FIRED - FLASH TEST- CORRECTION
ENGLISH TEST
1. Translate into English.
Andrew Beckett a été licencié parce qu'il est porteur du virus du SIDA
Andrew Beckett has been fired because he is an AIDS carrier.
Andrew Beckett has been fired as he carries the AIDS virus
Andrew est brillant mais le directeur du cabinet d'avocat est méprisant, borné et lâche.
Andrew is brilliant but his law firm's boss is a contemptuous and narrow-minded coward.
Andrew veut intenter un procès à son employeur.
Andrew wants to sue his boss
Andrew wants to take his boss to court
Andrew wants to prosecute his employer
Ils l'accusent de ne pas être à la hauteur de son travail.
They accuse him of not being up to his jo
They blame him for not being up to his job
They reproach him with not being up to his job.
2. Give an Englsih equivalent to the following words.
un cabinet d'avocats: a law firm
avoir confiance en quelqu'un: to trust somebody / to have confidence in someone
se débarasser de quelqu'un: to get rid of someone
renvoyer quelqu'un: to fire / sack / dismiss someone
être sans pitié: to be pitiless / heartless / merciless
contracter une maladie mortelle: to contract a deadly disease
mal à l'aise: ill-at-ease / uncomfortable
avoir des préjugés:to be prejudiced against someone
un associé: a partner
un renvoi: a dismissal
un avocat: a lawyer
une affaire: a case
un patron: a boss / an employer
un faux-cul: a two-faced individual
convoquer: to summon somebody