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(a) (manual worker) ouvrier m;∎ the workmen came to fix the drainpipe les ouvriers sont venus réparer la gouttière;∎ American workmen's compensation indemnité f pour accident de travail;∎ proverb a bad workman always blames his tools les mauvais ouvriers ont toujours de mauvais outils(b) (craftsman) artisan m;∎ he is a good workman il travaille bien, il fait du bon travail -
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workman [ˈwɜ:kmən]ouvrier m (PROV) a bad workman blames his tools(PROV) les mauvais ouvriers ont toujours de mauvais outils* * *noun ouvrier m -
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a bad workman blames his tools un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils Prov.
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