Voc Qcm 24 Flashcards
Editions Soleil
Published by Soleil
Bruxelles
Brussels
De facon paradoxale
In a paradoXICAL way
Un mal pour un bien (3)
Un mal necessaire
To make an omelette you have to break a couple of eggs.
It’s a blessing in disguise.
No pain, no gain.
A necessary evil/ hindrance
Des actions de communications
Communication campaigns
Régularisation
Regulation
Des pays pauvres très endettés
Severely indebted poor countries
Remember / remind
People ARE REMINDED of things. (it doesn’t appear in their head)
People REMEMBER things. (it does appear in their head)
REMEMBER = Person doing it themselves REMIND = Other person making someone else remember.
I remembered my birthday but I forgot to remind you to buy me a present, a very expemsive one!
Un numero de contrat d’assurance
An insurance policy number
Compléter un dossier
To complete, update a dossier/ file
To whisper
Chuchoter
To swell
Gonfler
A speckled breast
Une poitrine tachetée
A mate
Un partenaire
To pick up
Enregistrer
To spread out
The bird spread out its wings
Deployer
A beetle-like man
Un homme ressemblant à un scarabée
With a vague reverence
Avec un vague respect
Breveter
La companie ayant breveter le Viagra
To patent
The firm which patented Viagra
Une companie pharmaceutique
A pharmaceutical company
Dont 2 en France
Including 2 in France
La securité social
Social security
S’élever à
Les droits d’inscription s’élèvent à 10€
Reach
Registration fees
Un etudiant de licence
Un doctorant
An undergraduate
A PhD, a doctorate student
Lettres de motivation (2)
Letters of application
Cover(ing) letters
Un recruteur
A recruiter
Avoir le bon profil (2)
To have the right profile
Would suit the position
Postuler à un emploi donné
… For a job on offer/ vacancy
Donner à qn le benefice du doute
To give sb the benefit of the doubt
I notified … that I had changed my adress
The bank
With the bank
To the bank
The bank
She has … In that sector
A lot of experience
A lot of experiences
Many experiences
A lot of experience
