Education Flashcards

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Un principal, proviseur US

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a school principal

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un principal, un proviseur GB

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a headmaster

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le personnel enseignant

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the faculty

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un bureau(meuble)

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desk

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un bureau(pièce)

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an office

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qqch est ennuyeux

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smth is boring

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s’ennuyer

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to be bored

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l’ennui

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boredom

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les méthématiques

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mathematics

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la physique

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physics

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la chimie

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chemistry

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la biologie

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biology

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13
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le programme scolaire

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the curriculum

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une matière

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a subject

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les devoirs

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homework

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un devoir

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a homework assignment

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réviser,travailler

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to revise,to study

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18
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une note GB/US

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a mark GB a grade US

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19
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l’emploi du temps

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the timetable, schedule (US)

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20
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être doué

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to be gifted

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21
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avoir du talent

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to be talented

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22
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sécher les cours

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to skip school, to cut class

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23
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exclure qqn

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to expel smbd

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24
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passer un examen

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to sit, to take an exam

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25
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le BEPC,DNB GB

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GCSEs

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26
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une école payante

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a fee-paying school

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arrêter les études

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to drop out of school

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28
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un “décrocheur”

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a school drop-out

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29
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une bourse(revenus)

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a grant

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30
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une bourse(mérite)

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scholarship

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31
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un 3 e cycle d’université

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a graduate school

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32
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suivre une formation

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to take a course

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33
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un ancien élève

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an alumnus/ plu alumni US

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34
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une fac de droit

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a law school

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35
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scolaire, universitaire

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academic

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36
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un internat

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a boarding school

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37
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s’inscrire

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to enrol, to register

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38
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l’inscription

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enrolment, registration

39
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les frais de scolarité

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tuition fees

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un petit dur, une brute

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a bully

41
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niveler (qqch)par le bas

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to dumb (smth) down

42
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le nivelage par le bas/ la secondarisation de l’enseignement supérieur

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the dumbing-down of higher education

43
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le bachotage

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cramming

44
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examen d’entrée en fac

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SAT(US) / ACT(US)

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Les 8 universités privées U.S les plus prisées

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the Ivy League

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obtenir un diplome

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to gain, to earn a degree

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un cursus

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a course of study

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la baisse du niveau

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declining standards

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une école publique US/GB

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a public school US a state school GB

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un collège/ lycée privée et très sélect GB

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a public school

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un lycée sélectif GB

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a grammar school

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un lycée polyvalent GB

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a comprehensive school

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une classe (groupe d’élèves) GB

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a class, a form

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la cantine

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the canteen, the cafeteria

55
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faire des études d’ingénieur

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to study engineering

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réussir un examen (brillamment)

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to pass an exam (with flying colours)

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intégrer, aller à la fac

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to get into, to be admitted to college

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rater, foirer un examen

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to fail, to flunk(familier) an exam

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un concours (d’entrée)

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a competitive (entrance) examination

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obtenir le bac GB

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to pass one’s A-level

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finir le lycée, obtenir le bac US

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to graduate from high school (US)

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le contrôle continu

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continuous assessment

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le classement, être classé (premier-

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ranking, to be ranked( first)

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assister à un cours/ à une conférence

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to attend, a class, a lecture

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” C’est inscrit au programme “ (d’une matière)

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It’s on the syllabus

66
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apprendre qqch(élève)

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to learn (learnt/ learnt) smth

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apprendre par coeur

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to learn smth by heart

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apprendre, enseigner qqch

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to teach smbd smth

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apprendre à lire

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to learn how to read

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une école non mixte

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a single-sex school

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une école mixte

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a co-ed(ucational) school

72
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avoir de très bonnes notes partout

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to get all A’s

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une moyenne générale US

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a GPA = grade point average

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un étudiant brillant US

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a straight-A student

75
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un élève doué/ peu doué

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a high-achiever/ a low-achiever

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la classe de CP/ 6eme/Terminale US

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1st/6th/ 12th grade

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une école sous contrat de réussite

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a charter school

78
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aller en fac/ à l’université

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to go to 0 college/ to 0 university

79
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avoir de grands projets

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to have expectations

80
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instruit(e), qui a fait des études

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educated

81
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il a fait des études supérieures

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he has a college education

82
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un stage de formation

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a training course

83
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un stage en entreprise US/ GB

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an internship US/ a work placement GB

84
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la formation sur le tas

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on-the-job training

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le monde universitaire

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academia

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technique et professionnel

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vocational

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améliorer le niveau

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to raise standards

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les compétences de base

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The 3 R’s ( Reading,wRiting, aRithmetics)

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faire l’école buissonnière, sécher GB / US

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to play truant GB, hooky US

90
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la répartition par groupes de niveaux

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streaming

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satisfaire à une exigence

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to meet a requirement

92
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un(e) étudiant(e) de 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 ème année US

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a freshman/ a sophomore/ a junior/ a senior ( appellations également valables au lycée, de 9th à 12th soit 3ème à Terminale)

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un étudiant en premier année/ une GB

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a fresher