| A | B |
|---|
| un apprentissage | an apprenticeship |
| le baccalauréat (le bac, fam.) | French secondary school program of study; examination required for university admission |
| une bourse | a scholarship |
| le collège | middle school (in France) |
| un concours | a competitive exam |
| un diplôme | a diploma, degree |
| un programme d'études | a program of study |
| un(e) protagoniste | a protagonist, main character |
| la vérité | the truth |
| un voleur | a thief |
| avancé(e) | advanced |
| insupportable | unbearable |
| prestigieux/euse | prestigious |
| bachoter | to cram (for an exam) |
| se spécialiser (en) | to specialize or major (in) |
| suivre (un cours) | to take (a course) |
| l'angoisse (f) | anguish |
| un doctorat | a doctorate |
| une filière | a course of study, a branch of business |
| une grande école | an elite university |
| la licence | diploma awarded after passage of 3rd year university exams |
| la maîtrise | master's degree |
| être en terminale | to be a senior |
| être reçu(e) à un examen | to pass a test |
| faire faillite | to go bankrupt |
| poursuivre | to pursue |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| les cours préparatoires | two-year course of study leading to entrance exam for the grandes écoles |
| un programme d'échanges | an exchange progam |
| Sigles | abbreviations |
| CAP (certificat d'aptitude professionnelle) | basic certificate |
| DEUG (diplôme d'études universitaires générales) | awarded after the completion of two years of university study |
| LEP (lycée d'enseignement professionnel) | vocational high school |
