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Unemployment Flashcards

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1
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le chômage

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unemployment / joblessness

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le taux de chômage

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the unemployment rate

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inverser la courbe du chômage

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to reverse the unemployment trend

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les chiffres du chômage

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unemployment figures / statistics

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la chômage à augmenté de …

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unemployment rose / increased by ….

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le chômage à baissé de …

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unemployment fell / dropped by …

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une hausse du chômage

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a rise in unemployment

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une baisse du chômage

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a fall in unemployment

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être au chômage

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to be unemployed / jobless / out of work / out of a job

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les chômeurs

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the unemployed / the jobless

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un chômeur

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an unemployed man

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une chômeuse

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an unemployed woman

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les chômeurs de longue durée

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the long-term unemployed

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le chômage des jeunes

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youth unemployment

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le marché de l’emploi

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the job market

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le marché du travail

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the labour market

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un demandeur d’emploi

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a job seeker / a job hunter

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chercher du travail

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to look for work / to look for a job

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postuler pour un emploi

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to apply for a job

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une demande d’emploi

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a job application

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un postulant à un emploi

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a job applicant

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un CV

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a CV / a résumé (US)

23
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un licenciement pour raison économique

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a redundancy / a layoff

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être licencié pour raison économique

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to be made redundant / to be laid off

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être viré

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to be fired / to be sacked

26
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des suppressions d’emplois

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job cuts

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supprimer des emplois

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to cut jobs / to shed jobs

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une compression du personnel

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cutback in staff / staff cutback

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créer des emplois

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to create jobs / to generate jobs

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un plan de création d’emploi

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a job creation scheme

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être en formation

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to be in training / to do training

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un stage (pour un étudiant)

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a placement

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être à l’essai

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to be in probation

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un stagiaire

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a trainee

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Pôle emploi

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the job centre

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un entretien d’embauche

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a job interview

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l’expérience professionnelle

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work experience

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toucher les allocations chômage

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to be on the dole / on welfare (US)

39
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les indemnités de licenciement

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severance pay / redundancy payment

40
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est l’un des fléaux des temps modernes

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is one of the scourges of modern times

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touche aussi bien les jeunes que les personnes âgées

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hits young and old people alike

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sentiment d’inutilité quand ils n’arrivent pas à trouver du travail

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have a sense of uselesness when they cannot find a job

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certains

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some

44
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les avantages sociaux considérables dont bénéficient les chômeurs français ne les incitent pas toujours à chercher du travail

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the lavish social benefits French unemployed people enjoy do not always encourage them to look for work

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s’adapter

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to be flexible

46
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ils perdent l’allocation à laquelle ils ont droit

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they lose the benefit they are entitled to

47
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les mesures de compression de personnel annoncées par la direction ont été un choc terrible pour les travailleurs de l’entreprise

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the staff cutback announced by the management came as a terrible shock to all the workers of the company

48
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venir grossier les rangs de chômeurs

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to join the dole queue

49
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il vivote grâce à l’allocation d’aide au retour à l’emploi et à quelques petits boulots

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he can scrape by thanks to Jobseeker’s Allowance and a few odd jobs

50
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il a été envoyé en stage de formation

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he has been sent out on placement for training

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la priorité numéro 1 de tout gouvernement

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is number one priority for any government

52
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les patrons français

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French employers

53
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remède miracle

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magic cure-all

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