Les examens

le baccalauréat (le bac)

• the French HSC
• a vocational qualification
• to fail an exam
• a vocational qualification

passer un examen

• to sit an exam
• to specialise in
• to pass an exam
• to repeat (a school year)

réussir à un examen

• to pass an exam
• to be absorbed in ones books; to be studying hard
• to sit an exam
• to repeat (a school year)

échouer à un examen

• to fail an exam
• grades/marks
• painful
• to sit an exam

rater un examen

• to fail an exam
• good grades
• an exam
• to sit an exam

une épreuve

• an exam
• to exhaust oneself
• bad grades
• painful

un examen blanc

• a trial exam
• to pass an exam
• good grades
• to specialise in

une bonne note

• good grades
• to be on cloud nine; to be very happy
• a vocational qualification
• bad grades

une mauvaise note

• bad grades
• an exam
• exam resit
• to be absorbed in ones books; to be studying hard

les notes

• grades/marks
• the final year of high school
• to repeat (a school year)
• the final year of high school