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un collégien

a school boy

franchir la barrière

to cross the barrier

pourrir

to rot

rater

to miss

très mal pris

very badly taken

la malveillance

an ill will

un souffre-douleur

punch bag

le mépris

contempt

apprehender

to arrest/aprehend

On se sent visé

One feels targeted

j'ai été recalé/je me suis planté/j'ai raté

I flunked

un contresens

a misinterpretation/nonsense

un charabia

gibberish

tu deccones

youre kidding/talking crap

je tombe de haut

i come back to earth with a bump

des conneries monumentales

monumental bullsht

un beau salaud

a bastard

se tourner les pouces

to twiddle ones thumbs

Tenir compte de

to account for

une souche

a strain

étendre

to extend

mené

driven

interminable

endless

étonnament

surprising

se faire du souci

to worry

cesser

stop

broyer du noir

to mope

un actif

an asset

rémunéré(e)

paid

pâtir

to suffer

étroit

tight

un expert-comptable

a certified public accountant

au bout de

after

rabaisser

to demean/belittle

bondir

to jump

etre épargné

to be spared

naviguer

to navigate

une touche

a button

diriger

to direct

caricatif (ve)

charity

chronophage

time consuming

voué (e)

dedicated

une filière

a pathway

un défi

a challenge

guetter

to watch (not regarder)

se rembrunir

to darken

contrarié(e)

upset

voire

indeed

convaincre

to convince

rédiger

to write (not ecrire)

un défaut

a failure

prendre de recul

to take a step back

survendre

to oversell

au préalable

beforehand

enjoliver

to make pretty

appesantir

dwelling

requin

shark

saisir

to grab

embrayer

to clutch

assumer

to assume/undertake

réparti

distributed

règne

reign

un ecole laïque

a state school

tels que

such as

l'agrégation

highest teaching diploma in france

parcours scolaire

schooling

être en éveil

to be alert

les rythmes scolaires

school timetables

sommeil

sleep/rest

en témoignent

by showing/testifying

mal répartis

misallocated

contraintes

constraints

peser

to weigh/burden/ponder

bâillements

yawning

frottements

friction

étirement

stretching

pédagogiques

teaching/educational