Chap 2: Making A Living Through Work Flashcards

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1
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Work

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Du travail

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A job

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Un travail, un emploi

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3
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An occupation

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Une profession

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A career

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Une carrière

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5
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A workplace

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Un lieu de travail

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6
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Part time vs full time

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Temps partiel vs temps complet

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7
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Working conditions

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Conditions de travail

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A factory/ a plant

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Une usine

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9
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A workaholic

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Un bourreau de travail

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To be on duty

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Etre en service/ de garde

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An internship

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Un stage

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12
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An intern/ a trainee

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Un stagiaire

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13
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A casual worker

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Un travailleur précaire

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An odd/ a casual job

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Un job d’été/ un petit boulot

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15
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A temporary worker

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Un intérimaire

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16
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Labour/ workforce

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La main-d’oeuvre

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17
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Unemployment

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Le chômage

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18
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To be unemployed/ jobless

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Être au chômage

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19
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Unemployment rate

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Le taux de chômage

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20
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Benefit

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Une allocation

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21
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To be on welfare

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Toucher le chômage

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22
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To employ

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Employer

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23
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To change jobs

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Changer de travail

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24
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To hire

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Embaucher

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25
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To recruit

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Recruter

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A trial period

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Une période d’essai

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A job-seeker

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Un demandeur d’emploi

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Work experience

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Expérience professionnelle

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Skills

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Compétences

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To apply for a job

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Candidater

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A job offer/ vacancy

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Une offre d’emploi

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Pay

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La paie

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Salary/ wages

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Le salaire

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To earn/ to make money

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Gagner de l’argent

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A low-paid job

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Un travail mal payé

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A wage-earner

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Un salarié

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A bonus

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Une prime

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A benefit

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Un avantage

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Paid holiday

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Des congés payés

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A bank/ national holiday

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Un jour férié

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To be on a sick leave

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Etre en arrêt maladie

42
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To take a day off

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Prendre un jour de congé

43
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To retire

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Prendre sa retraite

44
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To resign

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Démissionner

45
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A pensioner

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Un retraité

46
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To cut/ slash/ axe jobs

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Supprimer des emplois

47
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Job loss

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Perte d’emploi

48
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To lay off/ to make redundant

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Licencier

49
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A redundancy plan

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Un plan social

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To dissmiss someone

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Licencier quelqu’un

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To fire/ sack

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Renvoyer, mettre à la porte

52
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A dispute

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Un conflit

53
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To go on strike

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Se mettre en grève

54
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A trade union

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Un syndicat

55
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Wage claims

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Des revendications salariales

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A payrise

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Une augmentation salariale

57
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To resume work

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Reprendre le travail

58
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Job insecurity

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La précarité de l’emploi

59
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The wage gap

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Les écarts de salaire

60
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To work

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a- to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salary
b- to perform or carry through a task requiring sustained effort or continuous repeated operations
c- to exert oneself physically or mentally especially in sustained effort for a purpose or under compulsion or necessity

61
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False Friend

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A word which looks the same in French and in English but which is not