Unit 3 Flashcards by Oscar Pickerill | Brainscape

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sécher les cours

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to skip lessons

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bûcher

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to swot up; to work hard

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le bourrage du crâne

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brainwashing; cramming

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le contrôle continu

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continuous assessment

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une épreuve

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a test

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le baccalauréat

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A levels (equivalent)

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un bachelier

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an A level graduate

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il a le bac +3

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He has studied for three years after A levels

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passer un examen

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to take an exam

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réussir un examen

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to pass an exam

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rater un examen

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to fail an exam

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redoubler

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to repeat a year

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les taux de réussite; les taux d’échec

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pass rate; failure rate

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poursuivre ses études

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to continue with one’s studies

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s’inscrire à la fac

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to go to university

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passer un concours

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to sit an entry exam

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passer le CAPES

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to take a PGCE (equivalent)

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préparer un licence; une maîtrise; un doctorant

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to study for a degree; a master; a PhD

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un métier

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an occupation; a trade; a profession

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exercer une profession

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to practice; to ply a trade

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un carrière

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a career

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la médeciene

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medicine

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le droit

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law

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s’éclater dans son travail

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to enjoy one’s job

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avoir des dispositions pour

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to be good at; to be suited to

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s’acharner

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to go at fiercely and unrelentingly

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réussir

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to succeed

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faire fortune

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to make one’s fortune

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faire faillite

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to go bust

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faire des longues heures

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to work a long day

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stresser

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to stress

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s’épanouir

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to blossom or flourish

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faire un stage

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to do a course

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la formation continue

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lifelong learning; in-service training

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un métier qui rapporte

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a lucrative job

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embaucher quelqu’un

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to take somebody on

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licencier quelqu’un

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to lay somebody off

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renvoyerou mettre la porte

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to dismiss or sack somebody

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faire grève

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to go on strike; to strike

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le chômage

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unemployment

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un chômeur

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an unemployed person

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un cadre

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a boss/manager

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un collègue

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a colleague

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un ouvrier

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a manual worker

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un employé de bureau

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an office worker

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un usine

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a factory

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travailler à la chaîne

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to work on the production line

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le syndicat

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union

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revendiquer; une revendication

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to claim; a claim

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

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employment agency

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recruter

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to recruit

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les offres d’empoli

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job offers

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fournir des références

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to supply references

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poser sa candidature

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to apply

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se faire embaucher

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to get taken on

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un CDD (contract à durée déterminé)

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a fixed term contract

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un CDI (contract à durée indéterminé)

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a permanent contract

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mieux vaut la tête bien faite que bien pleine

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

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à toujours travailler les enfants s’abrutissent

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all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

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bon à tout, propre à rien

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jack of all trades and master of none

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

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