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La main d’œuvre

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Labour, the work force

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Une branche

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A field

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Un salarié

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A wage-earner

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La population active

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The working population

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Un cadre supérieur

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A top executive

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Être responsable de

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Be in charge of

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Gagner sa vie

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Earn a living

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Une candidature

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An application

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Un travailleur (non) qualifié

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A(n un)skilled worker

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Postuler

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Apply for a job

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Passer un test

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Sit a test

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Nommer quelqu’un a un poste

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Appoint sb to a post

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Refuser un candidat à l’embauche

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Turn down an applicant

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Un stagiaire

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An intern

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Être en stage

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Be on a training period

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Monter dans la hiérarchie

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Climb the ladder

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Un emploi précaire

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A tenuous job

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Mettre à la porte

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Fire

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Démissionner

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Resign

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Le siège

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The headquarters

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Le travail à temps partiel

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Part-time work

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Les congés payes

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Holiday with pay

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Le salaire

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wages

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Purchasing power

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Les avantages sociaux

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Fringe benefits

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Gagner sa vie

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Earn one’s living

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Survivre

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Keep one’s head above water

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Les prestations maladies

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Sick pay

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Être dans l’incapacité de travailler

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Be incapacitated for work

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Le travail au noir

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Moonlighting

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Appliquer une loi

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Enforce a law

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Un syndicat

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a (trade) union

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Les ouvriers

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The shop-floor

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Soutenir une revendication

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Back up a claim

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Une date limite

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A deadline

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Aboutir à une impasse

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Reach a deadlock

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Un gréviste

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A striker

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Lancer une appel à la grève

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Call a strike

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Se mettre en grève

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Go on strike

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Un accord

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An agreement

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Accorder

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Grant

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Céder

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Yield

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Un travailleur immigré

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A migrant worker

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La migration vers les villes

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The drift to towns

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La délocalisation

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Relocation

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Pratique

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Convenient

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Qui fait gagner du temps

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Time-saving

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La détente

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Recréation

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Un passe temps

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A pastime

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Un retraité

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A retiree

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Avoir du temps libre

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Have time on one’s hands

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Privilègié

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Nanti

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Oisif

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Idle