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question		réponse
a person who gives another person help and advice over a period of time and often also coaches them in their job commencer à apprendre		MENTOR
a set of rules for what you can wear commencer à apprendre		DRESS CODE
aims commencer à apprendre		GOALS
demands total obedience from staff commencer à apprendre		AUTOCRATIC
extra amounts of money given to you as a reward commencer à apprendre		BONUSES
follow the rules exactly commencer à apprendre		DO THINGS BY THE BOOK
view of how the company will be in the future commencer à apprendre		VISION
involving risk-taking commencer à apprendre		ENTREPRENEURIAL
fierce; not involving commencer à apprendre		CUT-THROAD
support commencer à apprendre		BACK-UP
informal meetings commencer à apprendre		GET TOGETHERS
succeed or fail without help from anyone else commencer à apprendre		SINK OR SWIM
paperwork = bureaucracy commencer à apprendre		RED TAPE
responsible to the government commencer à apprendre		PUBLICLY ACCOUNTABLE
making more efficient commencer à apprendre		STREAMLINING
Internet company commencer à apprendre		DOTCOM
standard by which you can commencer à apprendre		YARDSTICK
judge the success of something commencer à apprendre		judge the success of something
struggle of individuals in a commencer à apprendre		RAT RACE
competitive environment commencer à apprendre		competitive environment
beginning commencer à apprendre		STARTING OUT
discuss thoroughly commencer à apprendre		TALK THINGS THROUGH
produce ideas and solutions commencer à apprendre		COME UP WITH IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS
follow, obey commencer à apprendre		STICK TO
arrive commencer à apprendre		TURN UP
making progress commencer à apprendre		GETTING AHEAD
the essential thing is commencer à apprendre		IT BOILS DOWN TO
group of people appointed to manage a company commencer à apprendre		BOARD
whether the company makes a profit or a loss commencer à apprendre		BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE
money earned from sales commencer à apprendre		REVENUES
dismiss employees, so they no longer have a job commencer à apprendre		MAKE WORKERS REDUNDANT
people who own shares in a company commencer à apprendre		SHAREHOLDERS
the amount of profit on an investment commencer à apprendre		RETURN
set periods of time when people work, e.g. 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. commencer à apprendre		SHIFTS
someone who establishes an organisation commencer à apprendre		FOUNDER
a new activity, usually in business which involves risk or uncertainty commencer à apprendre		VENTURE
which are real but not immediately obvious commencer à apprendre		UNDERLYING
very confident behaviour commencer à apprendre		FLAMBOYANT
from the beginning commencer à apprendre		FROM SCRATCH
say a lot of nice things about commencer à apprendre		LAVISH PRAISE ON
made a mistake commencer à apprendre		SLIPPED UP / MAKE A MESS OF STH
dismissing commencer à apprendre		FIRING
completely involved commencer à apprendre		IMMERSED
the detailed or complicated facts commencer à apprendre		THE INS AND OUTS
share or financial involvement in a business commencer à apprendre		STAKE
the skill of administering your time so as to work effectively commencer à apprendre		TIME MANAGEMENT
managing systems in a company so that each department works effectively and producs products of the required standard commencer à apprendre		QUALITY MANAGEMENT
direct management of staff commencer à apprendre		LINE MANAGEMENT
level between senior management and junior management commencer à apprendre		MIDDLE MANAGEMENT
how a company tries to control its brands and brand image commencer à apprendre		BRAND MANAGEMENT
process of dealing with difficult situations commencer à apprendre		CRISIS MANAGEMENT
process of assessing and measuring possible dangers and evolving strategies to deal with them commencer à apprendre		RISK MANAGEMENT
an advert along the top of a page of a website commencer à apprendre		BANNER ADS
an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or the like generally dealing with offers of or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like. commencer à apprendre		CLASSIFIED ADS
groups of people, often families, who live together commencer à apprendre		HOUSEHOLDS
experience of commencer à apprendre		EXPOSURE TO
unable to be heard commencer à apprendre		INAUDIBLE
devices for relaying information into a computer system commencer à apprendre		SCANNERS
patterns of black lines which can be read by and recorded on a computer commencer à apprendre		BARCODES
devices which allow movement to be followed commencer à apprendre		(ELECTRONIC) TRACERS/COOKIES
followed/monitored commencer à apprendre		TRACKED
remove (perhaps using special equipment) commencer à apprendre		FILTER OUT/BLOCK
forced to experience something unpleasant commencer à apprendre		SUBJECTED TO
given so much information that its is so difficult to deal with commencer à apprendre		BOMBARDED WITH
easy to understand, simple commencer à apprendre		STRAIGHTFORWARD
argue, negotiate commencer à apprendre		HAGGLE
a method of buying something new by giving something you own as part of the payment for it commencer à apprendre		TRADE IN
to look at information on the internet commencer à apprendre		BROWSE
useful commencer à apprendre		HANDY
place where you can write your opinion of something commencer à apprendre		APPRAISAL FORM
appear commencer à apprendre		POP UP
filter out, remove commencer à apprendre		SCREEN OUT
trends commencer à apprendre		GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OR CHANGES
pronounced commencer à apprendre		VERY NOTICABLE
underwent commencer à apprendre		EXPERIENCED
slight commencer à apprendre		SMALL
an all-time low commencer à apprendre		THE LOWEST IT HAS EVER BEEN
peaking commencer à apprendre		REACHING ITS HIGHEST POINT
worker in factory commencer à apprendre		SHOP FLOOR WORKER
worker who does physical work rather than office work commencer à apprendre		BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
person who coordinates and supervises different elements of a job commencer à apprendre		PROJECT MANANGER
worker who does particular pieces of work for different organisations, rather than working all the time for a single organisation commencer à apprendre		FREELANCER
person whose work requires specialist knowledge commencer à apprendre		KNOWLEDGE WORKER
worker who does not work for an employer but finds work for himself/herself or who has his/her own business commencer à apprendre		SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON
worker who has or needs only a small amount of training commencer à apprendre		SEMI-SKILLED WORKER
worker elected by other workers in a factory or business to represent them in discussions with the management commencer à apprendre		UNION REP
person employed to work for a short period, while another person is absent or when there is extra work commencer à apprendre		TEMP
person who works in an office, doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort commencer à apprendre		WHITE-COLLAR WORKER
fewer commitments commencer à apprendre		LESS BAGGAGE
extremely active, excited or uncontrolled commencer à apprendre		FRENETIC
not in use any more, having been replaced by something never and better or more fashionable commencer à apprendre		OBSOLETE
present or noticeable everywhere commencer à apprendre		PERVASIVE
especially values commencer à apprendre		PLACES A PREMIUM ON
move with no particular aim commencer à apprendre		ROAM
growing quickly commencer à apprendre		BOOMING
starting doing something new, independently of other people commencer à apprendre		STRIKING OUT ON (THEIR) OWN
working without strict times for starting and finishing commencer à apprendre		FLEXIBLE WORKING
working for only some of the day or the week commencer à apprendre		PART-TIME WORKING
working at home, while communicating with your office by telephone, fax or computer commencer à apprendre		HOME WORKING/TELE WORKING
doing part of a job with someone else, so that each person works part-time commencer à apprendre		JOB SHARING
doing particular pieces of work for different organisations, rather than working all the time for a single organisation commencer à apprendre		FREELANCING
working for a short period, especially in an office, while another person is absent or when there is extra work commencer à apprendre		TEMPING
sharing information, rewards and power with employees in order to contribute to their competence and satisfaction commencer à apprendre		EMPOWERMENT
group members holding themselves accountable and participating in group activities, respecting each other commencer à apprendre		TEAM RESPONSIBILITY
ongoing process of managing your life, learning and work commencer à apprendre		CAREER DEVELOPMENT
employee training system where there is someone responsible for providing support commencer à apprendre		MENTORING
brand - _____ activity commencer à apprendre		BUILDING
increase _____ of the brand commencer à apprendre		AWARENESS
_____ a new product onto t he market commencer à apprendre		LAUNCH
_____ sales and increase _____ share commencer à apprendre		BOOST, MARKET
maintain _____ loyalty commencer à apprendre		CUSTOMER
- raise an awkward question commencer à apprendre		- raise an awkward question
- feature a product commencer à apprendre		- feature a product
- recall something commencer à apprendre		- recall something
- for the most part commencer à apprendre		- for the most part
- audiences are splintering commencer à apprendre		- audiences are splintering
- make claims commencer à apprendre		- make claims
- market place commencer à apprendre		- market place
- pick and choose commencer à apprendre		- pick and choose
- never commencer à apprendre		- unprecedented
- implications for commencer à apprendre		- implications for
- valuable commencer à apprendre		- valuable
- credibility commencer à apprendre		- credibility
- aim it commencer à apprendre		- aim to
- confidence level commencer à apprendre		- confidence level
- buying patterns commencer à apprendre		- buying patterns
- be on the go commencer à apprendre		- be on the go
- dire commencer à apprendre		- dire
- get taken on by commencer à apprendre		- get taken on by

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