world of work vocabulary Flashcards by Amelia Picton

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croissant/croitre

A

growing/to grow

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défavorisé

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disadvantaged

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exiger/les exigences/exigeant

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to require/requirements/requiring

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un enjeu/les enjeux

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issue(s)

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la vie active

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working life

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viser/visant

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to aim/aiming

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l’insertion

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integration

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une tranche d’age

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age group

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un contrat précaire

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unstable contract

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un poste débutant

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beginner position

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peiner a/la peine

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to struggle to/the struggle

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un écart/les écarts

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gap(s)

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parvenir à

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to achieve

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un défi

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challenge

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bien/ma rémunéré

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well paid/my pay

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embaucher/l’embauche

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to be employed/employment

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un projet de travail défini

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defined work project

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en métropole

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in metropolitan france

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manifester contre

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to demonstrate against

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militer contre

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to rebel

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descendre a la rue

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to take to the streets

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faire la greve

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to go on strike

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ébranler/bouleverser

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to shake up/trouble/turn upside down

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les ouvriers

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labourers

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les travailleurs

workers

perturber

to disturb

la pertubation

disturbances

éclater

to break or burst out

exploser

to explode

demander

to ask for

exiger

to demand

menacer

to threaten

provoquer/déclencher

to provoke/to set off/to unleash

prendre la retraite

to retire

se heurter contre

to run into/to bump/to bash into

lutter/la lutte

to fight/to struggle/the struggle

revendiquer/la revendication

to call for/to claim/a claim

attentats

attacks

recruiter

to recruite

former

to train

précarité

precariousness

le taux

the rate

accéder

to access

les CDD

fixed-term contracts

cercle vicieux

vicious cycle

chomage

unemployment

les jeunes diplomés

young graduates

transition école-travail

transition between school and work

des compétences numeriques

digital skills

cesser

to stop

flexibilité géographique et sectorielle

geographic and sectoral flexibility

un frein

an obstacle

acces a des formations de qualité

access to quality training

l'incertitude professionelle

professional uncertainty

les exigences accrues

increased demandes

s'accompagner

to be accompanied

les dispostifs publics

public devices

se plaindre

to complain

concilier

to reconcile

désespéré

desperate

performant

successful

atteindre

to achieve