-To overrate – Surestimer

-Though = Although = Even though – Bien que

-By means of = With the help of

-Forward – En avant 

-Toward – Vers

-I. T – Informatique

-Prior to (V+ing) = Before (V+ing)

-As well as – Aussi bien que

-However – Cependant

-Goggles – Lunettes (de protection/de sécurité)

-In line with = Similar to

-Shortage – Manque, pénurie

-To compel – Contraindre

-Welfare – Sécurité sociale

-Widow – Une veuve

-Widower – Un veuf

>  To be widowed

-To lay off = To make redundant (for economic reasons) - Licencier

>  To be laid off

>  To be made redundant

>  To sack = To fire = To dismiss = To let go (Active Voice) > To be sacked = To be fired = To be dismissed = To be let go (Passive Voice)

-To hire = To take on (Active Voice) – Embaucher > To be hired = To be taken on (Passive Voice)

-Revenge – Vengeance 

-Lobster - Langouste

-To have a grudge – Avoir de la rancune

-To hold something against someone – En vouloir à quelqu’un, avoir quelque chose contre quelqu’un

-Upside down – A l’envers

>  To turn upside down (v) – Retourner

-To fend for yourself = To take care of yourself – Se débrouiller

-Odds = Unusual = Chance

-Rolling in - En continu

-Unwavering - Inébranlable

-To launch – Lancer (Un projet) ≠ To toss – Lancer (Une balle)

-Vacancy = Available Job

-Vacant = Available = Free = Flexible to do something = At someone’s disposal

-Application form – Formulaire de candidature

-Covering letter = Cover letter = Letter of application/motivation – Lettre d’accompagnement/de motivation 

-CV = Résumé (North America)

-Demanding = Formidable = Intimidating = Dreadful = Tough = Rigorous = Onerous

>  Hard to please = Having high expectations (of a person)

>  Require much skills or tasks (of a task)

-Candidate = Applicant = Job seeker

-Shortlist = List of selected candidates from which a final choice is made

>  To shortlist = To preselect 

-Appliance = Device = Piece of equipment (coffee maker, dishwasher, etc.) = Household appliance

-To postpone = To re-schedule = To put off to a later date (repousser) = To delay (retarder) = To suspend ≠ To cancel = Call off not to take place = To drop = To abandon

-Share = Equity = Stock – Action d’entreprise

>  Stock exchange – La Bourse

-To borrow = To take something as a loan = To lend/lent/lent to 

>  To borrow something from a library/a bank

>  A loan from the bank for a house = Home loan = a Mortgage (only for the real estate business)

-A laptop ≠ A desktop computer 

>  Laptop = Portable computer ≠ Mobile = Phone = Cell = Cellular ≠ Landline (at home)

-Keyboard and screen-monitor and mouse-speaker-printer-etc. are Hardware

>  /!\ No “s” at the end of “hardware” like “software”-“equipment”-“advice”-“luggage”-“baggage”-“information”-“furniture”-“knowledge”-“research”

-To attend = To be present at = To participate to = To take part to

>  ≠ To attend to = To deal with – Faire face à

-To apply for = To put in an application for = To submit an application for - Faire une demande 

-Competitor = Opponent = Rival = Challenger = Contestant

>  ≠ Concurrent = Simultaneous = Happening at the same time

-Deadline = Target date = Due date

>  Food > Expire date = Best before = Sell by date

>  Short/Long shelf life (durée de vie)

-Invoice = Detailed bill – Facture

>  $ bill = € note = £ note = CASH

>  (USA) resto = (E) Check = (UK) resto = The bill

 -Pay = Salary = Wage = Income = Payment = Revenue = Earnings

>  /!\ Pay = Salary = Monthly

      Wage = Daily, weekly or fortnightly (2 weeks)

>  Monthly salary – Weekly wage – Income Tax

-Wage earner = Person who earn a salary = Employee = Staff = Personnel 

>  Wage earners = Team = Crew = Workforce = Labour-force – Population active

-Pay rise = Increase in salary

-To go on strike = To down tools = To take industrial action = To demonstrate (manifester) = To protest

-Head office = Headquarter = HQ – QG in French

-Subsidiary = A company controlled by a holding company/a branch – Filiale

-Global = Worldwide = International 

-Dark Horse = A person who is discrete, who reveals little about himself, especially one who has unexpected talents

-Merger = Two companies that are equal partners > M&A = Mergers and Acquisitions 

>  To merge = Team up = Join/Join forces

-To takeover = an act of assuming control of something = especially the buying out of one company by another = To buy out = To acquire 

>  A buy out – Une acquisition

>  To buy = To purchase

>  Purchasing = Buying power

>  Hostile takeover

-A takeover – Prise de controle, de pouvoir

-To gamble = To bet on the horses – Jouer, parier

>  PMU in England = Turf accountant = A bookmaker (person who takes bets)

>  To win a race – Gagner une course de chevaux

>  To win the LOTO

-To prosecute = To sue = Take legal action against = Take to court = Bring to trial = To persue

>  A law-abiding citizen – Un citoyen respectueux de la loi = Conform to the law

-Factory = Manufacture plant = Production plant

>  Sweatshop = Factory especially in the clothing manufacture with bad working conditions

>  ≠ To manufacture = To produce = To work on an assembly line 

-To forecast = To foresee = To predict = To anticipate = To plan ahead 

-Expenses = Spending = Costs = Overheads (when you take out a subscription – Contracter un abonnement)

-To stretch – S’étirer

-To scratch – Se gratter

-To yawn – Bailler

-To sneeze - Eternuer

-To cough - Tousser

-To blow your nose = Se moucher

-Nostril = Narine

-To go red = To blush

-To sniffle – Renifler

-In the red = In dept = In debit = Overdrawn = In deficit

>  To be broke = To be bankrupt (for a company)

>  To be on your uppers = To be penniless (In slang – En argot)

-To overspend = To splash out = Spend extravagant sum of money

-Board of directors = Board of managers = Governing board/body = Executive board – Conseil d’administration

>  CEO = Chief executive offiver

>  To run a compay = To manage a company

>  To be made of = To be composed of = To be formed by = To consist of (nm) = To consist in (V+ing)

>  Annual Turnover – Chiffre d’affaire

-Shareholders = Persons who buy shares/stocks of a company

-Civil servant = Public servant = State employee/worker – Fonctionnaire

-Cost of living = Standards of living

-The sales = Discount

-To resign = To quit = To leave our job = To hand in one’s notice = To give up

-Profits = Financial gains – Bénéfices

>  Perks = Bonuses = Fringe benefits (luncheon vouchers and gift vouchers – Tickets resto et cartes cadeaux)  

>  ≠ Benefits = Advantages > Benefits and drawbacks = Advantages and disadvantages = Pros and cons (Pours et contres) = Assets and liabilities on the balance sheet (actifs et passifs sur le bilan financier)

-To hang up = To put down the phone ≠ To pick up = To answer the phone

>  To hang up on someone ≠ To hang on – Attendre

>  To be cut off – Se faire raccrocher au nez

-An appointment = Professional commitment ≠ RDV = For a date

-Reliable = Trustworthy = Dependable = Reliant

-Market-share – Part de marché

-Finetuning – Ajustement, pofinage 

-Up-to-date = Current – A jour, actuel

-Field = A type of work that you do – Un champ

-To revisit = Consider or discuss something again

-Attainable – Réalisable

-To mentored = To be groomed = To be prepared for a particular job or activity through special training and attention

-To figure out – Comprendre, résoudre

-Keep up – Continuer, persister, poursuivre

-Left behind – Laissé pour compte, oublié

-Seek out - Chercher

-Showing up – Se pointer

-Thought out – Pensé, planifié, réfléchi

-Pun – Jeu de mot

 

 

 

-You can say that again – C’est le cas de le dire

-To go back to the drawing board – Se remettre en question

 

 

 

-ZERO > Temperature and countdowns 

>  -5°C = Minus 5° OR 5° below zero

-OH > Phone numbers

-LOVE > Racket Game

-NIL > Team games 

>  Lyon 6-0 Nantes

-NOUGHT > Mathematic

>  0/20 > Nought of Twenty

>  Naughties = 2000-2009

 

-To yearn - Soupirer

-Hardly - A peine

-Somewhat – Quelque peu/Assez

-Meanwhile – En attendant/Pendant ce temps

-To talk someone into (V+ing) – Convaincre quelqu’un

-Nonetheless – Neanmoins

-Dejected – Découragé

-Deplaned – Descendu d’un avion

-Objectionable – Choquant/Inacceptable/Répréhensible

-Tidy – Propre

-To straighten up – Ranger/Redresser

-Sails – Voiles de bateau

-Batten down – Attacher

-The tide – La marrée

>  Comes in – Monte

>  Goes out – Descend/S’en va

-Come through – Traverser/Surmonter/Faire le nécéssaire

-To worth it – Valoir

-Worthy - Digne

-Helping – Portion de nourriture

-Draw up – Elever un projet

-Draw in – Attirer quelqu’un

-Among – Parmi/Entre

-Throughout – A travers/Durant

-Hereby - Par la présente

-A stay – Un séjour

-A fine – Une amande

-On behalf of – Au nom de

-Relevance – Pertinance

-Encounter – Rencontre

-Flow – S’écouler

-Entertain – Divertir

-Discard - Jeter