Young graduates and the job market

to be red hot (very popular or very exciting)

être très populaire

to have been through it all (having managed to overcome many difficulties)

avoir traversé toutes ces épreuves

the shutdown / the lockdown

la fermeture / l'arrêt de l'activité

there's a bright light at the end of the tunnel

il y a de l'espoir

prospects (chances of success especially in a job or career)

perspectives d'avenir

to be up-and-coming / promising (likely to become successful soon)

être plein d'avenir

a major (an aspect of your studies in which you specialise)

une spécialisation

lucrative (bringing a lot of money)

lucratif / rentable

gospel (ideas that someone wants other people to accept)

doctrine

lofty / thoughtful

élevé / noble

likely / to be likely to do (probably going to happen / or probably true)

probable / insuffler

a pay check / a salary

un salaire

to imbue someone with sthg (to fill someone with a particular quality or emotion)

imprégner qq

the hype / extensive publicity (the use of ads to influence interest)

battage publicitaire

to wallow in sthg (to spend time feeling a negative emotion for sympathy)

se complaire

white-collar worker (a worker doing mental or cognitive work)

employé de bureau

blue-collar worker (a worker doing physical work)

ouvrier

to seek (sought / sought) sthg / to look for

chercher / rechercher

bygone / ancient / former (existing during a period of time in the past)

passé / révolu

to pour sthg into sthg / to devote a lot of time (to give a lot of effort or money)

s'investir

to leave someone out in the cold (to deliberately not include someone)

laisser pour compte

commitment to sthg / dedication to / involvement

engagé / dédié à qqch

to commit to doing sthg

s'engager à faire qqch

merely / just / simply

simplement / seulement

to live sthg out / to make sthg come true

faire en sorte que qqch devienne vrai

to sustain / to support / to nurture (to give someone strength or hope)

soutenir

to turn out to be / to come to be / to come to light

s'avérer (être)

to flatten / to destroy / to disappear

écraser

legible / clear / easy to read

lisible

inherently (a basic or essential feature that gives sthg its character)

par nature / fondamentalement

to drown out (to prevent sthg from being heard)

étouffer (un bruit / un son)

all-encompassing (that takes everything into account / includes everything)

qui englobe tout