C- 19 Commerce, Industry Flashcards by Noémie Gmbl

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serviette / porte-document

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brief case

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échelons

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grades

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fonction publique

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civil service

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avancement

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promotion

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prendre sa retraite

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retire on pension

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rapports

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reports

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bureaucratie

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red tape

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concours

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competitive exam

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secrétaire de mairie

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town clerk

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professeur

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school-master / professor

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chirurgien

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surgeon

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sage-femme

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midwife

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guérisseur

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faith-healer

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rebouteux

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bone-setter

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pharmacien

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chemist

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opticien

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optician

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hommes de loi

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members of the legal profession

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avocat

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barrister

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assigner en justice

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issue a writ

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jugement

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judgement

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établir un document

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draw sthing up

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greffier

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clerk

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huissier

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usher

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firme

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firm

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contrats

contracts

droits de propriété

property rights

testaments

wills

experts-comptables

chartered accountants

déclaration d'impots

income-tax claims

bon revenu

comfortable living

locaux commerciaux

business premises

comptes (financier)

returns

vagabond

tramp

clochard

bum

toxicomanes

dope-addicts

orateurs des coins de rue

soap-box orators

commis-voyageur

commercial traveller

colporteur

hawker

vendeurs de rue

street vendors

apprentissage

apprenticeship

métier manuel

manual craft

boutique

shop

atelier

workshop

bijoutier

jeweller

orfèvre

goldsmith

horloger

watchmaker

blanchisseur

laundryman

blanchisserie automatique

launderettes

machine à laver

washing machine

chaudronnier

tinman

rétameur

tinker

cordonnier

shoemaker

couturière

dressmaker

clientèle

clientele

concurrence

competition

article de série

off-the-peg model

transformations (couture)

alterations

ébéniste

cabinet-maker

planche

plank

établis

benches

copeaux

shavings

rabots

planes

bois brut

undressed timber

non équarris

unsquared

scie circulaire

circular saw

térébenthine

turpentine

électricien

electrician

commutateurs

switches

prises de courant

electric points

fusibles

fuses

ampoules

bulbs

garagiste

garage owner

pompes à essence

petrol pumps

châssis

chassus

cales

props

crics

jacks

pinces

pliers

cambouis

oil

imprimeur

printer

ouvrier spécialisé

skilled worker

menuisier

joiner

ouvriers du bâtiment

workers in the building trade

couvreur

tiler

plâtriers

plasterers

vitrier

glazier

lime

file

tenailles

pincers

tournevis

screw-driver

les ouvriers des ponts et chaussées

civil engineers

aménagement

improvement

entretien

upkeep

inch

2,5 cm

foot

30 cm

yard

0,9 m

mile anglais

1600 m

mile marin

1850 m

square inch

6,45 cm2

square foot

0,01 m2

square yard

0,8 m2

acre

0,4 hectare

square mile

259 ha