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1 networking
(b) (making contacts) établissement m d'un réseau de contactsDaimler-Chrysler has 13,000 people working in its Auburn Hills, Michigan headquarters. Kathryn Lee, staff labor programs administrator, is proud that her company supports a Women's Network Group and provides a number of opportunities for after-hours networking, including guest speakers and presentations.
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2 labour
A n1 gen ( work) travail m, labeur m liter ; the fruits of one's labours les fruits de son travail or son labeur ; to rest from one's labours se reposer de son travail ; the division of labour la division du travail ; to withdraw one's labour se mettre en grève ; a withdrawal of labour une grève f ;2 Ind ( workforce) gen main-d'œuvre f ; ( in contrast to management) ouvriers mpl ; material and labour fournitures et main-d'œuvre ; skilled/unskilled labour main-d'œuvre f qualifiée/non qualifiée ;3 Med accouchement m, travail m spec ; her labour lasted 16 hours son accouchement a duré 16 heures ; an easy/difficult labour un accouchement facile/difficile ; to be in labour être en train d'accoucher ; to go into ou begin labour commencer à avoir des contractions ; labour pains douleurs fpl de l'accouchement.B modif [costs] de la main-d'œuvre ; [dispute, relations] ouvriers-patronat inv ; [market] du travail ; [shortage] de main-d'œuvre ; [leader] syndical.C vi1 (work, try hard) travailler (dur) (at à ; on sur ; to do pour faire) ;2 ( have difficulties) peiner (to do à faire) ; he was labouring to breathe il peinait à respirer, il respirait péniblement ; to labour up/down/along monter/descendre/avancer avec peine or péniblement ;3 Aut [engine] peiner ;4 to labour under être victime de [delusion, illusion, misapprehension] ; he's labouring under the illusion that he's going to be offered the post il se fait l'illusion or il s'imagine qu'on va lui offrir la place.a labour of love une tâche demandant beaucoup de passion ; a labour of Hercules un travail de Romain or de titan ; to labour the point insister lourdement.
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