2 - Education Flashcards

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1
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le taux d’analphabétisme

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illiteracy rates

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une école privée

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a fee-paying school

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une bourse

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a scolarship

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4
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faire l’école buissonnière

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to play truant

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5
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un excellent-élève

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a high-flyer

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redoubler

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to repeat a class

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passer une examen

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to take an exam

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réussir/rater un examen

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to pass/fail an exam

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des résultats exceptionnels

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outstanding results

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10
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relever le niveau

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to raise standards

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abandonner ses études

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to drop out

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12
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examen de fin d’études

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a school-leaving exam

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un concours

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a competitive exam

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un diplômé

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a graduate

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autodidacte

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self-educated

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faire une demande d’admission

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to apply for admission

17
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Elle ne s’est pas inscrite à l’université avant l’âge de vingt-deux ans

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She didn’t enroll in college till the age of twenty-two.

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un étudiant de doctorat

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a postgraduate student

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un doctorat

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a PhD