Vocabulary of November 20, 2023

Question 1

What is “tarif” in English?

Exemple: Quel est votre tarif?

Answer 1

Price

Rate

Fee

Example:
What’s your price?
What’s your rate?
What’s your fee?

Question 2

What is “étudiant-e en éducation” in English?

Exemple: Caroline travaille avec les étudiant-e-s en éducation.

Answer 2

Education students
Students in the education program

Example: Caroline works with students in the education program.

Question 3

What is the difference between “all the time” and “every time”?

Answer 3

All the time = Tout le temps

Every time = A toutes les fois

Question 4

What is “département d’informatique” in English?

Answer 4

The IT department.

Question 5

What is the right possessive pronoun in the following sentences?

1) Nathalie is with ……….. student.
2) John is with ………….. wife.
3) John and Nathalie are with ………….. colleagues.
4) We are with …………. friends.

Answer 5

1) Nathalie is with her student.
2) John is with his wife.
3) John and Nathalie are with their colleagues.
4) We are with our friends.

Question 6

What is “licence d’entrepreneur” in English?

Answer 6

Contractor’s licence

Question 7

What is “certificat de compétence” in English?

Exemple: La CCQ émet des **certificats de compétence **qui sont valides pour 12 mois.

Answer 7

Competency certificate

The Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) issues competency certificates that are valid for 12 months.

Question 8

What is “je suis payé pour ça” or “je ne suis pas payé pour ça” in English?

Answer 8

I get paid for that.

I don’t get paid for that.

Question 9

What is “une amende” in English?

Exemple: Les inspecteurs peuvent donner des amendes.

Answer 9

A fine

Example: Inspectors can give fines.

Question 10

What is “ils ne le savaient pas” in English?

Answer 10

They didn’t know.

Question 11

What is “un avertissement” in English?

Exemple: Je ne leur ai pas donné d’amende, mais seulement un avertissement.

Answer 11

A warning

Example: I didn’t give them a fine, but just a warning.

Question 12

What is “entente” ou “arrangement”?

Exemple: La CCQ préfère quand on trouve une entente avec les travailleurs.

Answer 12

agreement

arrangement

Example: The CCQ prefers when we find an agreement / arrangement with the workers.

Question 13

What is “un local commercial” in English?

Answer 13

A commercial space

A commercial place

(not “a commercial local”)

Question 14

What is “à mon avis” in English?

Exemple: A mon avis, Le Pinocchio est le meilleur restaurant à Magog.

Answer 14

in my opinion

Example: In my opinion, Le Pinocchio est le meilleur restaurant à Magog.

Question 15

What is “description de tâches” in English?

Exemple: Ce n’est pas dans ma description de tâches.

Answer 15

Job description

Example: It’s not in my job description.

Question 16

What is “J’ai besoin d’un nouveau défi” in English?

Answer 16

I need a fresh challenge.

Question 17

What is “métier” in English?

Answer 17

Trade

Question 18

What is “je m’emmerde” in English?

Exemple: Je m’emmerde au travail.

Answer 18

be bored

Example: I’m bored at work.

Question 19

What is “être tanné de” in English?

Exemple: Je suis tanné de mon travail.

Answer 19

be tired of

be sick of

be fed up with

Example:
I’m tired of my job.
I’m sick of my job.
I’m fed up with my job.

Question 20

What is “quotidien” in English?
and hebdomadaire?
and “mensuel”?

Answer 20

Daily
weekly
monthly