School Flashcards

1
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A term

A

Un trimestre scolaire

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2
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A semester

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Un semestre

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3
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The timetable (UK)= the schedule (USA)

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L’emploi du temps

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3
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A class= a period

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Un cours

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4
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A free period

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Une heure de permanence

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5
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The bell

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La cloche, la sonnerie

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6
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A break (UK)= recess (USA)

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Une récréation

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6
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School hours

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Les heures de cours

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7
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The attendance register

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Le cahier d’appel

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8
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Truancy

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L’école buissonnière

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8
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Extra-curricular activites

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Les activités parascolaires

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A form (UK)= a grade (USA)

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Une classe, un niveau

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10
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A school holiday (UK)= a school vacation (USA)

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Des vacances scolaires

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11
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A half-term holiday

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Des petites vacances

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11
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The winter/spring break

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Les vacances d’hiver / de printemps

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12
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Compulsory= mandatory

A

Obligatoire

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13
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Optional= elective

A

Facultatif

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14
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To attend (school)

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Aller à l’école

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15
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To play truant= to skip lessons

A

sécher, faire l’école buissonière

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16
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Schooling

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L’instruction, la scolarité

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17
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A pupil= a schoolboy/a schoolgirl

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Un(e) élève= un(e) écolier(-ière)

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17
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Teaching

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L’enseignement

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18
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A teacher

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Un professuer

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19
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A class representative

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Un(e) délégué(e) de classe

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20
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A boarding-school

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Un internat

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21
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A boarder

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Un(e) interne

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22
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A day boy/girl

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Un(e) externe

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23
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A uniform

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Un uniforme

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23
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The blackboard

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Le tableau noir

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24
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The whiteboard

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Le tableau blanc

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24
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Chalk

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La craie

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25
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The duster

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Le chiffon

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26
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The rostrum

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L’estrade

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27
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The playground

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La cour (de récréation)

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28
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The gym(nasium)

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Le gymnase

29
Q

The refectory= the (dining) hall

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Le réfectoire

30
Q

To teach

A

Enseigner

30
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Discipline =/= disobedient

A

La discipline =/= l’indiscipline

31
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To detain

A

Donner une retenue à

31
Q

To punish

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Punir

32
Q

To learn

A

Apprendre

33
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To suspend

A

Exclure (temporairement)

33
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To expel

A

Renvoyer

34
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A textbook

A

Un manuel scolaire

35
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An excercise-book

A

Un cahier

36
Q

A (looseleaf) binder

A

Un classeur

36
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A schoolbag/a satchel

A

Un cartable

37
Q

A pen

A

Un stylo

38
Q

An ink eraser

A

Un effaceur

39
Q

A ballpoint pen= a biro

A

Un stylo à bille

40
Q

A felt pen

A

Un feutre

41
Q

A pencil

A

A crayon

42
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An eraser (USA)= a rubber (UK)

A

Une gomme

43
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A pencil sharpener

A

Un taille-crayon

44
Q

A highlighter

A

Un surligneur

45
Q

A calculator

A

Une calculatrice

46
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A ruler

A

Une règle

47
Q

A set square

A

Une équerre

48
Q

A protactor

A

Un rapporteur

49
Q

(a pair of) compasses

A

Un compas

50
Q

To highlight

A

Surligner

50
Q

The syllabus

A

Le programme (d’un examen, d’une discipline)

51
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The curriculum

A

Le programme (les matières étudiées)

52
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The basics

A

Les notions de base

53
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A subjet

A

Une matière, une discipline

54
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Reading

A

La lecture

55
Q

Arithmetic

A

L’arithmétique

56
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Writing

A

L’écriture

57
Q

Spelling

A

L’orthographe

58
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Grammar

A

La grammaire

59
Q

Art

A

Les arts plastiques

60
Q

Foreign languages

A

Les langues vivantes

61
Q

Gym(nastics)= physical education= PE

A

La gym(nastique)= l’EPS

62
Q

Homework

A

Les devoirs et les leçons

63
Q

Remedial teaching

A

Le soutien scolaire

63
Q

School performance

A

Les résultats scolaires

64
Q

A swot

A

Un bachoteur

65
Q

The level/the standard

A

Le niveau

66
Q

Mixed-ability teaching

A

La pédagogie différenciée

67
Q

Streaming (UK)= tracking (USA)

A

La répartition en groupes de niveau

68
Q

A dunce

A

Un cancre

68
Q

Backwardness

A

Le retard

69
Q

Hard-working/Industrious

A

Travailleur

70
Q

To succeed =/= to fail

A

Réussir =/= échouer

71
Q

Backward

A

En retard, moins avancé

72
Q

To swot= to cram

A

Bachoter