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L'éducation Flashcards

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Nursery school

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La maternelle

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Primary school

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L’école élémentaire

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Bording school

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L’internat

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Start of the school year

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La rentrée des classes

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To attend school

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Être scolarisé

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Head of a collège or lycée

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Le proviseur

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Deputy head

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Le proviseur adjoint

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Supervisor

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Le surveillant

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Primary school teacher

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Le professeur des écoles

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To keep oneself informed

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Se tenir informé

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Textbook

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Le manuel

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To be good at

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Être fort en/ doué en

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To be weak at

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Être faible en

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Written/ orale rest

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L’épreuve écrite/ orale

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To sit the brevet

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Passer le brevet

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Subjects

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Les disciplines

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To assess

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Évaluer

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Termly report

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Le bulletin trimestriel

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Extra curricular activity

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L’activité parascolaire

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Student related

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Estudiantin

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To be state run

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Être géré par l’état

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Private sector

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Le secteur privé

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Vocational 6th form

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Le lycée professionnel

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Academic 6th form

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Le lycée général et technologique

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Regional education authority

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L’académie

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Chief education officer

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Le rectorat

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Teacher in charge of discipline /pastoral

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Le CPE (conseiller principal d’éducation)

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Co-education

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La mixité

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Single sex education

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La non-mixité

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Adéquate

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Adéquat

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Acquisition of basic skills

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L’acquisition du socle commun

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Increasing the length of compulsory schooling

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Le prolongement de la scolarité obligatoire

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33
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Number/ headcount

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L’effectif

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To reduce class sizes

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Réduire l’effectif des classes

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35
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To lighten syllabuses

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Alléger les programmes

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To improve the teacher pupil ratio

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Améliorer le taux d’encadrement en personnel enseignement

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To awaken responsable citizenship in young people

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Éveiller les jeunes à la citoyenneté responsable

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To develop in the pupil

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Développer chez l’élève

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A thirst for learning

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Une soif pour l’apprentissage

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40
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The ability to think critically

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L’habileté à penser de façon critique

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To instil knowledge/ skills

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Inculquer des savoirs/ compétences

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To value his/ her heritage

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Apprécier son patrimoine

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To value the worth of individuals

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Apprécier le mérite des individus

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To respect community values

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Respecter les valeurs communautaires

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Educational guidance

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L’orientation pédagogique

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To get the best out of oneself

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Tirer le meilleur de soi-même

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Basic knowledge

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Les connaissances de base

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48
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To oblige x to

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Astreindre X à

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To get down to a steady rhythm of work

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S’astreindre à un travail régulier

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Thorough

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Approfondi

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To acquire the ability to pursue future studies

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Devenir apte à poursuivre des études plus poussées

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Teaching profession

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Le corps enseignant

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Teaching staff

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Le personnel enseignant

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Marking

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La correction de copies

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To explain/ clarify

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Éclaircir

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Explanation

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L’éclaircissement

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To earn respect

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Se faire respecter

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To encourage discussion

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Encourager le dialogue

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Not likeable

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Antipathique

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To be approachable

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Être ouvert

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A disciplined atmosphere

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Une ambiance disciplinée

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A relaxed atmosphere

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Une ambiance décontractée

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On the syllabus

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Au programme

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Syllabus content

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Le contenu du programme

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To summarise

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Faire la synthèse de

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Honours

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Une mention

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Les Crous (sigle)

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Le Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires

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Allowance/ discount

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L’abattement

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To worry oneself sick

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Se ronger les sangs

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D-Day

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Le jour J

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To make sure

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Faire en sorte de/que

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To stay away from

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Garer à

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Stimulants

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Les excitants

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To memorise

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Retenir

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Hard working

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Appliqué

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Conscientious

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Consciencieux

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Energy/ morale

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Le courage

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Consistency of effort

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L’assiduité

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To participate in class

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Intervenir en classe

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Essay

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La rédaction

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To write a dissertation

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Rédiger une dissertation

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To move into (year 12)

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Passer en (première)

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Cramming

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Le bourrage de crâne

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To work furiously hard

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Travailler avec acharnement / d’arrache-pied

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Work requiring a long term effort

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Un travail de longue haleine

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To redouble ones efforts

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Mettre les bouchées doubles

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To live up to parental expectations

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Être à la hauteur des attentes parentales

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To be among the prize winners

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Être au palmarès

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To be lazy

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Être fainéant

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To fall behind

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Prendre du retard

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To get disheartened

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Se décourager

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Catch up lesson

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Le cours de rattrapage

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Private tuition

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Les cours particuliers

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Mock exam

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L’examen blanc

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To have a memory lapse

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Avoir un trou de mémoire

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School report

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Le relevé/ bulletin de notes

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To fail the oral exam

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Être recalé à l’oral

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School record

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Le dossier scolaire

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To worry oneself sick

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Se ronger les sangs

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Someone who has passed the bac

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Le bachelier

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Training centre for apprentices

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Un centre de formation d’apprentis (CFA)

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Le diplôme universitaire de technologie

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DUT- two year qualification taken at a technical college after the bac

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Bachelors degree

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La licence

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Masters degreee

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Le mastère

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Teaching diploma

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Le certificat d’aptitude au professorat du second degré

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To be employable

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Être adapté au marché de l’emploi

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Difficulty of getting into uni

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Le problème d’inscription en faculté

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Career path / uni course

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Le cursus

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Academic cycle

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Le cycle d’études

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Prep classes for those applying for a grande école

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Les classes préparatoires

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Enrolled in a preparatory class

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En prépa

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ENS

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Une école normale supérieure ou grande école

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Focussed on

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Axé sur

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To take a competitive exam

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Passer un concours

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Selection through entrance examination

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Sélection sur concours

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Lecture

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Le cours magistral/ la conférence

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Lecture hall

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L’amphithéâtre

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Seminar/ tutorial

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Les travaux dirigés

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Marketable

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Monnayable

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Door opener

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Le sésame

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To be on a postgrad

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Être en troisième cycle

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Postgrad competitive exam

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L’agrégation

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Doctoral thesis

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La thèse de doctorat

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Maintenance costs

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Les frais d’entretien

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Student loan

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Le prêt bancaire pour étudiants

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Grant

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La bourse d’études

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Gap between theory and practice

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Le décalage entre théorie et pratique

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Inadequate supervision

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Un encadrement insuffisant

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Placement

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L’insertion

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To organise/ set/ establish

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Programmer

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Dialogue / consultation

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La concertation

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Contest/ competitive exam/ support

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Le concours

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The support of various contributors

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Le concours d’intervenants varies

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To be about to

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Être sur le point de

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To almost

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Faillir (Infinitive)

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To benefit from

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Avoir intérêt à

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