charrette
French → English
(vehicle) Cart: a two-wheeled vehicle, often animal-pulled, used for transporting goods or people
Nous croisons une charrette qui porte huit paysans entassés vers le marché.
(English) We pass a cart carrying eight peasants crowded together toward the market.
Une charrette traînait lentement le condamné à la guillotine à travers la foule.
(English) A cart slowly dragged the condemned man to the guillotine through the crowd.
(workplace) Deadline crunch: a slang term for a period of frantic, intense work to meet a deadline
Je suis charrette cette semaine, je ne peux pas sortir car je dois finir ce projet.
(English) I'm in a deadline crunch this week; I can't go out because I have to finish this project.
L'agence d'architecture est souvent charrette juste avant le rendu des plans.
(English) The architecture firm is often in a rush just before the plans are due.
(business) Layoff list: a group of employees being terminated simultaneously during downsizing
Une nouvelle charrette de licenciements est prévue pour l’an prochain dans l'usine.
(English) A new round of mass layoffs is planned for next year at the factory.
Il a eu peur de faire partie de la charrette après le rachat de l'entreprise.
(English) He was afraid of being on the layoff list after the company was bought out.
Entry ID: fr:en:charrette · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary