Work and Pay Flashcards

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1
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travailler sans relâche

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to work long hours

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être mis sur liste noire

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to be blacklisted

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3
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travailler pour une misère

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to work for starvation wages

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être mal payé

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to be badly-paid

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5
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gagner sa vie

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to earn/make a living

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Que fait-il dans la vie ?

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What does he do for a living ?

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travailler à plein temps/ à temps partiel

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to work part/full time

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la classe ouvrière

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working class

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9
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un atelier

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a workshop

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10
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être travailleur

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to be hard-working

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un bourreau du travail

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a workaholic/ a hard worker

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être au chômage

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to be unemployed/ jobless/ out of work

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marché du travail

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job/ labour market

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14
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main d’oeuvre

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workforce/ manpower

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15
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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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16
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un CDD

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a fixed-term contract

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17
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un CDI

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an open-ended contract

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18
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un petit boulot

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an odd/ casual job

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19
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un travailleur précaire

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a casual worker

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20
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une période d’essai

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a trial period

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21
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nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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to appoint somebody to a post

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22
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muter quelqu’un

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to transfer somebody

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23
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un poste à responsabilités

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a responsible job

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un demandeur d’emploi

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a job seeker

25
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une agence pôle emploi

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a Job center (GB)

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un CV

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a CV / résumé (US)

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être candidat à un travail

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to apply for a job

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un ouvrier

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a blue-collar worker

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un employé de bureau

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a white-collar worker

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un fonctionnaire

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a state employee/ civil servant

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auto-entrepreneur

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to be self-emloyed

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un salarié

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a wage-earner

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salaire au rendement

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performance-related pay

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être employé par une entreprise

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to be on a company’s payroll

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être en congés maladie

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to be on sick leave

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prendre des jours de congés

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to take days off

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pertes/ suppressions d’emplois

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job losses

38
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licencier des salariés

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to lay off workers/ to make workers redundant

39
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un licenciement

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a redundancy

40
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renvoyer quelqu’un

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to dismiss/ fire somebody

41
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employer quelqu’un

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to hire somebody

42
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prendre la porte

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to get the sack

43
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syndicats

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trade unions

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un délégué syndical

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a shop steward

45
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atelier clandestin

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sweatshop

46
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une augmentation des salaires

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a payrise (GB) / a payraise (US)

47
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prendre sa retraite

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to retire

48
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démissioner

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to step down/ to resign

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Violer les droits de quelqu’un

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to infringe someone’s right

50
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Mourir de faim

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to starve to death

51
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se construire (psychologiquement)

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to build one’s sense of self

52
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un enfant gâté

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a spoilt child

53
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faire face à la pression du groupe

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to face peer pressure

54
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être mis en question

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to be of concern

55
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pouvoir d’achat

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purchasing power

56
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se défausser/ se débarrasser/ renoncer à

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to discard

57
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lettre de candidature

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application form

58
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lettre de motivation

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covering letter