Schools. Education Flashcards

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la fréquentation scolaire

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school attendance

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obligatoire

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compulsory

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fréquenter l’école

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to attend school

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l’école maternelle

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nursery school , kindergarten

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l’école primaire

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primary school

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le cours préparatoire

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infant school

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le cours moyen

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junior school

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une école secondaire

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secondary school

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un lycée polyvalent

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a comprehensive school

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un lycée classique

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a grammar school

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un lycée moderne

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a secondary modern

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la sixième (école)

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first form

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la terminale (école)

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sixth form

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une division, un classe

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a form

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un examen

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an examination, an exam (fam)

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privé (école)

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private, independent

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17
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les frais de scolarité

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tuition fees

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18
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un écolier

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a schoolboy

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une écolière

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a schoolgirl

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20
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une école de garçons

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a boys’ school

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21
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une école de filles

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a girls’ school

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22
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mixte (école)

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coeducational

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23
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le corps enseignant

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the staff

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24
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un instituteur, un professeur

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a schoolmaster

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une institutrice, un professeur

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a schoolmistress

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le directeur, le proviseur

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the headmaster

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la directrice

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the headmistress

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un professeur

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a teacher

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une toge (école)

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a gown

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30
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un internat

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a boarding school

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31
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un(e) interne

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a boarder

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32
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un(e) externe

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a day-pupil

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33
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un(e) ancien(ne) élève

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an old boy/girl

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34
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un camarade de classe

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a schoolfellow

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35
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un copain

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a school chum, a pal

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une classe, un cours

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a class

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le bureau (école)

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the desk

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38
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un banc (école)

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a form

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39
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le tableau noir

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the blackboard

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40
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la craie

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chalk

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41
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essuyer

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to wipe

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42
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un chiffon

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a duster

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43
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une éponge

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a sponge

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44
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un projecteur à diapositives

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a slide projector

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45
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un rétro-projecteur

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an overhead projector

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46
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une carte (école)

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a map

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47
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un manuel

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a textbook

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48
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une plume, un porteplume

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a pen

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49
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un encrier

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an inkpot

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50
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une tache d’encre

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a blot of ink

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sécher (une tache d’encre)

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to blot

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52
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du buvard

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blotting-paper

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53
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un stylo

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a fountain pen

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54
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un stylo-bille

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a ball-point pen

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55
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un bic

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a biro {‘baiərəʊ}

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56
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un feutre

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a felt-tip (pen)

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57
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un crayon

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a pencil

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58
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la couverture (livre)

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the cover

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59
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du carton

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cardboard

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60
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une page

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a page

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61
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une feuille (école)

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a sheet

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62
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de la colle

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paste, glue

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63
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coller

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to paste

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64
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un cahier d’écriture

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a copybook

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65
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un cahier de devoir

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an exercise book

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66
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un carnet, un cahier

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a notebook

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67
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chercher un mot dans un dictionnaire

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to look up a word in the dictionary

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68
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noter, prendre en note quelque chose

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to jot down something (informal)

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69
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une règle (matériel scolaire)

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a ruler

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70
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un compas

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(a pair of) compasses

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71
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une gomme

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a rubber, an eraser

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72
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effacer

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to rub out, erase

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une mallette, une trousse

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a case

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un cartable, un sac

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a satchel, a bag

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une patère (portemanteau)

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a peg

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le vestiaire

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the cloakroom

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une “heure” de cours

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a period

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la récréation

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the break

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le réfectoire

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the dinning hall, the refectory

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la cour de récréation

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the playground

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le terrain de sports

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the playing fields

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a gym(nasium)

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un gymnase

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gym(nastics)

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la gymnastique

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un trimestre

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a term

85
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un congé de mi-trimestre

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half-term

86
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les classes se terminent

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school breaks up

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les grandes vacances

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the summer holidays, the vacation

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le programme (scolaire)

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course outline, syllabus

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l’emploi du temps

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the timetable

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enseigner une matière

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to teach a subject

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la lecture

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reading

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l’écriture

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writing

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le calcul

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arithmetic

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vouloir dire, signifier

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to mean

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le sens (travail école)

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meaning

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interroger quelqu’un

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to question someone

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apprendre par coeur

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to learn by heart

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réciter une leçon

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to recite a lesson

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épeler un mot

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to spell a word

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l’orthographe

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spelling

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une dictée

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a dictation

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une faute

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a mistake

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compter

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to count

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un chiffre

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a figure

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un nombre

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a number

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impair (chiffre)

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odd

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pair (chiffre)

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even

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additionner

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to add up

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soustraire

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to subtract

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une calculatrice

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a pocket calculator

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très dur, pénible

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stiff, tough

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l’instruction religieuse

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religious instruction

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l’éducation physique

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physical education

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les travaux manuels

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handicraft

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l’enseignement ménager

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domestic science, home economics

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les langues vivantes

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modern languages

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les langues mortes

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classical languages

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donner un devoir à quelqu’un

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to set someone a paper

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une interrogation écrite

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a short test

120
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(être) doué

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gifted

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vif (d’esprit), pénétrant

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sharp

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brillant, bien doué

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bright

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un sot

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a fool

124
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un imbécile

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a blockhead

125
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sot, stupide

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silly, foolish

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absurde

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preposterous

127
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dire des bêtises

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to talk nonsense

128
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bête, stupide

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stupide

129
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un cancre, un âne

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a dunce

130
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arriéré (adj)

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backward, retarded

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travailleur, appliqué

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painstaking, industrious

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se donner du mal

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to take pains

133
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paresseux, fainéant

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lazy, idle

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la paresse

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laziness

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l’oisiveté, la paresse

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idleness

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irréfléchi, étourdi

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thoughtless

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distrait

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absent-minded

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le soin

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care

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négligent, sans soin

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careless

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la négligence

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carelessness

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silencieux

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quiet

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calme, tranquille

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still

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remuant

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restless

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bavard

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talkative

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faire du bruit

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to make a noise

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l’absentéisme

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truancy, absenteeism

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faire l’école buissonnière

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to play truant

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brutaliser

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to bully

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un devoir supplémentaire

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an imposition

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une retenue

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a detention

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être gardé en retenue

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to be kept in

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être signalé au directeur

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to be reported to the Head

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sermonner

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to lecture

154
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corriger avec une canne

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to cane

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donner une correction

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to thrash

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maintenir la discipline

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to maintain discipline

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un élève chargé de la discipline

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a prefect {‘pri:fekt}

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mettre un élève/étudiant à la porte

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to expel a pupil, send down a student

159
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renoncer à ses études

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to drop out of school

160
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mauvais, mal

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bad

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médiocre

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poor

162
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passable

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tolerable

163
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assez bien

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fair

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bon, bien

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good

165
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parfait

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excellent

166
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25 sur 50

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25 out of 50

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la moyenne

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the average

168
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un bulletin

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a report

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la conduite

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behaviour

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faire des progrès en quelque chose

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to get on in something

171
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recompense quelqu’un

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to reward someone

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un maitre de conférences

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a lecturer

173
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un directeur d’études

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a tutor

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étudier une matière

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to read a subject

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faire des études de langues

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to read languages

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se spécialiser en quelque chose

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to major in something

177
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passer un exam

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to take an exam

178
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réussir, être reçu (examen)

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to pass, to get through

179
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savant, instruit

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learned

180
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un lettré, un érudit, un chercheur

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a scholar