Education (liste 3) Flashcards by Sami Chikhaoui

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clubs d’étudiants (réservés aux filles ou aux garçons)

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a sorority/fraternity

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dossier/résultats guère brillant(s)

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a poor academic record

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le discernement

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acumen

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intelligent

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articulate,clever,bright,brainy

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vif, brillant

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sharp

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lent (d’esprit)

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slow; slow-witted

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finesse d’esprit (humour…)

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ø wit

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élèves en difficulté // qui réussissent

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low-//high-achievers

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un redoublant

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a repeater

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un élève en difficulté

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a special needs student

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qui sait lire

qui sait compter

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literate

numerate

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un handicap

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a disability/ a handicap

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des troubles, des difficultés

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impairment

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une déficience auditive/ visuelle

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hearing/ visual impairment

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université local public (recrutement aise)

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a community college

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université d’élite (parmi les plus anciennes)

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Ivy League (US)

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très, hautement selectif

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highly selective

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la culture générale

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general knowledge

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vif d’esprit ≠ lent à saisir, à comprendre

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quick ≠ slow on the uptake

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mixte (women’s…)

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co-ed(ucational)

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frais de scolarité

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tuition fees

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dotation, moyen financiers (d’état ou privé)

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endowment

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anciens étudiants

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alumni

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un donateur

un philantrope

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a donator

a philantropist

un don

a bequest

transmettre, faire un don

to bequeath

Le Doyen de faculté

the dean

un maître de conférence

a junior lecturer

un universitaire | un maître de conférence

an academic | a lecturer

un érudit, un spécialiste

a scholar

un tuteur

a tutor

pression exercée par les camarades (compétition...)

peer pressure

les pairs (=qui ont le même niveau, statut...)

fellow (students)

les installations, les infrastructures

amenities / facilities

un colocataire

a flatmate/ housemate

un dortoir

a dorm/ dormitory

sécher, ne pas assister aux cours (magistraux)

skip lectures

l'école buissonière

ø truancy

l'inscription

registration

minutieux, méticuleux

painstaking, thorough

du travail bâclé

slapdash work

peu soigneux, négligé

sloppy, untidy

être concentré, accaparé

to be engrossed in

réviser au dernier moment/ bachoter

to cram

exigeant

demanding

faire carrière dans

pursue a career in

une vocation

a calling

un stage (formation)

a training, a work placement, internship