Unit 3

Question 1

sécher les cours

Answer 1

to skip lessons

Question 2

bûcher

Answer 2

to swot up; to work hard

Question 3

le bourrage du crâne

Answer 3

brainwashing; cramming

Question 4

le contrôle continu

Answer 4

continuous assessment

Question 5

une épreuve

Answer 5

a test

Question 6

le baccalauréat

Answer 6

A levels (equivalent)

Question 7

un bachelier

Answer 7

an A level graduate

Question 8

il a le bac +3

Answer 8

He has studied for three years after A levels

Question 9

passer un examen

Answer 9

to take an exam

Question 10

réussir un examen

Answer 10

to pass an exam

Question 11

rater un examen

Answer 11

to fail an exam

Question 12

redoubler

Answer 12

to repeat a year

Question 13

les taux de réussite; les taux d’échec

Answer 13

pass rate; failure rate

Question 14

poursuivre ses études

Answer 14

to continue with one’s studies

Question 15

s’inscrire à la fac

Answer 15

to go to university

Question 16

passer un concours

Answer 16

to sit an entry exam

Question 17

passer le CAPES

Answer 17

to take a PGCE (equivalent)

Question 18

préparer un licence; une maîtrise; un doctorant

Answer 18

to study for a degree; a master; a PhD

Question 19

un métier

Answer 19

an occupation; a trade; a profession

Question 20

exercer une profession

Answer 20

to practice; to ply a trade

Question 21

un carrière

Answer 21

a career

Question 22

la médeciene

Answer 22

medicine

Question 23

le droit

Answer 23

law

Question 24

s’éclater dans son travail

Answer 24

to enjoy one’s job

Question 25

avoir des dispositions pour

Answer 25

to be good at; to be suited to

Question 26

s'acharner

Answer 26

to go at fiercely and unrelentingly

Question 27

réussir

Answer 27

to succeed

Question 28

faire fortune

Answer 28

to make one's fortune

Question 29

faire faillite

Answer 29

to go bust

Question 30

faire des longues heures

Answer 30

to work a long day

Question 31

stresser

Answer 31

to stress

Question 32

s'épanouir

Answer 32

to blossom or flourish

Question 33

faire un stage

Answer 33

to do a course

Question 34

la formation continue

Answer 34

lifelong learning; in-service training

Question 35

un métier qui rapporte

Answer 35

a lucrative job

Question 36

embaucher quelqu'un

Answer 36

to take somebody on

Question 37

licencier quelqu'un

Answer 37

to lay somebody off

Question 38

renvoyerou mettre la porte

Answer 38

to dismiss or sack somebody

Question 39

faire grève

Answer 39

to go on strike; to strike

Question 40

le chômage

Answer 40

unemployment

Question 41

un chômeur

Answer 41

an unemployed person

Question 42

un cadre

Answer 42

a boss/manager

Question 43

un collègue

Answer 43

a colleague

Question 44

un ouvrier

Answer 44

a manual worker

Question 45

un employé de bureau

Answer 45

an office worker

Question 46

un usine

Answer 46

a factory

Question 47

travailler à la chaîne

Answer 47

to work on the production line

Question 48

le syndicat

Answer 48

union

Question 49

revendiquer; une revendication

Answer 49

to claim; a claim

Question 50

l'ANPE (l'agencie nationel pour l'empoli)

Answer 50

employment agency

Question 51

recruter

Answer 51

to recruit

Question 52

les offres d'empoli

Answer 52

job offers

Question 53

fournir des références

Answer 53

to supply references

Question 54

poser sa candidature

Answer 54

to apply

Question 55

se faire embaucher

Answer 55

to get taken on

Question 56

un CDD (contract à durée déterminé)

Answer 56

a fixed term contract

Question 57

un CDI (contract à durée indéterminé)

Answer 57

a permanent contract

Question 58

mieux vaut la tête bien faite que bien pleine

Answer 58

it's more important to know hot to think than to have a head full of facts

Question 59

à toujours travailler les enfants s'abrutissent

Answer 59

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

Question 60

bon à tout, propre à rien

Answer 60

jack of all trades and master of none

Question 61

tout ce qui mérite d'être fait mérite d'être bien fait

Answer 61

if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well