From these 45 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
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One adjective in this list is a trap precisely because it exists in English too. Transversal is one of the commonest words in French working life: un projet transversal runs across several departments and belongs to none of them, une compétence transversale is one that travels from job to job, and un travail transversal is the phrase in this entry. The picture behind it is a line drawn across a set of parallel columns, and French uses it freely in ordinary prose. English inherited the same Latin transversus, laid crosswise, but shut the word up in mathematics: a « transversal » is the line that cuts a family of other lines, and outside a geometry lesson almost nobody reaches for it. Calling a project « transversal » in an English report therefore reads as translated French, and worse, as a technical term the writer has not defined. The everyday equivalents split by what is being described: « cross-departmental » for the organisation, « cross-functional » for the team, « cross-cutting » for the theme, and plain « across the business » wherever the sentence will take it.
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déléguerto delegateVerbB2
Il délègue trop peu et se retrouve débordé.He delegates too little and ends up swamped.
intégrerto inductVerbB2
On intègre les nouveaux pendant tout un mois.New arrivals are inducted over a whole month.
prioriserto prioritiseVerbB2
Il faut prioriser, sinon rien n’avance.You have to prioritise, or nothing moves.
attribuerto allocateVerbB2
On attribue une salle à chaque groupe.A room is allocated to each group.
rationaliserto streamlineVerbB2
On a rationalisé toute la procédure.The whole procedure has been streamlined.
jaugerto gaugeVerbB2
Elle jauge la charge avant de promettre une date.She gauges the workload before promising a date.
atténuerto mitigateVerbB2
Ce plan atténue le risque le plus lourd.This plan mitigates the heaviest risk.
harmoniserto harmoniseVerbB2
On harmonise les modèles de document.The document templates are being harmonised.
menerto leadVerbB2
Elle mène ce dossier depuis le début.She has been leading this file from the start.
