Higher French: School Life

Question 1

je rentre chez moi (+ time)

Answer 1

I get home at….

Question 2

c’est toujours la course

Answer 2

it’s always a race / rush

Question 3

je laisse mon cartable au vestiaire

Answer 3

I leave my schoolbag in the changing room

Question 4

j’enfile…

Answer 4

I slip / put on…

Question 5

en quelques minutes

Answer 5

within a few minutes

Question 6

je deviens…

Answer 6

I become…

Question 7

une demoiselle

Answer 7

a lady

Question 8

un comptoir

Answer 8

a counter

Question 9

je mène une double vie

Answer 9

I lead a double life

Question 10

élève de première la journée

Answer 10

S5 pupil by day

Question 11

un vendeur / une vendeuse

Answer 11

a shop assistant

Question 12

je me rends compte que…

Answer 12

I realise that…

Question 13

j’ai besoin de (+noun)

Answer 13

I need…

Question 14

au lycée, on nous considère encore comme des gamins

Answer 14

at school, we are still looked upon as kids

Question 15

les profs passent dans les rangs

Answer 15

the teachers walk between the desks

Question 16

je concilie facilement mes études et mon boulot

Answer 16

I can easily reconcile my studies and my job

Question 17

un lycéen / une lycéenne

Answer 17

a high school pupil

Question 18

un baby-sitter / une baby-sitter

Answer 18

a babysitter

Question 19

un élève de terminale

Answer 19

an S6 pupil

Question 20

un serveur / une serveuse

Answer 20

a waiter

Question 21

c’est important que les études prennent le dessus

Answer 21

it’s important that my studies are my top priority

Question 22

j’ai besoin du bac pour pouvoir entrer à la fac

Answer 22

I need my Highers to be able to get into uni

Question 23

j’ai du mal à gérer mes études et mon job

Answer 23

I have difficulty balancing my studies and my job

Question 24

je m’autorise une grasse matinée

Answer 24

I let myself have a long lie

Question 25

de la part de

Answer 25

on behalf of

Question 26

je dois faire la fermeture

Answer 26

I have to lock up / close up

Question 27

mes parents m’empêchent de sortir le soir

Answer 27

my parents stop me from going out at night

Question 28

je me demande…

Answer 28

I wonder…

Question 29

il n’a aucun sens de responsabilité

Answer 29

he has no sense of responsibility

Question 30

je n’ai guere le temps de (+ infinitive)

Answer 30

I hardly have any time to…

Question 31

il faut se demander si…

Answer 31

you have to wonder if…

Question 32

un bâtiment

Answer 32

a building

Question 33

un escalier

Answer 33

a stairway

Question 34

une cinquantaine de (+noun)

Answer 34

about 50 of…

Question 35

une salle

Answer 35

a room

Question 36

pendant la pause de repas, on se trouve

Answer 36

during the lunch break, we meet up

Question 37

un club de discussion

Answer 37

a debating club

Question 38

des chose comme ça

Answer 38

things like that

Question 39

les profs nous aident à former des clubs

Answer 39

the teachers help us to form clubs

Question 40

les journées portes ouvertes

Answer 40

open days

Question 41

où les profs rencontrent les parents

Answer 41

when the teachers meet the parents

Question 42

j’ai eu l’occasion de partir en groupe scolaire

Answer 42

I had the opportunity to go off on a school trip

Question 43

j’essaie de gagner de l’argent

Answer 43

I try to earn some money

Question 44

j’ai fait plein de choses

Answer 44

I did lots of things

Question 45

je voudrais plus d’informations sur les carrières

Answer 45

I would like more information about careers

Question 46

mon prof de (+subject) m’a énormément influencé(e)

Answer 46

my … teacher has had a great influence on me

Question 47

plus tard, je me vois comme…

Answer 47

later on, I see myself as…

Question 48

enseigner

Answer 48

to teach

Question 49

un enseignant

Answer 49

a teacher

Question 50

j’ai besoin d’un métier où je me sens utile

Answer 50

I need a job where I feel useful