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Unemployment Flashcards

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le chômage

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unemployment / joblessness

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le taux de chômage

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the unemployment rate

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inverser la courbe du chômage

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to reverse the unemployment trend

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les chiffres du chômage

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unemployment figures / statistics

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la chômage à augmenté de …

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unemployment rose / increased by ….

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le chômage à baissé de …

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unemployment fell / dropped by …

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une hausse du chômage

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a rise in unemployment

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une baisse du chômage

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a fall in unemployment

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être au chômage

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to be unemployed / jobless / out of work / out of a job

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les chômeurs

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the unemployed / the jobless

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un chômeur

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an unemployed man

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une chômeuse

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an unemployed woman

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les chômeurs de longue durée

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the long-term unemployed

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le chômage des jeunes

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youth unemployment

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le marché de l’emploi

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the job market

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le marché du travail

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the labour market

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un demandeur d’emploi

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a job seeker / a job hunter

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chercher du travail

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to look for work / to look for a job

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postuler pour un emploi

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to apply for a job

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une demande d’emploi

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a job application

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un postulant à un emploi

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a job applicant

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un CV

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a CV / a résumé (US)

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un licenciement pour raison économique

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a redundancy / a layoff

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être licencié pour raison économique

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to be made redundant / to be laid off

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être viré
to be fired / to be sacked
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des suppressions d'emplois
job cuts
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supprimer des emplois
to cut jobs / to shed jobs
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une compression du personnel
cutback in staff / staff cutback
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créer des emplois
to create jobs / to generate jobs
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un plan de création d'emploi
a job creation scheme
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être en formation
to be in training / to do training
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un stage (pour un étudiant)
a placement
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être à l'essai
to be in probation
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un stagiaire
a trainee
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Pôle emploi
the job centre
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un entretien d'embauche
a job interview
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l'expérience professionnelle
work experience
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toucher les allocations chômage
to be on the dole / on welfare (US)
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les indemnités de licenciement
severance pay / redundancy payment
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est l'un des fléaux des temps modernes
is one of the scourges of modern times
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touche aussi bien les jeunes que les personnes âgées
hits young and old people alike
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sentiment d'inutilité quand ils n'arrivent pas à trouver du travail
have a sense of uselesness when they cannot find a job
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certains
some
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les avantages sociaux considérables dont bénéficient les chômeurs français ne les incitent pas toujours à chercher du travail
the lavish social benefits French unemployed people enjoy do not always encourage them to look for work
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s'adapter
to be flexible
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ils perdent l'allocation à laquelle ils ont droit
they lose the benefit they are entitled to
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les mesures de compression de personnel annoncées par la direction ont été un choc terrible pour les travailleurs de l'entreprise
the staff cutback announced by the management came as a terrible shock to all the workers of the company
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venir grossier les rangs de chômeurs
to join the dole queue
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il vivote grâce à l'allocation d'aide au retour à l'emploi et à quelques petits boulots
he can scrape by thanks to Jobseeker's Allowance and a few odd jobs
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il a été envoyé en stage de formation
he has been sent out on placement for training
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la priorité numéro 1 de tout gouvernement
is number one priority for any government
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les patrons français
French employers
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remède miracle
magic cure-all

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