son boulot

his/her job

→ son

phrase Uncommon #18,296

his/her job Boulot is an informal word for job or work. Son can mean “his” or “her,” depending on who the job belongs to.

FR: Elle aime son boulot.

EN: She likes her job.

Elle ne fait que son boulot.

She's just doing her job.

J'irai la chercher à son boulot.

I'll pick her up from work.

— In the Mood for Love (2000)

Elle est à son boulot.

She’s at work.

— Love Actually (2003)

Tu te fiches que ton mari lâche son boulot ?'

You don't care if your husband quits his job?

Il fait son boulot.

He does his job.

— Benni (2019)

C'était son boulot.

That was his job.

— Avengers (2012)

Personne ne doit perdre son boulot.

No one should lose their job.

— Do the Right Thing (1989)

Je n'ai aucune idée de pourquoi il a soudainement quitté son boulot.

I have no idea why he suddenly quit his job.

Yilmaz a des bons plans par son boulot.

Yilmaz has some good connections through his job.

— Head-On (2004)

On fait son boulot.

We do our job.

— Dans ses yeux (2009)

Marié à son boulot.

Married to his job.

— Love Actually (2003)

Vous m'appellerez quand le plombier aura fait son boulot.

You’ll call me when the plumber has finished his work.

— The Magnificent One (1973)

Tom ne blague jamais à propos de son boulot.

Tom never jokes about his job.

Madame vient de quitter son boulot !

She’s just left her job!

— Masaan (2015)

Avant toute cette technologie, comment la police faisait son boulot ?

Before all this technology, how did the police do their job?

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

C'est son boulot.

That's his job.

— Blow Out (1981)

Il prend son boulot à cœur.

He takes his job to heart.

Il faisait son boulot.

He was doing his job.

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Mary n'aime pas son boulot pour certaines raisons.

Mary doesn’t like her job for certain reasons.

Elle a perdu son boulot le mois dernier.

She lost her job last month.

L'équipe connaît son boulot.

The team knows what it's doing.

— Star Trek, le film (1979)

Rachel adore son boulot à New York.

Rachel loves her job in New York.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Il a fait son boulot.

He did his job.

C'est son boulot de danser avec tout le monde.

It's his job to dance with everyone.

— Love Actually (2003)

Elle faisait juste son boulot, c'est tout.

She was just doing her job, that's all.