Work Flashcards

1
Q

un emploi

A

a job

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2
Q

le chômage

A

unemployment

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3
Q

un licenciement

A

a redundancy

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4
Q

un interimaire

A

a temp

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5
Q

un homme a tout faire

A

a handyman

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6
Q

le travail au noir

A

moonlighting / a moonlighter

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7
Q

un esclave

A

a slave

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8
Q

le travail dur et monotone

A

the grindstone

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9
Q

la charge de travail

A

the workload

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10
Q

la compétence

A

skill

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11
Q

efficacité

A

efficiency

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12
Q

le savoir faire

A

know-how

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13
Q

un bourreau de travail

A

a workaholic

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14
Q

un demandeur d’emploi

A

a jobseeker

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15
Q

formation

A

training

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16
Q

le ménage

A

housework

17
Q

épuisant

A

exhausting

18
Q

surmené

A

overworked

19
Q

manuel / de bureau

A

manual / clerical

20
Q

doué

A

gifted

21
Q

apte

A

fit

22
Q

de mauvaise qualité

A

shoddy

23
Q

licencié

A

redundant

24
Q

ambitieux

A

ambitious

25
Q

habilement

A

skilfully

26
Q

irrégulièrement / avec désinvolture

A

casually

27
Q

travailler dur

A

to labour

28
Q

maitriser

A

to master

29
Q

manquer de

A

to lack

30
Q

mettre au chômage

A

to lay off

31
Q

licencier / virer

A

to fire

32
Q

compter / calculer

A

to reckon

33
Q

un travailleur exploité

A

a sweated worker

34
Q

un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine

A

a bull in a china shop

35
Q

travailler sans répit

A

to keep one’s nose to the grindstone

36
Q

mettre des batons dans les roues

A

to put a spanner in the works