shift

shift
1 noun
(a) (period worked) poste m, équipe f; (workers) équipe;
to work shifts, to be on shifts avoir un travail posté;
what shift are you on this week? à quel poste avez-vous été affecté cette semaine?;
to be on eight-hour shifts faire les trois-huit;
I'm on the night/morning shift je suis dans l'équipe de nuit/du matin;
she works long shifts elle fait de longues journées
shift work travail posté ou en équipe;
she does shift work elle fait les trois-huit;
shift worker travailleur(euse) m, f posté(e) ou en équipe
(b) (change) changement m
COMPUTING shift key touche f (des) majuscules
2 transitive verb
familiar (sell) écouler;
how can we shift this old stock? comment écouler ces vieilles marchandises?
3 intransitive verb
familiar (sell) se vendre;
those TVs just aren't shifting at all ces télés ne se vendent pas du tout

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