https://padlet.com/clarisse_robidou/v7is1a6h8c4b Made with an open mind en-us 2016-11-23 13:16:27 UTC 2017-01-05 09:13:54 UTC hello@padlet.com clarisse_robidou https://padlet.com/clarisse_robidou/v7is1a6h8c4b/wish/139580878 Demanding= formidable=tough=exacting=rigorous
Available= free to do something, at someone 's disposal
Aspirant= someone who have ambitious 
Shortlist= a list of selected candidates from which a final choice is made
Pre-selection of candidates
To pré-sélect=to shorlist(verb)
To be shortlisted (passive voice)
An applicant= candidate for a job 

Postpone= to re-shedule ; to put off to a later date( phrasal verb), to delay, defer, suspend
To cancel=call of (phrasal verb) not to take place, to abandon, to drop

Shares = stocks =equity ( les actions)
Stock exchange;index ( la bourse)
FTSE= financial Times stock exchanges 
Dow Jones and Nasdaq

Borrow (empreinté) a book from a library (librarian) = to take Sth. As a loan to lend /lent/lent to (prêter à)

A loan from the bank for a house =home loan=mortgage ( prêt immobilier)
Buy from a bookshop or bookstore
Laptop= portable ordinateur
Desktop computer=PC= personal computer
Landline (telephone fixe)
(keyboard 
Screen 
Monitor
Mouse
Speakers
printer)
=hardware (matériel informatique)
Mot qui prend jamais de s:
/Software= (Logiciel),
 equipment, advice, luggage( bagage), baggage,information, furniture, knowledge, research/
Attend ( assister à) = to attend English class= to be present at= to participate in=to take part in
To attend to= to deal with
To apply for= to put in/to submit an application for
A candidate=an applicant
Appliance = device
Household appliance= domestic appliance=electric appliance 
(Électroménager )
Competitor=rival=opponent= challenger=contestant, contender
Concurrent= simultaneous=happeningat  the same time= parallel
Deadline=time limit;target date;due date, closing date for an application
Food=( best before; sell by date; expiry date)
Short/long shelf-life= the length of time for which an item remains usable, edible, or saleable. perishable or un perishable food ( ex : champagne, vin, fromage) 
Tinned food or canned food= un perishable food, long shelf-life

Invoice=  bill ( detailed bill)
Bill ; note; 
USA resto= the check 
Uk resto= the bill
Chequebook U.K. Checkbook usa
fine
Tip (pourboire)
Receipt( reçue)
Down payment= deposit
Bank statement( relevé bancaire)
Recipe (recette cuisine) 
Pay= salary=wage=income= revenue =payment= earnings
Pay rise= increase in salary
Pay=salary =monthly,wage=daily, weekly or fortnight = two weeks
In a fortnight; fortnightly
Earnings=income=revenue 
Monthly salary
Weekly wage
Income tax
Vat= value added tax

On strike= French national hobby !! Joke a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest.
To go on strike= to down tools, to take industrial action 
(Shop floor = représentant du syndicat)
The shop steward complained about working conditions of the shop floor.
Cgt or fo= trade unions
Hyphen jean jacques

Double barreled name= Brit , having two parts joined by a hyphen. Think of anne-charlotte (traie d'union)


Head office= headquarters=hq=qg in 
French
Subsidiary= a company controlled by a holding company. A branch 
Global= worldwide= international,multi-national

Compagne= firm = corporation = entreprise
Merger=( fusion) two companies that are equal partners = to merge= team up = join / join forces
Takeover= (Rachat) an act of assuming control of something, ESP , the buying out of one compagny by another, to buy out or to acquire , buyout, acquisition = m&a
Mergers and acquisitions 
Takeover bid= opa offre publique d'achat
To purchase= to buy
Purchasing /buying power
Hostile takeover
To bid at an auction , (enchérir ) the auctionneer gave us the paddles 
To bet on the horses
To gamble (miser casino)

Prosecute=to sue= take legal action against, 

Factory= manufacturing plant= production plant
To manufacture = to produce (in large quantities), to make, to mass-produce
To work on a assembly line

To foresee= to forecast= to predict= to anticipate= to plan ahead
Expenses = spending= overheads,costs
To take out a subscription
To stretch and to yawn ( bailler) to scratch ( se gratter) to sneeze ( atchoumer) to cough (tousser) to blow ( se moucher ) your nose nostril
To sniffe ( sniffer)

To go red = to blush

In the red= in debt = overdrawn, in deficit, in arreas , (slang) to be Broke
To be bankrupt for a compagny, in a negative
To be on your uppers or to be penniless
To overspend = splash out ( peter la carte bleu)
In the black=solvent , debt-free, out of debt, in credit, financially sound, able to pay one's debts, creditworthy, in the positive
Stopped here with the best don't put yourselves down ( ne te sous estimes pas)


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