chap 6 Flashcards

1
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la fréquentation scholaire

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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, grade school

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les cours préparatoire

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infant school

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les cours moyen (appr.)

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junior school

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une école secondaire, un lycée

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secondary school, high school

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un lycée polyvalent

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a comprehensive school

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un lycée classique (appr.)

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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 (équiv)

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First form

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la terminale (équiv)

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Sixt form, twelfth grade

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une classe (niveau)

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a form, grade

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un examen

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an examination, an exam

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privé

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private, independent

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une “public school”

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a Public School

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les frais de scolarité

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tuition fees

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19
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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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une école de garçons

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a boy’s school

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une école de filles

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a girl’s school

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mixte

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coeducational

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les élèves

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the pupils, students (am)

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le corps enseignant

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the staff

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un instituteur

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a schoolmaster

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une institutrice

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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, un enseignant

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a teacher

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une toge

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a gown

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un internat

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a boarding school

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un(e) interne

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a boarder

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un(e) externe

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a day-pupil

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un(e) ancien(ne) élève

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an old boy/girl; alumnus

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un camarade de classe

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a schoolfellow

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37
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un copain

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a school chum, a pal

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38
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une classe, un cours

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a class

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39
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le bureau

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the desk

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40
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un banc

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a form

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41
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le tableau noir

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the blackboard

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la craie

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chalk

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43
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essuyer

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to wipe

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44
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un chiffon

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a duster

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une éponge

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a sponge

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46
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un projecteur à diapositives

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a slide projector

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47
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un rétro-projecteur

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an overhead projector

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48
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une carte

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a map

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49
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un manuel

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a textbok

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une bibliothèque (meuble)

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a bookcase

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une plume, un porteplume

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a pen

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52
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un encrier

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an inkpot

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53
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une tache d’encre

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a blot of ink

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54
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sécher

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to blot

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55
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du buvard

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blotting-paper

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56
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un stylo

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a fountain-pen

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57
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un stylo-bille

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a ball-point pen

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un bic

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a biro

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59
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un feutre

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a felt-tip

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60
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un crayn

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a pencil

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61
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du papier

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paper

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62
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la couverture

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the cover

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63
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du carton

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cardboard

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une page

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a page

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65
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une feuille

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a sheet

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66
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de la colle

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paste, glue

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67
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coller

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to paste

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68
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un cahier d’écriture

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a copybook

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un cahier de devoirs

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an exercise book

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70
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un carnet, un cahier

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a notebook

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71
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chercher un mot dans le dictionaire

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to look up a word in the dictionary

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72
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noter, prendre en note qqch

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to jot down sth

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73
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une règle

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a ruler

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74
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un compas

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(a pair of ) compasses

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75
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une gomme

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a rubber, an eraser

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effacer

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to rub out, erase

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77
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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

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a peg

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80
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le vestiaire

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the cloakroom

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81
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une “heure” de cours

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a period

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82
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la récréation

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the break

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83
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le réfectoire

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the dinning hall, the refectory

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84
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la cour de récréation

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the playground

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85
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le terrain de sports

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the playing field

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86
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un gymnase

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a gym(nasium)

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87
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la gym(nastique)

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gym(nastics)

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88
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un laboratoire

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a laboratory, a lab

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89
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un trimestre

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a term

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90
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un congé mi-trimestre

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half-term

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91
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les classes se terminent

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school breaks up

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92
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les grandes vacances

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the summer holidays, the vacation

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93
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le programme

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curriculum, syllabus

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94
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l’emploie du temps

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the timetable

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95
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enseigner une matière

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to teach a subject

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96
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la lecture

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reading

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97
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l’écriture

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writing

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98
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le calcul

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arithmetic

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99
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expliquer qqch

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to explain sth

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signifier, vouloir dire

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to mean

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le sens

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meaning

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interroger qqn

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to question so.

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poser une question à qqn

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to ask, to put a question to so.

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répondre à qqch

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to answer sth, to reply to sth

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apprendre par coeur

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to learn by heart

106
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copier qqch

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to copy sth

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répéter qqch

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to repeat sth

108
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réciter une leçon

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to say, to recite a lesson

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épeler un mot

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to spell a word

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l’ortographe

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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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la grammaire

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grammar

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un temps (conjugaison)

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a tense

115
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compter

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to count

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un nombre

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a number

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un chiffre

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a figure

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impair

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odd

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pair

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even

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cardinal

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cardinal

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ordinal

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ordinal

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additionner

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to add up

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soustraire

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too substract

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multiplier

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to multiply

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diviser

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to divide

126
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les quatre opérations (+, -, *, /)

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the four sums

127
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une calculatrice

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a pocket calculator

128
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facile

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easy

129
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dur, difficile

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hard, difficult

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très dur, pénible

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stiff, tough

131
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juste, exact

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right

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faux, inexact

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wrong

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l’instruction religieuse

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religious instruction

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l’anglais

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English

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l’éducation physique

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physical education

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les mathématiques

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mathematics, maths (sg)

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l’histoire

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history

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la géographie

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geography

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les sciences

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science

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les arts

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art

141
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la musique

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music

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les travaux manuels

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handicraft

143
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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

145
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les langues mortes

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classical languages

146
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le latin

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Latin

147
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le grec

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Greek

148
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les grandes classes

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the upper forms

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le travail à faire à la maison

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homework

150
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le travail à faire en étude

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prep

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donner un devoir à qqn

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to set so. a paper

152
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un devoir de contrôle

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a test

153
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une interrogation écrite

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a short test, a quiz

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doué

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gifted

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la mémoire

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memory

156
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se rappeler

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to remember

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oublier

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to forget

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intelligent

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clever, intelligent

159
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comprendre

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to understand

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vif, pénétrant

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sharp

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brilliant, bien doué

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bright

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fort en qqch

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proficient in sth

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bon en qqch

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good at sth

164
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un sot

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a fool

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un imbécile

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a blockhead

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sot, stupide

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silly, foolish

167
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ridicule

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ridiculous

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absurde

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preposterous

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dire des bêtises

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to talk nonsense

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bête stupide

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stupid

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un cancre, un âne

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a dunce

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arrière (adj)

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backward, retarded

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travailleur, appliqué

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painstaking, industrious

174
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se donner du mal

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to take pains

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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’oisivité, la paresse

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idleness

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irréflechi, 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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négligeant, 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, silent

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calme, tranquile

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still

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remuant

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restless

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faire du bruit

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to make a noise

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punir

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to punish

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tricher, copier

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to cheat

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arriver en retard

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to be late

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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 Head

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sermoner

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to lecture

198
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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 thrarsh

200
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maintenir la discipline

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to maitain discipline

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un élève chargé de la discipline

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a prefect

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mettre un élève, un étudiant à la porte

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to expel a puil, send down a student

203
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renoncer à ses études

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to drop out of school

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une note

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a mark, a grade

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mauvais, mal

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bad

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médiocre

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poor

207
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passable

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tolerable

208
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assez bien

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fair

209
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bon, bien

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good

210
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parfait

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excellent

211
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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

213
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un bulletin

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a report

214
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la conduite

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behaviour

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la force, le niveau

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proficiency

216
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les progrès

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progress

217
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faire des progrès en qqch

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to get on in sth

218
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féliciter qqn

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to congratulate so.

219
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recompenser qqn

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to reward so.

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un prix

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a prize

221
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aller à l’université, à la faculté, faire des études universitaires

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to go to university, to go to college

222
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obtenir une bourse

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to obtain, to win a scolarship, a grant

223
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faire ses études à

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to be educated at

224
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un étudiant

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a student

225
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un collège universitaire

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a college

226
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un cours

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a lecture

227
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un maître de conférences

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a lecturer

228
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un professeur

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a professor

229
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un directeur d’études

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a tutor

230
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un étudiant

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an undergraduate

231
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étudier une matière

A

to read a subject

232
Q

faire des études de langues

A

to read languages

233
Q

se spécialiser en qqch

A

to major in sth

234
Q

un diplôme, un grade

A

a degree

235
Q

licencié ès lettres; ès sciences

A

B.A.; B.Sc

236
Q

passer un examen

A

to take, to go in for, to sit an exam

237
Q

réussir, être reçu

A

to pass, to get through

238
Q

échouer, se faire recaler

A

to fail, to flunk

239
Q

les lettres et sciences humaines

A

arts

240
Q

l’art, les matières artistiques

A

art

241
Q

un diplômé

A

a graduate

242
Q

une maîtrise

A

a Master’s degree

243
Q

un docteur

A

a Doctor of Philosophy

244
Q
  1. une thèse - 2. un docteur
A

a Ph. D

245
Q

an I.U.T

A

a polytechnic

246
Q

un lettré, un érudit, un chercheur

A

a scholar

247
Q

savant, instruit

A

learned

248
Q

faire de la recherche sur

A

to do research in, on

249
Q

la recherche et le développement

A

R and D