Q

Turn around

A

basculement

341
Q

Amount

A

montant

342
Q

Sample

A

échantillon

343
Q

Only

A

uniquement

344
Q

Testify

A

le témoignage

345
Q

An insight

A

un aperçu

346
Q

Clash

A

l’affrontement

347
Q

To break out

A

éclater

348
Q

To criticise

A

déplorer

349
Q

To call for

A

réclamer

350
Q

To pepper

A

émailler

351
Q

Hooded

A

éncagoulés

352
Q

To attack

A

s’en prendre

353
Q

Disproportionate

A

disproportionné

354
Q

Clash

A

heurts (m)

355
Q

To wreck

A

saccager

356
Q

5 year term

A

quinquennat (m)

357
Q

Flexibility

A

Souplessse (f)

358
Q

Redundancy

A

le licenciement

359
Q

To perceive

A

percevoir

360
Q

Apart from

A

outre

361
Q

Disruption

A

une pertubation

362
Q

For lack of

A

faute de

363
Q

To join

A

se greffer

364
Q

Reorginisation

A

l’aménagement (m)

365
Q

Insecurity (of work)

A

précarité (f)

366
Q

Dispute

A

une contestation

367
Q

Representative

A

relais

368
Q

To extend, widen

A

étendre

369
Q

To join

A

se greffer

370
Q

Seriously

A

grièvement

371
Q

Total

A

la somme

372
Q

To appear/seem

A

paraître

373
Q

Within

A

au sein de

374
Q

Each (of us)

A

chacun

375
Q

To swing/ fluctuate

A

osciller

376
Q

To exceed

A

dépasser

377
Q

Fall like a ton of bricks

A

tomber comme un couperet

378
Q

Rise

A

la hausse

379
Q

To climb

A

grimper

380
Q

Depressing

A

déprimant

381
Q

Affected by

A

touché par

382
Q

Wave

A

une vague

383
Q

Steel industry

A

la sidérurgie

384
Q

To be devastating

A

faire des ravages

385
Q

To recover

A

se remettre

386
Q

To be the same as

A

être synonyme de

387
Q

Job seeker

A

un demandeur d’emploi

388
Q

To rush to

A

se presser sur

389
Q

Not necessarily

A

pas forcément

390
Q

Tendancy

A

la propension

391
Q

To move away

A

s’exiler

392
Q

Job opportunity

A

un débouché

393
Q

Stars

A

les astres

394
Q

Network

A

un maillage

395
Q

To succeed in

A

parvenir à

396
Q

That is

A

soit

397
Q

Average

A

la moyenne

398
Q

Slow down

A

le ralentissement

399
Q

Acceleraton

A

l’accélération

400
Q

As much as

A

autant

401
Q

Unless

A

a moins

402
Q

Income

A

des revenus

403
Q

Directors

A

les dirigeants

404
Q

Created

A

engendrées

405
Q

Presentation (prizes)

A

une remise

406
Q

Pay slip

A

une fiche de paie

407
Q

Chief executive

A

PDG (Président directeur général) (m)

408
Q

Stupid people

A

un beauf

409
Q

To climb the career ladder

A

gravir les échelons

410
Q

Sales person

A

commercial (m)

411
Q

Legal complaint

A

une plainte

412
Q

Industrial tribunal court

A

un tribunal (m) des prudhommes

413
Q

To file a complaint

A

Porter une plainte

414
Q

Software

A

le logiciel

415
Q

To work (slang)

A

bosser

416
Q

psychological bullying

A

harcèlement moral (le)

417
Q

At all costs

A

à tout prix

418
Q

Damaging

A

endommageant

419
Q

For profit

A

à but lucratif