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Vocabulary - Mock Exam Flashcards

1
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réunion d’affaires

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business meeting

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le sens

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meaning, direction, feeling

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3
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l’ascenseur social (est en panne)

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social mobility (has broken down)

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une personne à part entière

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a person in their own right

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5
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le sommet

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summit, peak

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6
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en bas

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downstairs, down

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7
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une échelle

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scale, ladder

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8
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pour leur physique

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for their looks

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9
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une ruse

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ruse

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10
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la parité

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equality

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11
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une filière

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pathway, industry

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12
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penser par soi-même

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to think for oneself

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13
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se forger sa propre opinion

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to form ones own opinion

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14
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influençable

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influençable

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15
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instaurer la parité

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restore equality

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16
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virilité

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masculinity

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17
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la carrière

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career

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18
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la dernière enquête sur…

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the last inquiry into…

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19
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les dernières chiffres concernant…

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the last statistics concerning…

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20
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ne…guère

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hardly

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21
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un sondage sur

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a poll on

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22
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ces données/ ces statistiques font apparaître que…

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the data shows that…

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23
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ce tableau montre/ indique

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the table shows/ indicates

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les chiffres s’élèvent à 10%

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the figures have risen to 10%

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25
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le nombre est de

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the number is

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le déficit budgétaire

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the budget deficit

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27
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le total/ le somme représente…

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the sum shows…

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28
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la france compte…

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In France there are…

29
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une situation qui touche…

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a situation concerning…

30
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le nombre a bondi de..

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the number has climbed to…

31
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près de / approximativement / presque / quasiment

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about

32
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s’accroitre (s’est accru) / se creuser

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to grow (has grown)

33
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la moitié / le tiers / le quart / un cinquième

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half / third / quarter / fifth

34
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redouter

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fear, dread

35
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le reflux

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reflux, ebb

36
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infime minorité

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tiny minority

37
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une montée en puissance

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a build up, increase, surge

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le peloton de queue

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the back of the pack

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par rapport à

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compared to

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l’écart entre

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the gap between

41
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important / considérable

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considerable

42
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minime / faible / négligeable

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unnoticeable

43
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tirer leur épingle du jeu

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play your cards right

44
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raboter

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reduce

45
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ruser

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use cunning

46
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affolants

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worrying

47
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vertigineuse

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sky high

48
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se prive

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go without

49
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rester sur le carreau

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fall by the wayside

50
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avoir du pain sur la planche

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to have work to do

51
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un travail de Titan

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a herculean task

52
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postuler

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to apply

53
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le Pôle emploi

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the employment office

54
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l’entretien d’embauche

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job interview

55
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le travail au noir

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work off the books

56
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le CDD / CDI

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le contrat à durée déterminée / indéterminée

57
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la RTT

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la réduction du temps de travail

58
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le SMIC

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minimum wage

59
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le treizième mois

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end of year bonus

60
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travailler pour le roi de Prusse

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to work for peanuts

61
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travailler pour les prunes

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work for nothing

62
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le / la gréviste

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person on strike

63
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le harcèlement

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harassment

64
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négocier

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to negotiate

65
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le préavis

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advance notice

66
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revendiquer

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to demand

67
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démissionner

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to quit

68
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licencier / virer

A

to fire

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