School Flashcards

(86 cards)

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A term

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Un trimestre scolaire

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A semester

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Un semestre

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The timetable (UK)= the schedule (USA)

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L’emploi du temps

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A class= a period

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Un cours

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A free period

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Une heure de permanence

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The bell

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La cloche, la sonnerie

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A break (UK)= recess (USA)

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Une récréation

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School hours

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Les heures de cours

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The attendance register

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Le cahier d’appel

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8
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Truancy

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L’école buissonnière

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Extra-curricular activites

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Les activités parascolaires

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A form (UK)= a grade (USA)

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Une classe, un niveau

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A school holiday (UK)= a school vacation (USA)

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Des vacances scolaires

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A half-term holiday

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Des petites vacances

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The winter/spring break

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Les vacances d’hiver / de printemps

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12
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Compulsory= mandatory

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Obligatoire

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13
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Optional= elective

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Facultatif

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To attend (school)

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Aller à l’école

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15
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To play truant= to skip lessons

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sécher, faire l’école buissonière

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Schooling

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L’instruction, la scolarité

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A pupil= a schoolboy/a schoolgirl

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Un(e) élève= un(e) écolier(-ière)

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17
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Teaching

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L’enseignement

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A teacher

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Un professuer

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A class representative

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Un(e) délégué(e) de classe

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A boarding-school
Un internat
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A boarder
Un(e) interne
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A day boy/girl
Un(e) externe
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A uniform
Un uniforme
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The blackboard
Le tableau noir
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The whiteboard
Le tableau blanc
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Chalk
La craie
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The duster
Le chiffon
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The rostrum
L'estrade
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The playground
La cour (de récréation)
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The gym(nasium)
Le gymnase
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The refectory= the (dining) hall
Le réfectoire
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To teach
Enseigner
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Discipline =/= disobedient
La discipline =/= l'indiscipline
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To detain
Donner une retenue à
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To punish
Punir
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To learn
Apprendre
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To suspend
Exclure (temporairement)
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To expel
Renvoyer
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A textbook
Un manuel scolaire
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An excercise-book
Un cahier
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A (looseleaf) binder
Un classeur
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A schoolbag/a satchel
Un cartable
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A pen
Un stylo
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An ink eraser
Un effaceur
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A ballpoint pen= a biro
Un stylo à bille
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A felt pen
Un feutre
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A pencil
A crayon
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An eraser (USA)= a rubber (UK)
Une gomme
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A pencil sharpener
Un taille-crayon
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A highlighter
Un surligneur
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A calculator
Une calculatrice
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A ruler
Une règle
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A set square
Une équerre
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A protactor
Un rapporteur
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(a pair of) compasses
Un compas
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To highlight
Surligner
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The syllabus
Le programme (d'un examen, d'une discipline)
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The curriculum
Le programme (les matières étudiées)
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The basics
Les notions de base
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A subjet
Une matière, une discipline
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Reading
La lecture
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Arithmetic
L'arithmétique
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Writing
L'écriture
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Spelling
L'orthographe
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Grammar
La grammaire
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Art
Les arts plastiques
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Foreign languages
Les langues vivantes
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Gym(nastics)= physical education= PE
La gym(nastique)= l'EPS
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Homework
Les devoirs et les leçons
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Remedial teaching
Le soutien scolaire
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School performance
Les résultats scolaires
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A swot
Un bachoteur
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The level/the standard
Le niveau
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Mixed-ability teaching
La pédagogie différenciée
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Streaming (UK)= tracking (USA)
La répartition en groupes de niveau
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A dunce
Un cancre
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Backwardness
Le retard
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Hard-working/Industrious
Travailleur
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To succeed =/= to fail
Réussir =/= échouer
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Backward
En retard, moins avancé
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To swot= to cram
Bachoter