BUSINESS OBJECTIVES – VOCABULARY

CEC Madame de Staël - 1 - Vocabulary Business Objectives
BUSINESS OBJECTIVES – VOCABULARY
UNIT 13 : BUSINESS TRAVEL
Verbs
To miss
I missed my connection
manquer, rater
To overbook
vendre plus de billets
qu’il y a de places.
To apply for a visa
faire une demande de
visa
To expire
expirer, arriver à terme
To board
monter à bord de
To take off
décoller
To catch
He was in time to catch his
plane.
prendre, ne pas manquer
To let in
laisser passer, faire
entrer
To get in
entrer
To disappear
disparaître
To go through
To go through security
check
passer
To go ahead
Go ahead! = Allez-y!
aller (de l’avant)
To fly a plane
piloter un avion
To register
To register one’s luggage
through to London
faire enregistrer
To register for
s’inscrire
To label
étiqueter
To make sure
vérifier, être sûre que
To get something wrong
se tromper
To transfer from
transférer de
For hire (on a taxi)
libre
To rent
To hire
louer, prendre en
location
To hire an employee
embaucher un employé
To lease
louer à bail
To refund
rembourser
To save
épargner, mettre de
côté
To recognize
reconnaître
To back someone’s ideas
soutenir les idées de qqn

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To implement
To implement a decision, a
plan
donner suite à, exécuter
To happen
To go on
What’s happening= what is
going on?
se passer, arriver
To last
durer
To shake hands
They shook hands when
they met.
serrer la main à qqn
To nod
acquiescer, faire oui de
la tête
To bow
s’incliner,
To recall
se rappeler, se souvenir
To keep
keep, kept, kept
garder, conserver
To worry
s’inquiéter, se soucier
To afford
avoir les moyens
d’acheter quelque chose
Nouns
Departure Lounge
salle de départ
The gents
WC pour hommes
boarding card
carte d’embarquement
entry visa
visa d’entrée
inoculation
vaccin
immigration authorities
service d’immigration
gate
porte d’embarquement
connection
correspondance
stopover
halte, escale
porter
porteur
luggage
always singular
bagages
trolley
chariot à bagages
space
There isn’t enough space
= Il n’y a pas assez de
place.
place, espace
section
partie
flight
vol
plane
avion
airline
compagnie d’aviation
view
vue
travel expenses
frais de voyage
jet lag
troubles dus au décalage
sickness
maladie, vomissement
safety
sécurité
taxi fare
prix du taxi

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shuttle
navette
car pool
convoyage, service de
voiture
hovercraft
aéroglisseur
advertisement
= advert = ad
publicité, réclame
buttonhole
boutonnière
carnation
oeillet
ball game
jeu de balle ou de ballon
cow
vache
pig
cochon, porc
meat
viande
dairy product
produit laitier
skimmed milk
lait écrémé
crockery
cups, plates etc
vaisselle (tasses, assiette)
plate
assiette
cutlery
knives, forks, spoons
couverts (couteaux,
fourchettes, cuillères)
canteen
cantine
library
don’t confuse with
“bookshop” = librairie
bibliothèque
weapons
armes
license
permis, autorisation
train station
gare
meter
parcomètre..
bribe
pot- de- vin, tentative de
corruption
social customs
coutumes, usages
proposal
proposition, offre
host
hôte
receipt
reçu, quittance, récépissé
prize
don’t confuse with
“price”= le prix, le coût
récompense, prix
Adjectives
allergic to
allergique à
whole
the whole world
tout entier
full
plein, rempli, complet
lots of
plenty of
beaucoup de
left-hand
the left-hand door
de gauche

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right-hand
de droite
useful
utile
valid
opposite = expired
valable
tax-free
exempt d’impôts, hors
taxe
out of date
démodé
prohibited
forbidden
interdit, défendu
rough
a rough sea
a rough gesture
une mer houleuse, agitée
un geste brutal
alone
opposite = together
seul
substantial
a substantial argument
important, concluant
suitable
qui convient, approprié,
adéquat
Adverbs- expressions
overnight
To stay overnight
pendant la nuit
outside
dehors
in a hurry
To be in a hurry= être
pressé
à la hâte
over there
là-bas
downstairs
To go downstairs =
descendre les escaliers
en bas (des escaliers)
in advance
à l’avance
straight away
tout de suite
Prepositions
until
till
jusqu’à
by
She has to be there by
10:00.
avant, pas plus tard que
below
under
dessous,ci-dessous
around
I’ll come around 2
o’clock.
environ, autour
due to
Due to bad weather
conditions, the flight is
delayed.
à cause de

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MODALS and
SUBSTITUTES
Have to
We have to be on time
Do I have to check in all
my luggage?
He doesn’t have to hurry.
devoir
ne pas avoir besoin.
Must
devoir
Need
I need to rent a car.
avoir besoin de
Had better…
He had better book his
flight.
faire mieux
Should
We should go straight
away.
devrais,devrait,devrions,
devriez,devraient
Can
I can afford this new
flat.
pouvoir
Be able to
They were able to catch
their train.
pouvoir, être capable de
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