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You may have the chance to work in a French-speaking environment, or perhaps it might simply come in handy for your present job. This small list won’t make you fluent in business French but it will provide you with a useful grounding in French workplace communication.
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| travailler | to work |
| bosser | to work (hard), to slog (away) |
| le travail | work |
| le boulot | job (casual) |
| le métier | trade, occupation, job |
| la tâche | task |
| la pause café | coffee break - elevenses |
| le chômage | unemployment |
| l'emploi | employment |
| le congé | holiday, leave |
| le salarié | employee |
| le fonctionnaire | civil servant |
| le patron | boss |
| le collègue | colleague |
| le bureau | office |
| le contrat | contract |
| la réunion | meeting |
| la formation | training |
| embaucher | to hire |
| la gestion | management |
| terminer | to finish |
| Le dossier | file |
| l'entretien | interview |
| les ragots | gossip |
| les 35 heures | the 35 hour week |
| bavarder | to chat |
| la grève | strike |
| la manifestation | demonstration |
| les syndicats | trade-union |
| le treizième mois | end-of-year bonus |
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