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L’expérience professionnelle

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Professional / Vocational experience

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Une excédent de main d’oeuvre

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A labour surplus

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La population active

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The working population

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Un salarié

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A wage-earner

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Le titulaire d’un emploi

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A jobholder

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Occuper un poste

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Hold a post

Hold a position

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Etre responsable de

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To be in charge of

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Gagner sa vie

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To earn one’s living

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Un soutien de famille

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A bread-winner

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Une profession

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An occupation

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Les professions libérales

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The professions

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Un cadre (supérieur)

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A (top) executive

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Un travailleur indépendant

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A freelance

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Un (haut) fonctionnaire

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A (top/senior) civil servant

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Un ouvrier qualifié

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A skilled worker

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Un artisan

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A craftsman

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L’artisanat

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Craft industry

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Diriger une entreprise familiale

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To run a family business

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Etre à son compte

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To be self-employed

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Une succursale

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A branch

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Un travailleur saisonnier

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A seasonal worker

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Un demandeur d’emploi

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A job hunter

A job seeker

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Les indemnités chômage

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Unemployment benefits

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Un poste vacant

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A vacancy

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Postuler (pour)
To apply (for)
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Une candidature
An application
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Une lettre de candidature
A letter of application
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Nommer quelqu'un à un poste
To appoint sb to a post
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La formation professionnelle
Vocational training
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Un stagiaire
A trainee
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Une période d'essai
A probation period
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Prendre quelqu'un à l'essai
To take sb on probation / for a trial period
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Un emploi précaire
An insecure job | A tenuous job
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Arriver sur le marché de l'emploi
To join the labour force
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Créer des emplois
To create / generate jobs
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Créer des débouchés
To create job opportunities
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Bouché
Overcrowded
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Saturé
Glutted
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Concurrentiel
Competitive
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L'ancienneté
Seniority
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L'avancement à l'ancienneté
Promotion by seniority
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L'avancement au mérite
Promotion by selection
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Les perspectives de carrière
Career prospects
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Monter dans la hiérarchie
To climb the ladder
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Gérer sa carrière
To further one's career
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Muter
To reassign | To transfer
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Les sureffectifs
Overmanning
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Les réductions d'effectif
Job cuts
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Le licenciement économique
Redundancy
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La mise au chômage technique
A lay-off
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Supprimer des emplois
To cut down jobs
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Un licenciement / Un renvoi
A dismissal | A discharge
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Les indemnités de licenciement
Redundancy compensation
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Une prime de départ
A golden handshake
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Indemniser / Dédommager
To compensate
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La pré-retraite
Early retirement
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Mettre qqn à la retraite (d'office)
To pension sb off
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Une démission
A resignation
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Démissionner
To resign
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Quitter un emploi
To quit a job
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Le travail à temps partiel
Part-time work
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Travailler à mi-temps
To work half-time
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Le travail temporaire / L'intérim
Temporary work | Temping
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L'équipe de nuit/jour
The day / night shift
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Faire des heures supplémentaires
To work overtime
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Obtenir une augmentation
To get a rise
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Une hausse de salaire
A wage increase
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Les revenus
The income
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Le mécontentement des travailleurs
Labour unrest
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Le mécontentement social
Social discontent
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Une revendication salariale
A wage demand
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La syndicalisation
Unionization
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Un mouvement syndical
A union movement
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Déposer un préavis de grève
To give notice of strike action
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Sans préavis
Without advance warning
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Un appel à la grève
A strike call
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Une grève surprise
A lightening strike
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Un gréviste
A striker
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Un non-gréviste
A non-striker
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Une date limite
A deadline
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Reprendre le travail
To resume work
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Ouvrir les négociations
Open talks
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Mener les négociations
To carry out negociations
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Proposer
To offer
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Céder
To yield
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Aboutir à une impasse
To reach a deadlock
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Avoir du mal à faire qqch
To have a job doing sth
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Avoir une tâche difficile sur les bras
To have a big job on one's hand
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Se tuer à la tâche
To work oneself to death
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Gravir les échelons grâce à son travail
To work one's way up
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Imagine / trouver qqch
To work sth out
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Résoudre un problème
To work through a problem
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On n'a rien sans rien
You don't get something for nothing

Vocabulary 2015/2016 (8 decks)

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