Work Flashcards

1
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Un travail / emploie

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A job

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2
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Une tâche

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A task

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Une tâche , une mission

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An assignment

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4
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Un métier

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An occupation

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5
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Une maladie professionnelle

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An occupational disease

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6
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Une profession libéral

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A profession

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7
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Un métier manuel

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A trade

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8
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Une carrière

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A carreer

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9
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La foire d’empoigne

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The rat race

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10
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Une corvée

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A chore

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11
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Les tâches ménagères

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The chores

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12
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Un bourreau de travail

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A workaholic

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13
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Un tire-au-flanc

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A loafer = a shirker

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14
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Les capacités // les compétences

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Skills // abilities

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15
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La compétence

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Expertise

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16
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Surmené

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Overworked

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17
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Prendre sa retraite

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To retire

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18
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Occupé

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Busy

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19
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Travailler beaucoup // faire beaucoup d’heure

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To work hard // to work long hours

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20
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Travailler à mi temps

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To work part time

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21
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Travailler à plein temps

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To work full time

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22
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Travailler selon des horaires flexibles

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To work flexibly

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23
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Faire des heures supplémentaires

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To work overtime

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24
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Faire les trois huit

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To work eight-hours shifts

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25
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Travailler à la chaîne

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To work on a production line // to work on an assembly line

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26
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Accomplir une tâche

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To perform a task

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27
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Faire des petits boulots

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To do odd jobs

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28
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Que fait-il dans la vie ?

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What does he do for living ?

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29
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J’ai une lourde charge de travail

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I have a heavy workload

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30
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Ils travaillent en équipe

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They work as a team

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31
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Il a eu un accident de travail

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He had an accident at work

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32
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La paie , le salaire

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The pay , wages

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33
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Un bulletin de salaire

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A payslip

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34
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Une augmentation de salaire

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A pay increase // a pay rise

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35
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Des honoraires

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A fee // fees

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36
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Les revenus

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Income

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37
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To moonlight

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Travailler au noir

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38
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Une voiture de fonction

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A company car

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39
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Gagner sa vie

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To earn one’s living

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40
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Avoir droit à des avantages en nature

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To be entitled to fringe benefits

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41
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Il touche un bon salaire

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He’s on a good salary

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42
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Il a de gros revenus

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He’s on a high income

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43
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Le chômage

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Unemployment

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44
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L’emploie

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Employment

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45
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Au chômage

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Unemployed // out of work

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46
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Sans emploi

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Jobless

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47
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Une agence de placement

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An employment agency

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48
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Une demande d’emploie

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A job application

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49
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Une demande d’emploi

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A job application

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50
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Une offre d’emploi

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A job ad

51
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Un demandeur d’emploi

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A job seeker

52
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Un poste vacant

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A vacant position

53
Q

Un chasseur de têtes

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A headhunter

54
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Un CV

A

A CV = a résumé

55
Q

Recruter

A

To recruit

56
Q

Embaucher qq

A

To hire somebody // to take somebody on

57
Q

Licencier qq

A

To lay somebody off

58
Q

Compressions de personnel

A

Staff reductions

59
Q

Renvoyer qq // mettre qq à la porte

A

To dismiss // to sack = to fire

60
Q

Démissionner

A

To resign

61
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Promouvoir ( au poste de )

A

To promote to

62
Q

Formation professionnelle

A

Vocational training

63
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Chercher du travail // chercher un emploi

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To look for work // to look for a job

64
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Passer un entretien d’embauche

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To have a job interview

65
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Faire une demande d’emploi

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To apply for a job

66
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Pourvoir un poste

A

To fill a post

67
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Faire un stage de formation

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To go on a training course

68
Q

Faire un stage en entreprise

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To do a internship

69
Q

Avoir de la promotion

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To get up the promotion ladder

70
Q

Toucher des allocations de chômage

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To receive unemployment benefit

71
Q

Être en congé maladie

A

To be in sick leave

72
Q

Toucher des indemnités de licenciement

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To get severance pay

73
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La main d’ œuvre

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Manpower // labour

74
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Le lieu de travail

A

The workplace

75
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Le monde de l’entreprise

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The corporate world

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Une entreprise

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A firm

77
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Le siège

A

The head office

78
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Un bureau

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An office

79
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Une usine

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A factory

80
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Un atelier

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A workshop

81
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Un atelier clandestin

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A sweatshop

82
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Le télétravail

A

Télécommunting

83
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Être à son compte

A

To be self employed

84
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Un employeur

A

An employer

85
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Le patron

A

The boss

86
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Le responsable

A

The person in charge

87
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Un travailleur

A

A worker

88
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Un ouvrier d’usine

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A factory worker

89
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Un ouvrier qualifié

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A skilled worker

90
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Pointer ( en arrivant )

A

To clock in

91
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Un syndicat

A

A labor union

92
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Un syndiqué

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A union member

93
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Un syndicaliste

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A union official

94
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Pointer en partant

A

To clock out

95
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Le personnel

A

The staff

96
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Un cadre

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An executive

97
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Un employé

A

An employee

98
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Un salarié

A

A salaried worker

99
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Un comptable

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An accountant

100
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Un employé de bureau

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A clerk

101
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Une secrétaire

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A secretary

102
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Une intérimaire

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A temp

103
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Faire de l’intérim

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To temp

104
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Une stagiaire

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An intern

105
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Un fonctionnaire

A

A civil servant

106
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Un manœuvre

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A labourer

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Un homme a tout faire

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A handyman

108
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Un artisan

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A craftsman

109
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Un apprenti

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An apprentice

110
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Un charpentier

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A carpenter

111
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Un menuisier

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A joiner

112
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Un ébéniste

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A cabinet marker

113
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Un maçon

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A bricklayer

114
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Un électricien

A

An électrician

115
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Un plombier

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A plumber

116
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Un peintre

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A painter

117
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Une grève

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A ( lightning) strike

118
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Un gréviste

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A striker

119
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A scab

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Un jaune

120
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Se syndiquer

A

To join a union

121
Q

Être en grève

A

To be on strike

122
Q

Faire une grève du zèle

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Tro work to rule

123
Q

Reprendre le travail

A

To resume work