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Wages and social unrest Flashcards

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un salarié

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a wage earner

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sa paie

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his wage packet / his pay packet

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son salaire

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his wages / his salary

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un salaire horaire

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an hourly wage

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un salaire journalier

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a daily wage

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le salaire minimum / SMIC

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the minimum wage

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les bas salaires

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low wages

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les salaires élevés

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high wages

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avoir un bon salaire

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to earn a good wage / good wages

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toucher 400 livres par semaine

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to be paid £400 a week

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être bien payé

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to be well paid

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être mal payé

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to be badly paid

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être promu

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to be promoted / to get promotion

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son revenir annuel

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his annual income

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l’impôt sur le revenu

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income tax

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avoir des revenus élevés

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to be on a high income

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des familles à revenu modestes

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low-income families

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le salaire net

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take-home pay

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le revenu net

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net income

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le revenu brut

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gross income

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des honoraires

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fees

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une source de revenu

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a source of income / of livelihood

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une politique des salaires

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a wage policy

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une revendication salariale

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a wage claim

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une augmentation de salaire

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a wage rise / a pay rise / a pay hike

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les salaires ont augmentés de …

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wages increased by / rose by …

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ils ont augmentés les salaires de …

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they increased / raised wages by …

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un blocage des salaires

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a wage freeze

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geler les salaires

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to freeze wages

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des négociations salariales

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pay negotiations

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un accord salarial

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a wage agreement

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résoudre un conflit salariale

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to settle / to resolve a pay dispute

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un conflit salariale

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a social conflict / an industrial dispute

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un syndicat

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a trade union / a worker’s union

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un syndiqué

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a union member

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se syndiquer

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to join a union

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un délégué syndical

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a union representative

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un délégué du personnel

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a staff representative

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un arrêt de travail

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a work stoppage

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une grève

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a strike

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un mouvement de protestation

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a protest movement

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être en grève

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to be on strike

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se mettre en grève

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to go on strike

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une manifestation

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a demonstration

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une manif

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a demo

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manifester

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to demonstrate

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un manifestant

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a demonstrator

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Quand il s’agit de choisir un emploi, le premier critère est le salaire. Ce qui importe le plus, c’est de faire bouillir la marmite.

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When it comes choosing a job, salaries rank first in order of importance. What matters most is to bring home the bacon.

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A quoi bon …

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What’s the good of …

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Il travaillait 12 heures par jour et avait un salaire très élevé. Il est maintenant à son compte et est beaucoup plus heureux bien qu’il ne gagne pas autant.

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He used to put in 12-hour days and to have very high wages. He is now his own boss and he is much happier although he doesn’t earn as much.

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les pays avec de bas salaires

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low-wage countries

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tant que

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as long as

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avoir un tel pouvoir

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to hold such sway

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instauré

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set

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afin de protéger le niveau de vie

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with the intention of protecting the living standards

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ils restent néanmoins capables de paralyser le pays au nom de la justice sociale

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they can still bring the country to a standstill in the name of social justice

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soutiennent

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argue

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les salaires ne suivent pas l’augmentation du niveau de la vie

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that salaries are not keeping pace with the rise in the cost of living

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organiser une marche de protestation

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to stage a protest march

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salaire au mérite

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merit pay

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ils ont lancés un mot d’ordre de grève

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they have called a strike

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mieux vaut proposer une augmentation de salaire que de risquer une grève dure

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it is better to offer a pay rise than be in for a long strike

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le nombre de syndiqués en Grande-Bretagne

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British union membership

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être loin de celui d’avant

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is nowhere near what it was before

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surtout

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especially

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quand on leur refuse une augmentation de salaire

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when they are denied a wage rise

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avoir de plus en plus de mal à l’accepter

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to find more and more difficult to accept

68
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les salaires des PDG

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salaries paid to CEOs

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