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une agrafe
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a staple
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une agrafeuse
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a stapler
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une agrégation
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a national exam for high-school and university teachers
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agrégé(e)
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person who has passed the national exam
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apprendre
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to learn
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apprendre (étudier) par coeur
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to study by heart, to memorize
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avoir des devoirs
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to have homework
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avoir le trac
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to have stage fright
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avoir les yeux que se coincent
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to be exhausted
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avoir (une rédaction, des devoir, etc.) à faire
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to have (a composition, homework, etc.) to do
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le baccalauréat
le bachot le bac |
the degree granted to students having completed their secondary studies
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le/la bachelier (ère)
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the person who has been granted the Baccalauréat
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bâcler son travail
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to botch one's work
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la bibliothèque
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the library
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le bizutage
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the hazing
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le bizut(h)
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first year student, freshman
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bleu
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term used for a new student
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bosser
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to work very hard
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le bouquin
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book
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la bourse
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the scholarship
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le brouillon
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the rough draft
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bûcher (un examen)
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to study hard (for a test)
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c'est simple comme bonjour
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It's easy as 1-2-3. (It's easy as saying Good Morning.)
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la cafarder
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to snitch
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le cafardeur
la cafadeuse |
the snitch, tattler
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calé(e)
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knowledgeable, talented
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le cancre
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the lazy and weak student, dunce
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le caractère
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the temperament, personality
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chacuter
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to be rowdy in class
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la chemise
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the manila folder
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le chouchou du prof
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the teacher's pet
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le clavier
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the keyboard
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la colle
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slang- the detention
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coller un élève
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to give a detention to a student
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le collège
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the (private) secondary school
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le concours
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the competition, entrance exam to a place of higher learning (ACT, SAT)
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le congé
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the short vacation, the day off
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la consigne
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the detention
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copier
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to copy, cheat
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la corbeille (à papier)
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the waste paper basket
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le cours
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the course, class
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le diplôme
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the degree, diploma
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diplômé(e)
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person who holds a diploma
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la dissertation
la disserte (slang) |
the term paper
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le doctorat
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the doctorate
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échouer à un examen
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to fail an exam
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écrire comme un chat
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to write illegibly
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une écriture
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handwriting
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l'éducation physique (f)
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physical education
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l'emploi du temps (m)
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the schedule
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enfiler des perles
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to do nothing
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en retard
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late
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l'enseignement (m)
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the teaching
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enseigner
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to teach
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l'épreuve (f)
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the test, examination
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les épreuves écrites
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written tests
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les épreuves orales
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oral tests
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être collé
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to fail
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être dans la lune
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to be daydreaming
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être dans les nuages
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to be daydreaming
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être débordé de travail
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to be overwhelmed with work
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être instruit(e)
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to be educated
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être lessivé(e)
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to be exhausted
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être submergé de travail
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to be snowed under with work
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les études primaires
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primary education
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les études secondaires
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secondary education
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les études supérieures
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higher education
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étudier avec acharnement
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to study rentlessly
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la faculté
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college of a university
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la faculté de droit
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law school
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la faculté de lettres
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liberal arts school
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la faculté de médecine
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medical school
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faire l'appel
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to call roll (to take attendance)
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faire l'école buissonnière
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to play hookey
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faire un travail à la six-quatre-deux
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to do a job very quickly
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faire un travail en quatrième vitesse
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to do a job very quickly
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ficher une colle à un élève
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to give a detention to a student
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flemmard(e)
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lazy, slow moving
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le gribouillage (gribouills)
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illegible handwriting or messy drawing
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gribouiller
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to write or draw in a messy fashion (scribble)
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l'imprimante (f)
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computer printer
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l'instituteur
l'institutrice |
elementary school teacher
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une interrogation
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a quiz
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le jardin d'enfants
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kindergarten
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le laboratoire
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the laboratory
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la librarie
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the bookstore
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lambiner
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to work very slowly
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le logiciel
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the software
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le lycée
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the high school
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la machine à écrire
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the typewriter
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le maître
la maîtresse |
elementary school teacher
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le materiel
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the material
the hardware |
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la maternelle
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pre-kindergarten and kindergarten
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mettre au propre
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to recopy one's homework
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mettre en mémoire
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to store in a computer
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le micro-fiche
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the microfilm
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ne pas savoir où donner de la tête
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to not know what to do, to be overwhelmed by work or by problems
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ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser
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to be unable to make a decision
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nouveau
nouvelle |
slang term for a new student
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l'orthographe (f)
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the spelling
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passer un examen
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to take a test
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pattes de mouches
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illegible handwriting (flies paw tracings)
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la permanence
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the study hall
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piocher
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to study hard
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potasser
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to study hard
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programmer
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to program (in a computer)
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le pupitre
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the student desk
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râter un examen
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to fail a test
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la rédaction
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the composition
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la remise des diplômes
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the graduation
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la rentrée
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the beginning of the school year
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réussir à un examen
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to pass a test
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la règle
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the ruler (measure)
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s'appliquer
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to apply oneself
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la salle de classe
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classroom
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se battre les flancs
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to do nothing, to be lazy
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se débrouiller
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to manage
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se faire enguirlander
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to be scolded
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se présenter à l'écrit
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to take a written examination
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se présenter à l'oral
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to take an oral examination
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sécher un cours
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to skip a class
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la souris
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the mouse
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le stylo à bille
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fountain pen
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suivre un cours
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to take a course
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le surligneir
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the highlighter
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taper à la machine
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to type
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le thème
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the theme
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le thèse
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the thesis
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traínasser
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to work very slowly
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le transparent
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the transparency
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le travail de Penelope
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the unending work
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tricher
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to cheat
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les vacances (f)
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vacation
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le trombone
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the paperclip
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travailler
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to work
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