Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
movement de grève
English translation:
strike
French term
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Beyond Words
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English
movement de grève
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Veronica Coquard
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| 4 +1 | (considering) strike action |
Glen McCulley
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| 2 | involved in/taking strike action |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Feb 22, 2007 14:41: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Proposed translations
France
Votre élégance révélée à sa juste valeur
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
strike
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Note added at 5 days (2007-02-14 15:25:57 GMT) Post-grading
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And thank you, Mallaqui!
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Philip Watterson
: just "on strike" - simple as that
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Thanks, Phil!
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Bourth (X)
: Yep, someone trying to be clever with words and not succeeding!
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Thanks, Bourth!
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Assimina Vavoula
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Thanks, Assimina!
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translator_15 (X)
: I agree too
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Thank you, Emma!
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Conor McAuley
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Thank you, Conor!
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katsy
54 mins
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Thanks, katsy!
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Emma Rogers
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Thank you, Emma!
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Raymonde Gagnier
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Thank you, rousselures! That's an interesting name.
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Julie Barber
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Thanks, juliebarba!
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translations that read out loud
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English, English to French
(considering) strike action
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Bourth (X)
: "mouvement" adds nowt except the wishful impression that they might not B static, retrenched in firm communist opposition 2 everything.They're just on strike (a day of festivities marching & singing happily in Paris streets prob.)/The small c's deliberate
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Bourth, that's political commentary, which is not our busienss here and has tripped you up - there's nothing wishful about it - they're actually striking, hence strike ACTION. The next action is to boycot activities.
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Jonathan MacKerron
: "strike action" fits well for students
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Julie Barber
: strike action sounds fine to me....
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Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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