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L’expérience professionnelle

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Professional / Vocational experience

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Une excédent de main d’oeuvre

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A labour surplus

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La population active

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The working population

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Un salarié

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A wage-earner

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Le titulaire d’un emploi

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A jobholder

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Occuper un poste

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Hold a post

Hold a position

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Etre responsable de

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To be in charge of

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Gagner sa vie

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To earn one’s living

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Un soutien de famille

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A bread-winner

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Une profession

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An occupation

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Les professions libérales

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The professions

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Un cadre (supérieur)

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A (top) executive

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Un travailleur indépendant

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A freelance

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Un (haut) fonctionnaire

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A (top/senior) civil servant

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Un ouvrier qualifié

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A skilled worker

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Un artisan

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A craftsman

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L’artisanat

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Craft industry

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Diriger une entreprise familiale

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To run a family business

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Etre à son compte

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To be self-employed

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Une succursale

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A branch

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Un travailleur saisonnier

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A seasonal worker

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Un demandeur d’emploi

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A job hunter

A job seeker

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Les indemnités chômage

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Unemployment benefits

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Un poste vacant

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A vacancy

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Postuler (pour)

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To apply (for)

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Une candidature

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An application

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Une lettre de candidature

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A letter of application

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Nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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To appoint sb to a post

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La formation professionnelle

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Vocational training

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Un stagiaire

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A trainee

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Une période d’essai

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A probation period

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Prendre quelqu’un à l’essai

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To take sb on probation / for a trial period

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Un emploi précaire

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An insecure job

A tenuous job

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Arriver sur le marché de l’emploi

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To join the labour force

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Créer des emplois

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To create / generate jobs

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Créer des débouchés

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To create job opportunities

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Bouché

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Overcrowded

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Saturé

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Glutted

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Concurrentiel

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Competitive

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L’ancienneté

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Seniority

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L’avancement à l’ancienneté

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Promotion by seniority

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L’avancement au mérite

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Promotion by selection

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Les perspectives de carrière

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Career prospects

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Monter dans la hiérarchie

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To climb the ladder

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Gérer sa carrière

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To further one’s career

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Muter

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To reassign

To transfer

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Les sureffectifs

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Overmanning

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Les réductions d’effectif

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Job cuts

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Le licenciement économique

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Redundancy

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La mise au chômage technique

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A lay-off

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Supprimer des emplois

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To cut down jobs

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Un licenciement / Un renvoi

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A dismissal

A discharge

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Les indemnités de licenciement

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Redundancy compensation

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Une prime de départ

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A golden handshake

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Indemniser / Dédommager

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To compensate

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La pré-retraite

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Early retirement

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Mettre qqn à la retraite (d’office)

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To pension sb off

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Une démission

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A resignation

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Démissionner

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To resign

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Quitter un emploi

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To quit a job

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Le travail à temps partiel

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Part-time work

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Travailler à mi-temps

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To work half-time

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Le travail temporaire / L’intérim

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Temporary work

Temping

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L’équipe de nuit/jour

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The day / night shift

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Faire des heures supplémentaires

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To work overtime

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Obtenir une augmentation

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To get a rise

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Une hausse de salaire

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A wage increase

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Les revenus

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The income

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Le mécontentement des travailleurs

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Labour unrest

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Le mécontentement social

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Social discontent

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Une revendication salariale

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A wage demand

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La syndicalisation

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Unionization

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Un mouvement syndical

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A union movement

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Déposer un préavis de grève

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To give notice of strike action

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Sans préavis

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Without advance warning

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Un appel à la grève

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A strike call

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Une grève surprise

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A lightening strike

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Un gréviste

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A striker

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Un non-gréviste

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A non-striker

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Une date limite

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A deadline

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Reprendre le travail

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To resume work

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Ouvrir les négociations

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Open talks

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Mener les négociations

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To carry out negociations

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Proposer

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To offer

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Céder

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To yield

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Aboutir à une impasse

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To reach a deadlock

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Avoir du mal à faire qqch

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To have a job doing sth

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Avoir une tâche difficile sur les bras

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To have a big job on one’s hand

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Se tuer à la tâche

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To work oneself to death

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Gravir les échelons grâce à son travail

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To work one’s way up

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Imagine / trouver qqch

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To work sth out

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Résoudre un problème

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To work through a problem

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On n’a rien sans rien

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You don’t get something for nothing

Vocabulary 2015/2016 (8 decks)

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