Education (liste 4) Flashcards by Sami Chikhaoui | Brainscape

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un stagiaire

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a trainee, an intern

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autodidacte

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self-educated, self-taught

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un lycée professionnel

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a vocational school

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écoles privées

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public schools (GB)

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un établissement payant

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a fee-paying school

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l’internat

un interne

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boarding school

a border

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établissement en zone sensible

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inner-city school

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élève en charge de la discipline

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a school prefect

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par … (générosité, envie, etc)

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out of … (notion)

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passer un examen

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sit for an exam

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un examen blanc

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a mock/blanck exam

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rendre une dissertation

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hand in a essay

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une date butoir, un délai imposé

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a deadline

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rater ≠ être dans les délais

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to miss ≠ meet the deadline

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obligatoire

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mandatory, compulsory

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taper (une dissertation)

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to type an essay

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une thèse de doctorat

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a PhD dissertation

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un ordinateur portable

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a laptop

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se specialiser en (physique)

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to major in (physics)

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une maîtrise

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a master’s degree

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une licence

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a bachelor (‘s degree)

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être diplomé avec mention très bien

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to graduate summa cum laude

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le programme (scolaire)

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the syllabus

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rater un examen

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to fail an exam

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rencontrer des difficultés

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to struggle

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tenter de faire (avec difficultés - s’efforcer)

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to strive to do

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échouer à un examen ou faire échouer

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flunk an exam or flunk someone

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réussir brillamment / haut la main

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pass with flying colours

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réussir “les doigts dans le nez”

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to breeze through

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réussir à faire quelque chose

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succeed in doing sth

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avec facilité

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plain sailing

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étudiants qui abandonnent

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college drop-outs

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étudier le droit

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go to law school (US) / to read law (UK)

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diplôme de management

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an MBA (master in business administration)

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examen d’accès à l’université (US)

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SATs (SAT scores)

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(équivalent du) baccalauréat (GB)

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A levels

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étudiants de 1ere année
étudiants de 2ème année
étudiants de 3ème année
étudiants de 4ème année

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freshman
sophomore
junior
senior

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une bibliothèque

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a library

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librairie

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a bookstore/bookshop

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lire attentivement

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to peruse

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feuilleter

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to flick / leaf through

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un rat de bibliothèque

l’analphabétisme

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a bookworm

illiteracy

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compétent

aiguiser, parfaire une compétence

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skilled

to hone a skill

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bon en …

très bon en …

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good at …

proficient at …

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instruit, cultivé

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learned {id}, well-read

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une moyenne

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an average

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alcoolisme compulsif, beuverie

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binge drinking

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des élèves agités

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rowdy/unruly pupils

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exclure temporairement

la retenue, colle

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to suspend

detention

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turbulent

obéissant

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boisterous

obedient

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distrait

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absent-minded