university Flashcards

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a daycare center

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une crèche/ une garderie

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a nursery school/ kindergarden

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une école maternelle

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a state school

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une école publique

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a prep(aratory) school

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une école primaire privée

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a public school

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un collège secondaire privé/ une école publique

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a private school/ a fee-paying school

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une école privée

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a vocational school

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un lycée professionnel

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a day school

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un externat

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a boarding school

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un internat

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a boarder

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un interne

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a schoolboy/girl

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un(e) écolier(e)

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a schoolfriend/mate

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un camarade/ copain de classe

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a form/ a grade

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une classe

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14
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sixth form

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terminale

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a sixth former

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un élève de terminale

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an old boy/girl

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un(e) ancien(ne) élève

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the principal/ the head

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le principal

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a schoolmaster/ mistress (woman)

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un(e) instituteur(rice)

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a careers officer/ a careers counselor

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un conseiller d’orientation

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20
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a college

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une faculté / un collège universitaire

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a state/ private university

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une université d’État/ privée

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22
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a polytechnic

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un IUT

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23
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an engineering school

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une école d’ingénieurs

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a business school

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une école de commerce

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25
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a medical school

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une faculté de médecine

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a law school

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une faculté de droit

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27
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an art college

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une école des beaux-arts

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28
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an arts college

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une faculté des lettres et sciences humaines

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29
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to register

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s’insrire

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30
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registration

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inscription

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31
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to enrol

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s’inscrire

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32
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enrolment

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inscription

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33
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to read (a subject)

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étudier (une matière)

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34
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to major in

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se spécialiser en

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35
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tuition

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les cours

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36
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tuition fees

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frais de scolarité

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37
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a lecture

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un cours magistral

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37
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a lecture room

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un amphithéâtre

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38
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research facilities

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les équipements (de recherche)

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39
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a scholarship

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une bourse d’étude (selon résultats)

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40
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a grant

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une bourse d’études (selon revenus)

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41
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freshman

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étudiant de 1ere année

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42
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sophomore

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étudiant de 2ème année

43
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junior

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étudiant de 3ème année

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senior

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étudiant de 4ème année

45
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a term

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un trimestre

46
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a semester

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un semestre

46
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a timetable/ a schedule

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un edt

47
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a period/ a class

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un cours

48
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a course

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une séquence de cours/ un stage

49
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a break

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une pause/ une récréation

50
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a lecturer

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un maître de conférences

51
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the faculty

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le corps enseignant

52
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a dean

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un doyen

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an alumnus / an alumna

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un(e) ancien(ne) étudiant(e)

54
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a graduate

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un diplômé

55
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an undergraduate

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un étudiant préparant la licence

56
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a row

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une rangée

57
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chalk

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la craie

58
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playground

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cours de récréation

59
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the cloakroom

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le vestiaire

60
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the sickroom

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l’infirmerie

61
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the refectory/ (dining) hall

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le réfectoire

62
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the dormitory

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le dortoir

63
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the staff room

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la salle des professeurs

64
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a textbook

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un manuel

65
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an exercise book

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un cahier

66
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a biro

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un stylo bille

67
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a felt pen

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un feutre

68
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to put a child into daycare

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mettre un enfant à la crèche

69
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a high school

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un établissement secondaire

70
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vocational education

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enseignement secondaire

71
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compulsory schooling

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scolarité obligatoire

72
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school leaving age

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âge de fin de scolarité

73
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school attendance

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scolarisation

74
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school leaver

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un élève qui quitte l’école

75
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to go to college/ to go into higher education

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faire des études supérieures

76
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to win a scholarship

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obtenir une bourse (par concours)

77
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to attend a lecture

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assister à un cours magistral

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to sign up for evening courses

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s’inscrire à des cours du soir

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to take school meals

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être demi-pensionnaire

80
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the summer holidays

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les grandes vacances

81
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half-term holiday

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les congés de demi trimestre

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the board of governors / the board of education

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le conseil d’établissement

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the governing body

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le conseil d’administration

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a parent-teacher association

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une association de parents d’élèves

85
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the old boy network

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le réseau des anciens élèves

86
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the college was all female until it went co-ed in 1975

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c’était un établissement supérieur réservé exclusivement aux filles, avant qu’il ne devienne mixte en 1975

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denominational schools

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écoles confessionnelles

88
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remains a moot point

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demeure controversé

89
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school catchment areas

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le système de secteurs de recrutement scolaire

90
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housing market

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achat d’une nouvelle résidence

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requirements

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critères

92
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gap year

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année sabbatique

93
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notebook

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ordinateur portable

94
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a comprehensive school

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a secondary school for children of all abilities

95
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a grammar school (def)

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a secondary school emphasising latin and greek in preparation for college

96
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oxbridge (def)

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refers to Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities, oxford and cambridge

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the open university (def)

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a university that is open to people without academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school

98
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busing (def)

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transportation of schoolchildren by bus to schools outside their neighbourhood to achieve racial integration

99
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preppy (def)

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from an expensive private school; conventional and conservative in attitude and style of dress

100
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the ivy league (def)

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group of eight prestigious private institutions of higher education

101
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alumnus (pluriel)

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alumni

102
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to be on syllabus

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être au programme

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