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réunion d’affaires

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business meeting

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le sens

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meaning, direction, feeling

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l’ascenseur social (est en panne)

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social mobility (has broken down)

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une personne à part entière

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a person in their own right

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le sommet

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summit, peak

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en bas

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downstairs, down

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une échelle

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scale, ladder

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pour leur physique

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for their looks

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une ruse

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ruse

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la parité

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equality

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une filière

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pathway, industry

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penser par soi-même

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to think for oneself

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se forger sa propre opinion

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to form ones own opinion

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influençable

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influençable

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instaurer la parité

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restore equality

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virilité

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masculinity

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la carrière

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career

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la dernière enquête sur…

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the last inquiry into…

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les dernières chiffres concernant…

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the last statistics concerning…

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ne…guère

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hardly

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un sondage sur

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a poll on

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ces données/ ces statistiques font apparaître que…

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the data shows that…

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ce tableau montre/ indique

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the table shows/ indicates

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les chiffres s’élèvent à 10%

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the figures have risen to 10%

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le nombre est de
the number is
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le déficit budgétaire
the budget deficit
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le total/ le somme représente...
the sum shows...
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la france compte...
In France there are...
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une situation qui touche...
a situation concerning...
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le nombre a bondi de..
the number has climbed to...
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près de / approximativement / presque / quasiment
about
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s'accroitre (s'est accru) / se creuser
to grow (has grown)
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la moitié / le tiers / le quart / un cinquième
half / third / quarter / fifth
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redouter
fear, dread
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le reflux
reflux, ebb
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infime minorité
tiny minority
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une montée en puissance
a build up, increase, surge
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le peloton de queue
the back of the pack
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par rapport à
compared to
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l'écart entre
the gap between
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important / considérable
considerable
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minime / faible / négligeable
unnoticeable
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tirer leur épingle du jeu
play your cards right
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raboter
reduce
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ruser
use cunning
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affolants
worrying
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vertigineuse
sky high
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se prive
go without
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rester sur le carreau
fall by the wayside
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avoir du pain sur la planche
to have work to do
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un travail de Titan
a herculean task
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postuler
to apply
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le Pôle emploi
the employment office
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l'entretien d'embauche
job interview
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le travail au noir
work off the books
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le CDD / CDI
le contrat à durée déterminée / indéterminée
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la RTT
la réduction du temps de travail
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le SMIC
minimum wage
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le treizième mois
end of year bonus
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travailler pour le roi de Prusse
to work for peanuts
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travailler pour les prunes
work for nothing
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le / la gréviste
person on strike
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le harcèlement
harassment
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négocier
to negotiate
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le préavis
advance notice
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revendiquer
to demand
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démissionner
to quit
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licencier / virer
to fire

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