Chap 90 Flashcards

1
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Une période d’essai

A

A probationary period

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2
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Savoir-faire

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Know-How / expertise

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3
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chercher un travail

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To seek a job / to hunt FOR a job

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4
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une ANPE

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a job centre

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5
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postuler à un emploi –> un candidat

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to apply for a job –> an applicant

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6
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un stage en entreprise

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an internship/ a work placement

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7
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cabinet de recrutement

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head-hunting firm

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8
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des références

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credentials

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9
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des diplômes

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qualifications

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10
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indépendant

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self-employed

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11
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passer à temps partiel/temps plein

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to go part-time/ full-time

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12
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intérimaire –> un intérimaire, travailler en int.

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temporary –> a temp, to temp

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13
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travailleur // ouvrier

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worker // workman

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14
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un manoeuvre

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a labourer

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15
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la main d’oeuvre

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the workforce, the labourforce, the manpower

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16
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un métier/ une profession

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an occupation/ a trade

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17
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une vocation

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a calling

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18
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renvoyer qqun

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to fire/ to sack sby

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19
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licencier

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to dismiss, to lay off, to make sby redundant

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20
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un licenciement

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a dismissal, a lay-off, a redundancy

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21
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être au chômage

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to be out of work, jobless, unemployed

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22
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un bénéficiaire (aide sociale)

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a claimant

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23
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un membre du personnel

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a staffer

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24
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occuper un poste

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to hold a post/a position

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25
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un apprenti –> l’apprentissage

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an apprentice –> apprenticeship

26
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se former

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to train

27
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faire un stage

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to go on a training period

28
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se recycler/reconvertir –> une reconversion

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to retrain/to go on a refresher course –>a retraining

29
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une mutation

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a tranfer

30
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une démission

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a resignation

31
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un cadre débutant/supérieur

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an junior/senior executive

32
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responsable de

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responsible for/ in charge of

33
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le dynamisme

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drive

34
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un ambitieux

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a go-getter

35
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un bourreau de travail

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a workaholic

36
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un avancement à l’ancienneté/au mérite

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a promotion by seniority/selection

37
Q

nommer qqun –> une nomination

A

to appoint sby –> an appointement

38
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un retraité

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a retiree/ a pensioner

39
Q

les petites annonces

A

the classified ads

40
Q

décrocher un emploi

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to land a job

41
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refuser une offre

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to turn down an offer

42
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satisfaire aux exigences

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to meet the requirements

43
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le marché du travail

A

the job/labour market

44
Q

le travail manuel/de bureau/ de secretariat

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manual/clerical/secretarial work

45
Q

un emploi subalterne

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a menial job

46
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une promotion ultra-rapide

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a fast-track scheme

47
Q

gravir les échelons de l’entreprise

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to move up/ to climb the corporate ladder

48
Q

un jeune loup

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a high flyer

49
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postes à responsabilités

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senior positions, top jobs

50
Q

se faire mettre à la porte

A

to get the sack

51
Q

lourdes suppressions d’emplois

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drastic job cuts / heavy job losses

52
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licenciements de masse

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massive lay-offs

53
Q

les chiffres du chômage

A

unemployment figures

54
Q

le taux de chômage

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the unemployment/the jobless rate

55
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le chômage partiel

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short-time working

56
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assumer la responsabilité de

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to take on responsibility for

57
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indemnités de chômage

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unemployment/welfare benefits

jobseeker’s allowance

58
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recevoir les indemnités de chômage

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to be on the dole (UK)
to be on welfare (US)
to collect unemployment benefits

59
Q

le vieillissement de la population

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ageing populations

60
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reculer l’âge de la retraire

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to postpone retirement age