| Term | Definition |
|---|
| l'actif/ve | employed person |
| l'ancien détenu (m) | ex-convict |
| le barman | barman |
| le cadre/la femme cadre | executive (staff) |
| le/la candidat(e) | candidate |
| le chef | boss |
| le/la complice | accomplice |
| le contrôleur judiciaire | parole officer |
| le/la criminel/le | criminal |
| le/la directeur/trice | director, manager |
| l'employé/e | employee |
| l'employeur | employer |
| l'escroc | crook, swindler |
| l'espion(ne) | spy |
| le/la patron(ne) | boss, employer |
| le/la secrétaire | secretary |
| le/la voleur/euse | theif |
| le voyou | thug |
| l'augmentation de salaire (f) | pay raise |
| le curriculum vitae (CV) | résumé |
| la demande d'emploi | job application |
| le dossier | file |
| l'entretien d'embauche (m) | job interview |
| la formation | training |
| la lettre de motivation | letter of intent |
| l'offre d'emploi (f) | job offer |
| les petites annonces (f) | classified ads |
| le poste | position, job |
| la promotion immobilière | property development |
| le salaire | salary |
| le stage | intership, training course |
| l'agence immobilière (f) | real estate agency |
| le duplex | duplex home |
| le F1 | apartment with separate kitchen |
| le F2 | apartment with kitchen and bedroom |
| la pièce | room of a house (apartment) |
| le placard | closet |
| le studio | efficiency, studio apartment |
| l'ANPE (f) | government employment agency |
| le bar | bar |
| la boîte de nuit | night club |
| le bureau | office |
| le chantier | building site, worksite |
| l'entreprise (f) | firm, company |
| la mairie | city hall |
| la prison | prison |
| la société | company, corporation |
| la taule (familiar) | prison |
| les toielettes | restroom, bathroom |
| l'appareil auditif (m) | hearing aid |
| l'atmosphère (f) | atmosphere, environment |
| le chauvinisme | chauvinism |
| la compétence | ability, skill |
| le complot | plot, conspiracy |
| l'état d'esprit (m) | state of mind |
| le handicap | handicap |
| la liberté conditionnelle | parole |
| les lèvres (f) | lips |
| la manipulation | manipulation |
| les prothèses auditives (f) | hearing aids |
| le vol aggravé | aggravated theft |
| compétent(e) | competent |
| débordé(e) | overwhelmed, swamped |
| dupé(e) | fooled |
| efficace | efficient |
| endurci(e) | hardened |
| handicapé(e) | handicapped |
| isolé(e) | isolated, lonely |
| mal à l'aise | uncomfortable |
| malentendant(e) | hard of hearing |
| manipulateur/trice | manipulative |
| qualifié(e) | qualified |
| sourd(e) | deaf |
| avoir confiance en soi | to have confidence in oneself |
| craindre | to fear, to dread |
| déchiffrer | to decipher, to solve |
| embaucher | to hire |
| engager | to hire |
| espionner | to spy |
| fouiller | to search |
| gagner | to earn |
| lire sur les lèvres | to lipread |
| poser sa candidature à | to apply for |
| quitter le nid | to leave the nest (home) |
| remplir | to fill out |
| se mettre à | to start to |
| souffrir de | to suffer from |
| suivre | to follow |
| se taire | to be quiet |
| travailler au noir | to work on the side |
| traîner | to drag |
| tromper | to cheat (on someone) |
| virer (familiar) | to fire |
| voler | to steal |
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