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"Les Etudes"
156
Language - French
11th Grade
09/10/2007
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Term
Staple
 Definition
L'agrafe
Term
Stapler
 Definition
L'agrafeuse
Term
National exam for high-school and university teachers
 Definition
L'agrégation
Term
Person who has passed the national exam
 Definition
L'agrégé(e)
Term
To learn
 Definition
Apprendre
Term
To study by heart, to memorize
 Definition
Apprendre (étudier) par coeur
Term
To have homework
 Definition
Avoir des devoirs
Term
To have stage fright
 Definition
Avoir le trac
Term
To be very exhaused, to be crosseyed with exhaustion
 Definition
Avoir les yeux qui se coincent
Term
To have (a composition, homework, etc...) to do
 Definition
Avoir (une rédation, des devoirs, etc) à faire
Term
Degree granted to students having completed their secondary studies
 Definition
Le baccalauréat
Term
Person who has been granted the Baccalauréat
 Definition
Le bachelier(ère)
Term
Baccalauréat
 Definition
Le bachot (bac)
Term
To botch one's work
 Definition
Bâcler son travail
Term
Library
 Definition
La bibliothèque
Term
Ballpoint pen
 Definition
Le bic
Term
Hazing
 Definition
Le bizutage
Term
First year student, freshman (especially in the Grandes Ecoles)
 Definition
Le bizut(h)
Term
To haze (first year university students)
 Definition
Bizuter (bizuther)
Term
A new student
 Definition
Le bleu
Term
To work very hard
 Definition
Bosser
Term
Book (used to mean only old book)
 Definition
Le bouquin
Term
To read (to go through old books)
 Definition
Bouquiner
Term
Scholarship
 Definition
La bourse
Term
Rough draft
 Definition
Le brouillon
Term
To study hard (for a test)
 Definition
Bûcher (un examen)
Term
Desk (teacher's), office
 Definition
Le bureau
Term
It's as easy as one, two, three! (lit: It is as simple as saying "good morning.")
 Definition
C'est simple comme bonjour
Term
To snitch -- To have the blues
 Definition
Cafarder -- Avoir le cafard
Term
A snitch
 Definition
Le cafardeur(euse)
Term
Notebook
 Definition
Le cahier
Term
Small calculator
 Definition
La calculatrice
Term
Knowledgeable, talented
 Definition
Calé(e)
Term
Campus
 Definition
Le campus
Term
Lazy and weak student, dunce
 Definition
Le cancre
Term
Temperament
 Definition
Le caractère
Term
To be rowdy in class
 Definition
Chahuter
Term
Manila folder
 Definition
La chemise
Term
Teacher's pet
 Definition
Le chouchou du prof
Term
Keyboard
 Definition
Le clavier
Term
Detention
 Definition
La colle, La consigne
Term
To give a detention to a student
 Definition
Coller un élève
Term
Private secondary school
 Definition
Le collège
Term
Competition, entrance exam to a place of higher learning
 Definition
Le concours
Term
Short vacation, day off
 Definition
Le congé
Term
Copy, student's work
 Definition
La copie
Term
To cheat
 Definition
Copier
Term
Waste paper basket
 Definition
La corbeille (à papier)
Term
Class, course
 Definition
Le cours
Term
Degree, diploma
 Definition
Le diplôme
Term
Person who holds a diploma
 Definition
Diplômé(e)
Term
A computer diskette
 Definition
La disquette
Term
Paper (as in "to write a paper")
 Definition
La dissertation (Slang: Disserte)
Term
Doctorate
 Definition
Le doctorat
Term
To fail an exam
 Definition
Échour à un examen
Term
To write illegibly
 Definition
Écrire comme un chat
Term
Handwriting
 Definition
L'écriture
Term
Illegible handwriting
 Definition
L'écriture de chat
Term
Education, also manners
 Definition
L'éducation
Term
Physical education
 Definition
L'éducation physique
Term
Elementary'secondary school student
 Definition
L'élève
Term
Schedule
 Definition
L'emploi du temps
Term
To do nothing
 Definition
Enfiler des perles
Term
Late
 Definition
En retard
Term
To scold
 Definition
Enguirlander
Term
Teaching
 Definition
L'enseignement
Term
To teach
 Definition
Enseigner
Term
Test, examination
 Definition
L'épreuve
Term
Written tests
 Definition
Les épreuves écrites
Term
Oral tests
 Definition
Les épreuves orales
Term
To fail
 Definition
être collé
Term
To be daydreaming
 Definition
être dans la lune / être dans les nuages
Term
To be overwhelmed by work
 Definition
être débordé de travail
Term
To be educated
 Definition
être instruit(e)
Term
to be exhausted
 Definition
être lessivé(e)
Term
To fail a test
 Definition
être recalé(e)
Term
To be snowed under with work
 Definition
être submergé de travail
Term
Primary education
 Definition
les études primaires (fem.)
Term
Secondary education
 Definition
les études secondaires (fem.)
Term
Higher education
 Definition
les études supérieures (fem.)
Term
University/college student
 Definition
l'étudiant(e) (masc/fem)
Term
To study relentlessly
 Definition
étudier avec acharnment
Term
College of a university
 Definition
la faculté
Term
Law school
 Definition
la faculté de droit
Term
Liberal arts school
 Definition
la faculté de lettres
Term
Medical school
 Definition
la faculté de médecine
Term
To call roll
 Definition
faire l'appel
Term
To play hookey
 Definition
faire l'école buissonnière
Term
To do a job very quickly
 Definition
faire un travail à six-quatre-deux / en quatrième vitesse
Term
Felt tip pen
 Definition
le feutre
Term
To give detention to a student
 Definition
ficher une colle à un élève
Term
Lazy, slow moving
 Definition
flemmard(e)
Term
Illegible handwriting or messy drawing
 Definition
la gribouillage
Term
To write or draw in a messy manner
 Definition
gribouiller
Term
Computer printer
 Definition
l'imprimante (fem.)
Term
Elementary school teacher
 Definition
l'instituteur (l'institutrice)
le maître (la maîtresse)
Term
Quiz
 Definition
l'interrogation (fem.)
Term
Kindergarten
 Definition
le jardin d'enfants
Term
Laboratory
 Definition
le laboratoire
Term
Bookstore
 Definition
la librairie
Term
To work very slowly
 Definition
lambiner
Term
Software
 Definition
le logiciel
Term
High-school
 Definition
le lycée
Term
Typewriter
 Definition
la machine à écrire
Term
Material - hardware
 Definition
le materiel
Term
Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten
 Definition
la maternelle
Term
To recopy one's homework, which was written as a rough draft to being with
 Definition
mettre au propre
Term
To store in a computer
 Definition
mettre en mémoire
Term
Microfilm
 Definition
la micro-fiche
Term
Not to know what to do, to be overwhelmed by work or by problems
 Definition
ne pas savoir où donner de la tête
Term
To be unable to make a decision
 Definition
ne pas savoir sur quel pieds danser
Term
Oral
 Definition
l'oral (masc)
Term
Computer
 Definition
l'ordinateur (masc.)
Term
Spelling
 Definition
l'orthographe (fem.)
Term
Lazy
 Definition
paresseux (se)
Term
To take a test
 Definition
passer un examen
potasser
Term
Illegible handwriting
 Definition
les pattes de mouches
Term
Study hall
 Definition
la permanence
Term
To study hard
 Definition
piocher
Term
High school and college teacher
 Definition
le professeur (abbreviation: prof)
Term
Program
 Definition
le programme
Term
Student desk
 Definition
le pupitre
Term
To fail a test
 Definition
râter un examen
Term
Composition
 Definition
La rédaction
Term
To fail a test
 Definition
râter un examen
Term
Graduation
 Definition
le remise des diplômes
Term
The beginning of the school year
 Definition
la rentrée
Term
To pass a test
 Definition
réussir à un examen
Term
Ruler (to measure with)
 Definition
la règle
Term
To apply oneself
 Definition
s'appliquer
Term
Classroom
 Definition
la salle de classe
Term
Scotch tape
 Definition
le scotch
Term
To do nothing, to be lazy
 Definition
se battre les flancs
Term
To manage
 Definition
se débrouiller
Term
To get scolded
 Definition
se faire enguirlander
Term
To take a written examination
 Definition
se présenter à l'écrit
Term
To take an oral examination
 Definition
se présenter à l'oral
Term
To take an examination
 Definition
se présenter à un examen
Term
To do nothing
 Definition
se tourner les pouces
Term
To skip a class
 Definition
sécher un cours
Term
Mouse
 Definition
La souris
Term
Fountain pen
 Definition
le stylo
Term
Ballpoint pen
 Definition
stylo à billo
(also BIC)
Term
To take a class
 Definition
suivre un cours
Term
Highlighter
 Definition
le surligneur
Term
To type
 Definition
taper à la machine
Term
Theme
 Definition
le thème
Term
Thesis
 Definition
la thèse
Term
To work very slowly
 Definition
traînasser
Term
Transparency
 Definition
le transparent
Term
Work
 Definition
le travail
Term
To work
 Definition
travailler
Term
Unending work
 Definition
le travail de Penelope
Term
To cheat
 Definition
tricher
Term
Paper clip
 Definition
le trombone
Term
Vacation
 Definition
les vacances (fem.)
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