09-School Flashcards

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1
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aller à l’école

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to go to school

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un élève

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a pupil

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un écolier, uno écolière; les écoliers

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a schoolboy, a schoolgirl; schoolchildren

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un camarade d’école

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a schoolfellow

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une école primaire / secondaire

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a primary / secondary school

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un(e) enseignant(e)

un instituteur (professeur des écoles)

un professeur d’université

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a teacher

a primary school teacher

a professor

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avoir cours

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to have a lesson

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faire des études, étudier

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to study

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un exercice

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exercise

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une copie, un devoir

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a paper

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une faute

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a mistake

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une note

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a mark

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corriger, noter

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to mark

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une phrase

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a sentence

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une ligne, un vers

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a line

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a period

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une leçon, une séance

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un correspondant

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a pen friend

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l’enseignement

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teaching, tuition

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l’instruction

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education

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une classe (locaux)

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a classroom

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réciter

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to recite

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rédiger un essai

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to write an essay

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une classe (groupe)

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a form

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une matière

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a subject

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passionnant

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exciting

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ennuyeux

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boring, dull

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une récréation, une pause

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a break

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une cour de récréation

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a playground

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une brute, une terreur

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a bully

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des vacances de mi-trimestre

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half-term holidays

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baccalauréat

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(GCE) A levels

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passer un examen (tenter / réussir)

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to take / sit an exam; to pass an exam

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échouer à un examen

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to fail an exam

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être doué

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to be gifted

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être instruit, cultivé

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to be well educated

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un jeune qui quitte l’école

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a school leaver

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une faculté

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a college

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aller à l’université (à la fac)

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to go to college

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39
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le savoir, les connaissances

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knowledge

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la science, les sciences

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science

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faire des études scientifiques

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to read science

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un cours, une conférence

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a lecture

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un maître de conférence, un conférencier

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a lecturer

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un examen blanc

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a mock exam

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un contrôle (scolaire)

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a test

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un écrit, un oral

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a written exam, an oral exam

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(repasser) un examen

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to resit an exam

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un diplôme

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a degree

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apprendre par coeur

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to learn by heart

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le bachotage

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cramming

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brillant

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bright, brillant

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peu doué, limité

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dull

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redoubler

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to do a year again

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la formation (pratique), l’apprentissage

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vocational training

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une qualification

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a qualification

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les compétences de base

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the basic skills

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la lecture
l’écriture

le calcul

faire des additions

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lecture
writing

arithmetic

to do sums

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répondre à une question

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to answer a question

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un questionnaire à choix multiples

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a multiple choice questions

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le bulletin

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the (school) report

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une récompense

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a reward

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faire des progrès

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to make progress

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un voyage scolaire

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a schol trip

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un chef d’établissement

un proviseur (adjoint)

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a headmaster / mistress

a (deputy) headmaster / mistress

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faire l’appel

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to call the roll

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un responsable de section

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a head of department

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un professeur principal

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a form-master / mistress

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la salle des professeurs

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the staffroom

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turbulent, indiscipliné (2)

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unruly

rowdy

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pas sage, désobéissant

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naughty

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la retenue, la colle

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detention

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sévère (2)

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severe, stern

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indulgent

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lenient

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alphabétisé

illétrisme

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literate

illiteracy

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quitter l’école

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to drop out of school

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l’égalité des chances

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equal opportunity

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une crèche

un école maternelle

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a day-care center

a nursery school

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l’école publique

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state school

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collège + lycée (GB)

un collège

un lycée (2)

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a secondary school (GB)

a junior high school (US)

a grammar high school (GB)

a high school (US)

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un collège privé (GB)

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a private school

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les frais de scolarité

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school fees

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un pensionnat

a boarder

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a boarding school

un pensionnaire

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un pion (surveillant)

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a prefect

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6ème

Terminale

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first form (GB)
Year 6 (US)

sixth form (GB)

Year 12 (US)

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transmettre le savoir

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to convey knowledge

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bourse d’études

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a scholarship

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se qualifier, être apte

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to qualify

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résultats (scolaires)

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results

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l’emploi du temps

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time-table

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faire l’école buissonnière

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to play truant

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un stagiaire

un stage

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a trainee

a training course

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le stage d’enreprise

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on the job training

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un atelier

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a workshop

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un cours particulier

les cours du soir

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a private lesson

evening classes

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l’orthographe

épeler

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spelling

to spell

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Passable
Médiocre

Insuffisant

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satisfactory
poor

below standard

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zéron nul

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nought

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avoir 20/20

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to get top marks

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un tableau

un rétroprojecteur

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a blackboard

an overhead projector

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un cahier
un dossier

un manuel (scolaire)

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an exercise book
a file

a textbook

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la chimie

la mécanique

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chemistry

engineering

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être bon en maths

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to be good (hot) at maths

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a plodder

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un bûcheur

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un entretien

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an interview

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une candidature

faire acte de candidauture

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an application

to apply on

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un concours

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a competition exam

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une école d’ingénieur / de commerce

une faculté de médecin

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engineering / business school

a medical school

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la discrimination positive

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affirmative action

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recevoir une bourse d’Etat

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to get a student grant

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l’économie

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economics

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to read the law

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faire du droit

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les lettres

la gestion

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arts

management

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une licence (2)
 un maitrise 

une thèse

un doctorat

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a BA (Bachelor of Arts)
a BSc (Bachelor of Science)

a thesis

a PhD

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obtenir une mention

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to get a first (-class degree)

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la formation continue

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further training

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un diplôme d’université

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a graduate

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un chercheur

la recherche fondamentale

la théorié

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a researcher

pure research

theory

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publier

A

to publish