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question		réponse
Socialising commencer à apprendre		spending leisure time with other people (meeting people for pleasure)
Housewarming (party) commencer à apprendre		a party to celebrate moving to a new house or flat
Launch (party) commencer à apprendre		a party to celebrate the publication of a new book or product
Fancy dress party commencer à apprendre		a party where everyone dresses up in costume as other people
Stag party commencer à apprendre		a party before a wedding for the future husband and his male friends
Girl’s night out / hen party commencer à apprendre		evening just for female friends spent at a restaurant, theatre or club (hen party is usually just before one of them gets married)
Reception commencer à apprendre		formal party (e.g. after wedding)
Wedding party commencer à apprendre		the main group of close family and friends at a wedding (PEOPLE)
Black tie / white tie event commencer à apprendre		formal party at which men have to wear black bow ties or white bow ties respectively
Networking commencer à apprendre		making contacts that will be useful to one’s business or career
Old school tie / old boy network commencer à apprendre		contacts made by the children of the traditional ruling class while at expensive private schools
Pro-active commencer à apprendre		taking action yourself rather than waiting for something to happen
Put themselves about commencer à apprendre		make themselves visible in the hope of being noticed by someone important and, thus, help themselves to climb the career ladder (informal)
Climb the career ladder commencer à apprendre		go further in one’s career
Career ladder commencer à apprendre		a series of jobs from the lower paid with less responsibility to the highest paid with the most responsibility within a company or particular profession
Exchanging (business) cards commencer à apprendre		wymieniać się wizytówkami
Do lunch commencer à apprendre		go to the restaurant to talk about business
Hobnob commencer à apprendre		be friendly with someone who is important or famous (rather negative)
Rub shoulders with commencer à apprendre		mix socially with people who are famous (informal)
Hang out with / knock around with commencer à apprendre		spend social time with
Bash / do / get-together commencer à apprendre		a party
Booze-up commencer à apprendre		a party where a lot of alcohol will be drunk (colloquial)
Outstay my welcome commencer à apprendre		stay too long
Party animal commencer à apprendre		someone who loves going to parties
Party pooper commencer à apprendre		someone who spoils parties by being disapproving or miserable
Clubbing commencer à apprendre		going to one or more nightclubs
On the town commencer à apprendre		enjoy the entertainments in a town
Chummy / pally commencer à apprendre		friendly
Clique commencer à apprendre		a small group of people who spend time together and do not allow others to join them
Cliquey commencer à apprendre		behaving like a clique, not making other people feel welcome
An item commencer à apprendre		having a romantic relationship
Stand someone up commencer à apprendre		fail to turn up for a date
Drop someone commencer à apprendre		end relationship
Go on a pub crawl commencer à apprendre		go to spend an evening going to several different pubs
Council commencer à apprendre		a group of people who are elected to control a town, city, or area
Dignitary commencer à apprendre		someone with an important, official position
Freelance commencer à apprendre		working for several different organizations, and paid according to the hours you work
Menial work commencer à apprendre		work that is boring, and not well paid or respected
Get kick out of something commencer à apprendre		enjoy something
Stand someone in good stead commencer à apprendre		to be useful to someone in the future

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