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job

Pronunciation: /dʒɒb/

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French translation of job

A. n

  • 1 (employment) emploi (m); (post) poste (m) to get a job = trouver un emploi a teaching job = un poste d'enseignant what's her job? = qu'est-ce qu'elle fait (comme travail)?
  • 3 (duty) travail (m) she's only doing her job = elle fait son travail
  • 4 (task) travail (m) to find a job for sb to do = trouver du travail pour qn
  • 6to make a good job of sth = faire du bon travail avec qch
  • 7 (colloq) quite a job = toute une affaire (fam) (to do, doing de faire)

B. adj

  • [advert, offer] d'emploi; [pages] des emplois

Idioms

that'll do the job

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