etp Flashcards by agathe mellian

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the working week

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la semaine de travail

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office hours

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les heures de bureau

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the payroll

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les salariés

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a shopkeeper

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un commercant

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a labourer

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un manoeuvre

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a menial job

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un emploi subalterne

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a loafer

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un paresseux

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rewarding

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enrichissant

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tedious = boring = unexciting

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ennuyeux

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boredom

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ennui

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wages / salary

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salaires, paye (pr ouvrier) / salaires

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to be ill paid

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être mal payé

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to moonlight

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travailler au noir

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minimum wage(s)

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smic

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a retiree

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un retraité

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a pensionner

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retraité (touchant pension)

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to draw benefits

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toucher des allocations

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to work for a pittance

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travailler pr un salaire de misère

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to eke out’s pension by

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suppléer sa retraite

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labour unrest

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un malaise social

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labour strife

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conflits du travail

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a grievance

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une doléance

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to call a strike

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lancer un mot d’ordre de greve

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to idle a plant

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mettre une usine au chomage

to be strikebound

être paralysé par la greve

the trade gap

le deficit de la balance commerciale

(industrial) output

production (indus)

the supply side

l'offre

the living standard

le niveau de vie

the household debt

l'endettement des menages

to go out of business

cesser tt act

a middleman

un intermédiaire

winding up

liquidation

bankruptcy

la faillite

a broker

un courtier

plastic money

les cartes de credit

a chequebook / checkbook (us)

un chequier

a medium-sized business

une PME

the turnover

le CA

a challenger

un rival

faulty

defectueux

upscale, up-market / downscale, down-market

haut de gamme / bas de gamme

a rebate= a discount

un rabais