Women in the Work Force Flashcards by Hervé Gaborieau | Brainscape

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un diplomé de l’enseignement supérieur

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to be a college graduate

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la maternité (fait d’être mère) / le lieu

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Motherhood / maternity ward

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se dévouer à

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to dedicate oneself to one’s family

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élever (x3)

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to bring up / rear / raise a child

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s’occuper des enfants

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to stay home and care for the children (look after)

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ménagère

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to be a housewife / a homemaker

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tâche ménagère

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to do / be in charge of household chores

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un travail de bas niveau

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to have a low status job

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faire un travail avilissant

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to do demeaning work

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militantisme féministe

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female activism / feminism

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machisme

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male chauvinism

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fossé entre les sexes

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the gender gap (especially the gender pay gap)

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plafond de verre

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the glass ceiling / to hit the glass ceiling

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jongler entre plusieurs emplois

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to juggle jobs

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bénéficier d’aménagement du temps de travail

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to benefit from a flexible work schedule

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carrière enrichissante

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rewarding career

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un emploi exigeant

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to have a demanding job

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prendre un congé parental

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to tale parental leave

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prendre un congé

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to take time off from work

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congé de maladie

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to be on sick leave

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service de garderie / crèche

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day-care / a day care center

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jardin d’enfant

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a Kindergarten

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école maternelle

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a Pre-primary school

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une profession

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an occupation

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avoir un emploi de haut niveau

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to hold a top / a high profile job

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monter dans la hiérarchie de l’entreprise

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to climb the corporate ladder

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une femme patron

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a woman boss

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un emploi de cadre

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a management job

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un membre d’une profession libérale

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a professional job

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un artisan

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a self-employed worker

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travail / employé de bureau

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a Clerical / office worker

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un emploi d’ouvrier

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a blue-collar job

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travail temporaire / intérimaire

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a temporary work

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un stage / un stagiaire

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an internship / an intern

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la formation / un stage de formation

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training / a training period

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les actifs

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the working population

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une pénurie de main d’oeuvre

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a labour shortage

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faire des heures supplémentaires

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to work overtime

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un poste à pourvoir

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a vacancy –> to fill a vacancy

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le temps de travail

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working hours / the working week

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avoir un travail à temps complet / partiel

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hold a full-time year-round job / a part-time job

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un travail bien / mal payé

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a high/low paying job

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avoir un salaire équitable / non équitable

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to get equal pay / salary disparities

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chasse gardée masculine

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a male preserve

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un but de carrière

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a career goal

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se frayer un chemin / se faire sa place dans

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to break into / to make inroads into a job market

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emploi féminin

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female employment

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aspirer à / choisir

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to aspire to / to take-up a career

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accomplissement de soi

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self-fulfillment

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obtenir son indépendance

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to achieve financial independence

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être dans le monde du travail / avoir un emploi

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to be in employment

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être sans emploi

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to be unemployed

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recevoir les allocations de chômage

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to get unemployment benefit