Chap 2: Making A Living Through Work Flashcards

(61 cards)

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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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An occupation

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Une profession

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4
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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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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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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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To hire

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Embaucher

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To recruit
Recruter
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A trial period
Une période d’essai
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A job-seeker
Un demandeur d’emploi
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Work experience
Expérience professionnelle
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Skills
Compétences
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To apply for a job
Candidater
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A job offer/ vacancy
Une offre d’emploi
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Pay
La paie
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Salary/ wages
Le salaire
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To earn/ to make money
Gagner de l’argent
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A low-paid job
Un travail mal payé
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A wage-earner
Un salarié
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A bonus
Une prime
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A benefit
Un avantage
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Paid holiday
Des congés payés
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A bank/ national holiday
Un jour férié
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To be on a sick leave
Etre en arrêt maladie
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To take a day off
Prendre un jour de congé
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To retire
Prendre sa retraite
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To resign
Démissionner
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A pensioner
Un retraité
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To cut/ slash/ axe jobs
Supprimer des emplois
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Job loss
Perte d’emploi
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To lay off/ to make redundant
Licencier
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A redundancy plan
Un plan social
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To dissmiss someone
Licencier quelqu’un
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To fire/ sack
Renvoyer, mettre à la porte
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A dispute
Un conflit
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To go on strike
Se mettre en grève
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A trade union
Un syndicat
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Wage claims
Des revendications salariales
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A payrise
Une augmentation salariale
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To resume work
Reprendre le travail
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Job insecurity
La précarité de l’emploi
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The wage gap
Les écarts de salaire
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To work
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
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False Friend
A word which looks the same in French and in English but which is not