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french: school vocabulary  📚

♡ Basics:

une école - school (in general), grade school

un écolier, une écolière - grade school student

un collège - middle school, junior high

un collégien, une collégienne - middle school student

un lycée - high school

un lycéen, une lycéenne - high school student

une université - college, university

un étudiant, une étudiante - college student

un professeur, un/e prof (informal)* - teacher

*In France, the word professeur is always masculine, even if the teacher is a woman. 

♡ School Years and Ages: 

Cours Préparatoire (CP) = 6 years old

Cours Elémentaire (CE1) = 7 years old

Cours Elémentaire (CE1) = 8 years old

Cours Moyen (CM1) = 9 years old

Cours Moyen (CM2) = 10 years old

Sixième = 11 years old

Cinquième = 12 years old

Quatrième = 13 years old

Troisième = 14 years old

Seconde = 15 years old

Première = 16 years old

Terminale = 17 years old

♡ Equipment - Le Matériel

un bureau - desk

un pupitre - student desk

un cahier - notebook

une calculatrice - calculator

un carnet - notebook

une carte - map

un classeur - binder

une craie - chalk

un crayon - pencil

des devoirs (m) - homework

un dictionnaire - dictionary

une gomme - eraser

le rétroprojecteur - overhead projector

un livre - book

la trousse - pencil case

le papier - paper

une feuille de papier - piece of paper

recto verso - front and back, both sides

un sac à dos - backpack

un stylo - pen

un tableau - chalkboard

le cartable - school bag

♡ The School:

classroom - une salle de classe

library - la bibliothèque

librarian - le/la documentaliste

hall - le hall

staff room - une salle des profs

cloakroom - le vestiaire

toilets - les toilettes

laboratory - un laboratoire

workshop - un atelier

gym - le gymnase

the playground - la cour de récréation 

sports field - le terrain de sports

headmaster - le directeur

headmistress - la directrice

secretary - la secrétaire

dining hall - la cantine

corridor - le couloir

caretaker - le concierge

school yard - la cour

♡ Subjects - Les Matières

English - l'anglais

Mathematics - les mathématiques

Modern Languages - les langues vivantes

French - le français

Spanish - l'espagnol

German - l'allemand

Greek - le grec

Latin - le latin

Physical Science - les sciences physiques

Physics - la physique

Chemistry - la chimie

Biologie - la biologie

Technology - le travail manuel éducatif (TME)

Woodwork - le travail sur bois

Art - le dessin

Computing (IT) - l'informatique

Music - la musique

Geography - la géographie

History - l'histoire

Physical Education (PE) - l'éducation physique et sportive (EPS)

Religious Education (RE) - l'instruction religieuse

♡ School Life

lesson - un cours

pupil - une élève

to spell - épeler 

to learn - apprendre 

to discuss - discuter

essay - la rédaction 

school uniform - l’uniforme 

bell - le sonnerie

homework - les devoirs

timetable - un emploi de temps

to take notes - prendre des notes 

term/semester - un trimestre

detention - le retenue

study period - l'étude

un examen - test

♡ Classroom activities and instructions

lever la main - to put one’s hand up

poser une question - to ask a question

écrivez - write down 

écoutez - listen to 

regardez  - look at 

regardez attentivement - look closely

lisez - read

lisez attentivement - read carefully

…le texte - the text

…l'enregistrement - the recording

…la conversation - the conversation

…la vidéo - the video

…l'écran - the screen

ouvrez - open

…votre cahier -  your workbooks

…votre livre - your (text) books

…le manuel - the textbook

cochez la bonne réponse - tick the right answer

je vais vous donner un devoir - I’m going to give you some homework

c'est pour - it’s for

il faut le rendre - you’ve to hand it in

…demain - tomorrow

…la semaine prochaine - next week

…après les vacances - after the holidays

allez, c'est parti! - come on, let’s start!

faites moins de bruit, s'il vous plaît! - quieten down, please!

taisez-vous! - be quiet!

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mood: getting out of the opera house after watching a beautiful ballet, it’s snowing and christmas bells are finally ringing on the street while you are walking and holding hands with your significant other and your laughters are brighter than the stars above

my favorite, lesser used winter words  ❄

algid (adj.) cold; chilly; freezing; frozen benumbed (v.) deprived of physical or emotional feeling (like your fingers when it’s really cold!) blustery (adj.) characterized by strong winds boreal (adj.) arctic; frigid brumal (adj.) characteristic of winter. crystalline (adj.)  having the structure and form of a crystal (snowflakes) frore (adj.) frosty; frozen gelid (adj.) chilly; brisk halcyon (adj.)  denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful. (originally meant to refer to calm winter weather) hiemal (adj.) pertaining to winter; wintry nippy (adj.) cold           yeah, it just means cold, but it’s cute

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Classic Horror Novels That Are NOT Frankenstein Or Dracula

The Vampyre by John William Polidori

Carmilla by J. Sharidon le Fanu

The Flowers Of Evil by Charles Baudelaire

Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer by Patrick Suskind & translated by John E. Woods

The Strange Case Of Doctor Jekyll & Mister Hyde by John Louis Stevenson

Complete Stories & Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

The Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wild

The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James

The Island Of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

The Hounds Of Baskerville by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan le Fanu

Melmoth The Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin

The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins

*Note these are all novels published BEFORE the 1900s -- I've got a whole other list of those. If you're interested, hmu.

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