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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
to go to school |
to attend classes at a school or university |
Children have to go to school; it's the law. |
| 2 |
a principal |
the head of a school, like the president |
The principal had a very nice office in the center of the
school. |
| 3 |
a substitute teacher |
a teacher who is not the normal teacher, used only for
emergencies |
When my teacher got sick, a substitute teacher came and taught
the class. |
| 4 |
an exchange student |
a student who attends school in another country for a short
time |
My university had many exchange students from Japan. |
| 5 |
to drop out of school |
to voluntarily stop going to school |
Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and started Microsoft. |
| 6 |
to skip class |
to not go to class (even though you are supposed to be
there) |
In my high school, there was a group of kids who always skipped
class to smoke cigarettes in the back of the school. |
| 7 |
a clique |
a group of kids with similar interests who always hang out
together (sometimes excluding others from their group) |
There was a clique of cool kids in my high school, but I could
never hang out with them. |
| 8 |
to flunk ~ |
to fail, to not pass |
I flunked Chemistry class, so I had to take it again. |
| 9 |
to get detention |
to be forced to stay after school in a special room, like a
prison for students |
I threw a rock at the teacher, so I got detention; I had to
stay in a little room and just sit there until 8pm. |
| 10 |
to home school ~ |
for parents to teach their child at home instead of sending him
or her to school |
The couple wanted to home school their daughter, but they both
worked full time, so they could not. |
| 11 |
be coeducational |
of a school, to feature both male and female students |
My high school was coeducational, but even so I never found a
girlfriend. |
| 12 |
to go on a school trip |
to go on a short vacation or day trip with your teachers and
classmates |
My school went on a school trip to Sacramento, the capital city
of California. |
| 13 |
to get into ~ |
to be accepted by a school after you apply |
I got into Harvard! I'm so happy! |
| 14 |
to graduate from ~ |
to receive a diploma from a certain school after completing all
your classes successfully |
I graduated from a very small high school, then I went on to
study at a low-quality college. |
| 15 |
a final examination |
the last test you take in a class, and therefore the most
important test |
I did pretty well in the class, but I got nervous before the
final exam and I ended up failing it. |
| 16 |
to do well on a test |
to get a good score on a test |
I did well on the test; I answered 85 questions correctly out
of 100. |
| 17 |
to bomb a test |
to get a very bad score on a test, to fail |
I bombed the test; I only answered five questions correctly out
of 100. |
| 18 |
to cheat off ~ |
to look at another student's paper and try to see the correct
answers to questions |
My friend cheated off my paper in the math test; he got ALL the
exact same answers as I did, because he copied them. |
| 19 |
to get good grades |
to receive high marks in your classes |
I got good grades in high school because I studied hard. |
| 20 |
to major in ~ |
to focus on a certain subject and study it especially hard |
I majored in History in university, so most of the classes I
took were history-related. |
| 21 |
to let class out early |
when a teacher decides to set the students free before the
regular end time |
It was the last day of the school year, so our teacher decided
to let class out early. |