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Anglais - partiel vocabulaire Flashcards

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underlying

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Fr : sous-jacent
En : subjacent

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être licencié

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to be dissmissed from his job (several reasons)

to be laid off (due to company)

to be fired (due to your behaviour)

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Viable

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Viable

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Viability of a company

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Fr : Viabilité de l’entreprise

En : company viability or business viability

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voluntary redundancy program

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Fr : programme de départ volontaire

En : voluntary departure program

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roughly

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Fr : en moyenne

En : about

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mutually-acceptable

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Fr : mutuellement acceptable

En : mutually agreeable

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Viability

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Fr : Viabilité

En : Substainability

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spontaneous

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unsolicited

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Ice breaker

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Fr : Briseur de glace

En : Ice-breaker

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Controversial

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Fr : Controversé

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be reluctant

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Fr : Etre réticent

En : be reticent

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To get cracking

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To start working on something

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Willing

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Fr : volontaire

En : volunteer

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Coded speech

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Fr : Discours codé

En : Coded discourse

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Understatment

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Fr : Sous-évaluation

En : undervaluation

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Seal the deal

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Fr : sceller l’accord
En : seal the agreement

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18
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A compromise

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Fr : un compromis
En : compromise

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19
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Cooling down

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Fr : se calmer
En : Calming down

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Proposal

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Fr : proposition
En : proposition / offer

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Tendencies

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Fr : Les tendances
En : Trends

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Negociate

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Fr : Négocier
En : Negotiate

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Mind-reading

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Fr : Lire dans les pensées
En : Reading minds

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if you deviate from a procedure..

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…you move away from it

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If a decision is a mutually-acceptable…

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…both sides are happy with it

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If you impose something on someone..

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…you don’t give them a choice

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A framework is ..

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…simpler than a structured agenda

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If you set the agenda..

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…your actions determine how the rest of the meeting will run

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Probing questions

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are attemps to discover hidden details

30
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If you have room for manoeuvre…

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…you can be flexible

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If you challenge a statement..

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you force the other person to justify it

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if you trade concessions,..

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..you give something in return for something from the other party.

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If you back down, ..

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…you accept that you cannot get all you want.

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If you back somebody into a corner

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..you make it impossible for them to find a way out.

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If you give some ground..

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..you make a concession

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A sticking point

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..is something that could cause the negotiation to fail

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If you take a time-out

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..you have a break from the negotiation

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If you clinch the deal

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…you reach an agreement

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If you tie up loose ends

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…you finalise all the remainnig small details.

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Position

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This is what you say you want out of the negotiation.

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Interest

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This is what you really need out of the negotiation.

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Variable

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This is one of the things that can be negotiated, such as the unit price, guarantess or the delivery date.

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opening point

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This is the figure you give for a particular variable when you first state your position.

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Target point

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This is the figure for a particular variable that you would find satisfactory.

45
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Reservation point

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This is your limit for a particular variable. You cannot go beyond this point.

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BATNA (best alternative to a negociated agreement)

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This is your best alternative to a negotiated agreement. In other words, it is what you will still have if the negotiation fails.

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Deadlock

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A situation where there is no solution, because neither side can move

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Split the difference

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To agree to a compromise half-way between person A’s figure and person B’s figure.

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Giveaway

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This is something that doesn’t really matter to you, but which you include in your opening position statement because you may be able to trade it for something from the other party.

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To call a strike

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Fr : Appel à la grève
(contraire = to call of a strike)

En : Call for strike action

51
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Trade union officials

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Fr : Représentant de syndicat

En : Union representative

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Redundancies

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Fr : réduire les effectifs
En : reduce the workforce

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wage (manual job)
salary (intellectual job)

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Fr : salaire

54
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Pay freeze

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Fr : gel des salaires
En : Salary freeze

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catering

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Fr : restauration
En : restoration

56
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bargaining

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negotiation about exchanges

57
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a bargain

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a deal

58
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hoggling

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bargaining

59
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paying over the odds

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paying more than something’s worth

60
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to tie

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Fr : A lier
En : To link

61
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messy situation

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Fr : situation désordonnée
En : disorderly situation

62
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keep going back to square one

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to start again from the beginning

63
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flipchart

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papperboard

64
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hedging phrase

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Fr : “tourner autour du pot”
En : beating about the bush

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