dole queue in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dole queue in the English»French Dictionary

dole queue N Brit

1. dole queue lit:

dole queue

≈ file f d'attente à l'agence pour l'emploi

2. dole queue fig:

dole queue, a. dole queues

nombre m de chômeurs

Translations for dole queue in the English»French Dictionary

dole [Brit dəʊl, Am doʊl] N inf Brit

dole

allocation f de chômage

to be/go on the dole

être/s'inscrire au chômage

I.queue [Brit kjuː, Am kju] N Brit

queue (of people)

queue f

queue (of people)

file f (d'attente)

queue (of vehicles)

file f

to stand in a queue

faire la queue

to join the queue person:

se mettre à la queue

to join the queue car:

se mettre dans la file

go to the back of the queue!

à la queue!

to jump the queue inf

passer avant son tour also fig

II.queue [Brit kjuː, Am kju] VB intr Brit

queue → queue up

See also queue up

queue up VB [Brit kjuː -, Am kju -]

queue up people:

faire la queue (for pour)

queue up taxis:

attendre en ligne

to queue up to do sth fig

se précipiter pour faire qc

dole queue in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dole queue in the English»French Dictionary

dole [doʊl] VB trans

to dole sth out

distribuer qc

I.queue [kju] N comput

queue

file f d'attente

II.queue [kju] VB intr comput

queue

être en file d'attente

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There was no real way of knowing whether your local school was getting the best results from its pupils or churning out a generation for the dole queue.

www.dailymail.co.uk

On the other hand, it could sound like taking a ticket for the dole queue.

www.computerweekly.com

Today the club employees reduces to 599, and there is one extra person in line on the dole queue.

www.express.co.uk

By the time he retired a year later, another 500,000 had joined the dole queue, with 190,000 claimants signing on for the entirety of his tenure.

www.independent.co.uk

Their strategy puts all its eggs in the basket of reducing the welfare bill, at the same time as it risks increasing the dole queue.

www2.labour.org.uk

Thousands wake up every day believing life isn't worth living after struggling for years in the dole queue.

www.independent.co.uk

While the latest government statistics show falls in unemployment and a shorter dole queue, today's analysis of the data suggests the headlines disguise the plight of jobless young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

It loudly promised a march of the makers' yet the only one it could muster was the march of decent working people to the dole queue.

www.dailypost.co.uk

Growth would be lower, inflation would be higher, the dole queue would be longer and living standards would suffer.

www.telegraph.co.uk

A lengthening dole queue, coupled with massive cuts in benefits, will mean condemnation to many years of poverty and joblessness.

www.socialistparty.org.uk