| Term | Definition |
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nowhere |
nulle part |
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somewhere |
quelque part |
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Like it's sad |
Comme c'est triste |
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lots of people |
beaucoup de monde |
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it is better |
ça va mieux |
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some thing to critisize |
quelque chose à critiquer |
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effrayer |
to scare, frighten |
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the higher learning |
l'enseignement supérieur |
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a field of study |
une filière |
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to offer |
offrir (conjugated like -er verbs) |
|
most of |
la plupart de |
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a university |
une université |
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a technical university |
une université technique |
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the general university studies |
les études universitaires générales |
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the health professions |
les professions de santé |
|
an admission |
une admission |
|
have (present participle of avoir) |
ayant |
|
a diploma given to students passing the bac test at the end of secondary school, lets you into college |
un baccalauréat |
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secondary school |
les études secondaires |
|
department (in a university) |
U.F.R. (unité de formation et de recherche |
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the training |
la formation |
|
the department (in an american university) |
le département |
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une institution d'élite |
a top private school |
|
top, elite |
d'élite |
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the entrance |
l'entrée |
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a competitive test |
un concours |
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the national conservatory of music |
le Conservatoire national de musique |
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the highway school(bridges and roads) |
l'École des ponts et chaussées |
|
a subject |
une matière |
|
to attract |
attirer |
|
to confuse |
confondre |
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to throw our pens in the air |
jeter nos stylos en l'air |
|
everything changes |
Tout Change |
|
many years of absence |
plusieurs années d'absence |
|
his pottery |
sa poterie |
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the newspaper stand |
le kiosque du coin |
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to go shopping |
faire les courses |
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across the road (opposite) |
en face |
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what a school! |
Quelle école |
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all that isn't done |
tout ce qu'on ne fait pas |
|
to explain |
expliquer |
|
to warn |
avertir |
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to give advice to |
donner des conseils à |
|
in pyjamas |
en pyjama |
|
no, not any |
ne ... aucun(e) (always in singular!) |
|
no, none, not any (as a subject) |
aucun(e) (aucun(e) + noun, aucun(e) des + pl noun. ne precedes verb) |
|
neither...nor |
Ni...ni |
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neither, not either |
Ni... non plus |
|
hardly |
ne ... guère |