housekeeping

ménage, entretien ménager

Travail qui consiste à garder une maison, un hôtel ou un autre lieu propre et rangé.

En anglais simple : The work of keeping a home, hotel, or other place clean and tidy.

• I do most of the housekeeping.
• The hotel needs more housekeeping staff.
• Fresh towels are available from housekeeping.

Synonymes : cleaning, housework

Expressions courantes : do the housekeeping, housekeeping staff, housekeeping duties

tâches préparatoires, maintenance courante

Petites tâches habituelles de préparation ou d’organisation nécessaires au travail principal.

En anglais simple : Small routine jobs that prepare or organize things so the main work can happen.

• We need to do some housekeeping first.
• The program handles housekeeping before processing the data.
• Deleting old files is part of our weekly housekeeping.

Synonymes : preparatory work, routine maintenance

Expressions courantes : general housekeeping, housekeeping tasks, routine housekeeping

annonces pratiques

Informations pratiques données aux participants avant le début d’une réunion, d’un spectacle ou d’un autre événement.

En anglais simple : Practical information given to people before a meeting, show, or other event starts.

• First, a little housekeeping: please silence your phones.
• She covered the housekeeping before introducing the speaker.
• There are two housekeeping announcements before we begin.

Synonymes : preliminary announcements

Expressions courantes : some quick housekeeping, housekeeping announcements, housekeeping matters