Vocabulaire Avancé pour le TOEFL - Vie Professionnelle et Profession

to stop a meeting, trial, or game in order to resume it sometime later

suspendre la séance, lever la séance

to meet or bring together a group of people for an official meeting

convoquer, organiser

requiring vigorous effort, particularly on a continuous basis

ardu, difficile, laborieux

involving or done by two or more parties working together toward a shared goal

collaboratif

extremely tiring, challenging, and demanding strenuous effort and perseverance

éreintant, épuisant, exténuant

extremely busy and chaotic

mouvementé

repeatedly starting and stopping, in short, irregular intervals

intermittent

(of work) not requiring special skills, often considered unimportant and poorly paid

subalterne

requiring a lot of effort and time

minutieux, rigoureux

performed alone, without the involvement or companionship of others

solitaire

(of a plane, ship, or boat) hired for a special purpose

affrété

a skilled craftsperson who creates objects partly or entirely by hand

artisan, artisane

an officer in a court of law whose responsibility is to keep order, watch prisoners, etc.

huissier de justice

a person whose responsibility is to manage the finances of a school, college, or university

intendant, intendante

an official appointed by a government to represent that government in a foreign city

consul

‌a person, especially an official, whose role or job is to kill convicted people as a means of punishment

bourreau

a person whose profession is to kill certain types of animals or insects that are not wanted in a place

exterminateur

a person whose job is to find and approach skillful people that fit a specific job and persuade them to take a higher position

chasseur de tête, chasseuse de tête

a person whose job or task is to collect money for a charity, cause, or an organization

collecteur de fonds, collectrice de fonds

a person whose job is to train or coach someone important, especially an athlete

entraîneur, entraîneuse

someone who operates a machine, especially an industrial one

opérateur, machiniste

a skilled craftsman who works with stone, brick, or concrete to build structures such as walls, buildings, etc.

maçon

a person, particularly a woman, whose occupation is helping a woman during childbirth

sage-femme

someone who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation and arranges funerals as their job

directeur d'entreprise de pompes funèbres, directrice d'entreprise de pompes funèbres

(in the US) a person who works as the head of an urban police department

commissaire de police, responsable de la police urbaine

an executive officer whose rank is just below the rank of the president of a country and who can act in place of the president in certain cases to fulfill presidential duties

vice-président, vice-présidente

the minimum number of people that must be present for a meeting to officially begin or for decisions to be made

quorum

an association of people who work in the same industry or have similar goals or interests

corporation, syndicat

a reduction in one's rank, position, or status, often as a form of punishment

rétrogradation

a person who works compulsively and finds it hard to stop working to do other things

accro du travail