Unit 3 Student life Flashcards
(122 cards)
1
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an applicant
A
2
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a first-year student (BE) = a freshman (AE)
A
3
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a graduate (student) = a grad student
A
4
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a group monitor
A
5
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a junior (AE)
A
6
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a post-graduate (student)
A
7
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a second-year student (BE) = a sophomore (AE)
A
8
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a senior (AE)
A
9
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an undergraduate (student)
A
10
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a dean
A
11
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a deputy dean
A
12
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head of the department
A
13
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a university teacher
A
14
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a lecturer
A
15
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a professor
A
16
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a rector
A
17
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teaching staff = faculty (AE)
A
18
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a tutor
A
19
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a vice-rector
A
20
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to have a flare for languages
A
21
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to have a good ear for languages
A
22
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to have a disappointing/ good/ poor academic performance
A
23
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to have a good/ poor attendance
A
24
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to miss/ skip classes/ to play truant
A
25
to make progress in smth
26
to do well in
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to master a skill/ a subject
28
to neglect one’s studies
29
to put things off (until later/ next week)/ to procrastinate
30
to have a good command of a subject
31
to fall behind (in) a group
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to catch up with the group
33
to be absorbed by/ with/ in
34
to meet the deadline
35
to devote much/ little time to one’s
studies
36
to be (on) top of the class
37
to cram for (a subject) before exams
38
to work by fits and starts
39
elective course
40
major area of study
41
guest lecturer
42
the world’s leading authority
43
overall subject
44
prerequisites
45
learned journals
46
critical opinion on
47
had backbone
48
a lecture of
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such colour and authority
50
absorbing
51
lectures
52
a campus
53
a dean’s office
54
a day-time (full-time) department
55
a part-time (evening, correspondence) department
56
a dormitory/ hall of residence
57
a canteen
58
a gym
59
language laboratories
60
lecture theatres
61
classrooms
62
cloakrooms
63
a library
64
multi-media classrooms
65
number of shifts
66
number of classes a day/ a week
67
compulsory subjects
68
electives
69
laboratory classes
70
seminars
71
lectures
72
length of courses
73
exams and tests
74
events and traditions
75
a musical studio
76
a choir
77
speaking/ debate clubs
78
student newspapers
79
sports clubs
80
a drama club
81
free of charge
82
tuition fees
83
a dormitory/ hostel/ hall of residence
84
renting rooms and flats
85
group registers
86
continuous assessment
87
expulsion
88
re-sitting/retaking tests or exams
89
to revise for an exam in...
90
to take an exam = to sit an exam = to do an exam
91
to pass an exam = to do well in an exam
92
to fail an exam in a subject = to do badly in an exam = to flunk an exam (in a subject)
93
to re-sit = to retake an exam
94
to cheat in an exam
95
to examine students
96
the Examination Board
97
to pick/to choose an examination card
98
a school-leaving exam
99
a term (BE)/ semester (AE) paper
100
a final exam
101
to grind away for = to cram = to swot (BE) for a test/ an exam
102
to make/ to use a crib note/ a cheat sheet (AE)
103
weekly
104
average
105
sophisticated
106
challenging and rewarding
107
applicable
108
university-related
109
students
110
assignments
111
knowledge
112
studying
113
progress
114
a rigid schedule
115
extramural activities
116
an ambitious to-do list
117
to grab a snack
118
to get pushed over to tomorrow (about a task)
119
to bounce around ideas with somebody
120
to face a temptation
121
to resist a temptation
122
to yield to a temptation
