Education (liste 3) Flashcards by Sami Chikhaoui

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clubs d’étudiants (réservés aux filles ou aux garçons)

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a sorority/fraternity

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dossier/résultats guère brillant(s)

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a poor academic record

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le discernement

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acumen

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intelligent

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articulate,clever,bright,brainy

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vif, brillant

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sharp

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lent (d’esprit)

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slow; slow-witted

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finesse d’esprit (humour…)

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ø wit

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élèves en difficulté // qui réussissent

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low-//high-achievers

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un redoublant

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a repeater

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un élève en difficulté

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a special needs student

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qui sait lire

qui sait compter

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literate

numerate

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un handicap

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a disability/ a handicap

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des troubles, des difficultés

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impairment

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une déficience auditive/ visuelle

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hearing/ visual impairment

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université local public (recrutement aise)

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a community college

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université d’élite (parmi les plus anciennes)

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Ivy League (US)

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très, hautement selectif

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highly selective

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la culture générale

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general knowledge

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vif d’esprit ≠ lent à saisir, à comprendre

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quick ≠ slow on the uptake

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mixte (women’s…)

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co-ed(ucational)

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frais de scolarité

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tuition fees

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dotation, moyen financiers (d’état ou privé)

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endowment

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anciens étudiants

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alumni

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un donateur

un philantrope

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a donator

a philantropist

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un don

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a bequest

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transmettre, faire un don

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to bequeath

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Le Doyen de faculté

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the dean

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un maître de conférence

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a junior lecturer

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un universitaire

un maître de conférence

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an academic

a lecturer

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un érudit, un spécialiste

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a scholar

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un tuteur

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a tutor

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pression exercée par les camarades (compétition…)

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peer pressure

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les pairs (=qui ont le même niveau, statut…)

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fellow (students)

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les installations, les infrastructures

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amenities / facilities

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un colocataire

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a flatmate/ housemate

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un dortoir

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a dorm/ dormitory

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sécher, ne pas assister aux cours (magistraux)

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skip lectures

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l’école buissonière

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ø truancy

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l’inscription

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registration

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minutieux, méticuleux

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painstaking, thorough

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du travail bâclé

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slapdash work

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peu soigneux, négligé

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sloppy, untidy

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être concentré, accaparé

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to be engrossed in

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réviser au dernier moment/ bachoter

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to cram

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exigeant

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demanding

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faire carrière dans

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pursue a career in

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une vocation

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a calling

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un stage (formation)

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a training, a work placement, internship