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| acting school n | (drama school, stage school) | școală de teatru s.f. |
| after school adv | (when school day is over) | după ore expr. |
| Notă: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| | The teacher made Kyle stay after school to finish his homework. |
| after school adj | (extra-curricular) | în afara orelor de curs expr. |
| | | extracurricular adj. |
| | Drama's a popular after-school activity at my school. |
| art school n | (school: teaches art) | școală de artă s.f. |
| | He wants to study illustration, so he will attend art school in the fall. |
| at school adv | (attending classes) | la școală adv. |
| | Sara isn't home right now; she's at school. |
| at school adv | US (at university) | la școală adv. |
| | My son is at school in New York, studying for a business degree. |
| at school adj | UK (of school age) | de vârstă școlară adj. |
| | Gareth has two children at school and a toddler. |
| attend school v expr | (go to classes) | a merge la școală loc.vb. |
| | We attend school from Monday through Friday. |
| boarding school n | (school: residential) | pension s.n. |
| | (școală) | internat s.n. |
| | Paul misbehaved so badly that his parents sent him to a boarding school. |
| business school n | (teaches business, management) | scoală de afaceri |
| | Julia is studying for a master's degree in marketing at a business school. |
| charm school n | (teaches etiquette) | școală de bune maniere s.f. |
| charter school n | US (publicly funded autonomous school) | școală finanțată de stat s.f. |
| | Many charter schools have a better curriculum than public schools. |
coeducational school,
co-educational school,
also UK: mixed school,
mixed-sex school n | mainly US (school for both sexes) | școală mixtă s.f. |
| | | învățământ mixt s.n. |
| comprehensive school n | UK (non-selective secondary school) (integrativă, polivalentă) | școală gimnazială s.f. |
| correspondence school n | (distance-learning school) | școală prin corespondență s.f. |
| | Correspondence schools may be the only choice for people living in rural areas. |
| elementary school n | US (primary school) | școală elementară s.f. |
| | | școală primară s.f. |
| | Children usually start elementary school at five or six years old. |
| | My wife taught elementary school. |
| engineering school n | (institution: trains engineers) | școală de ingineri s.f. |
| failing school n | (underperforming school) | școală fără randament s.f. |
| | Inspectors judged it to be a failing school. |
| go to school v expr | (attend classes) | a merge la școală expr.vb. |
| | Children start going to school at age 5. |
| grad school n | abbreviation, US (school of postgraduate studies) | studii de masterat și doctorat s.f.pl. |
| | You'd better go to grad school if you want to be hired here. |
| grade school n | US (kindergarten through 6th) | grădiniță s.f. |
| | Karen starts grade school next year. |
| graduate school n | US (institution for postgraduate studies) | universitate s.f. |
| | What do you intend to do after having finished graduate school? |
| grammar school n | UK (secondary school) | școală teoretică s.f. |
| Notă: Școală teoretică specifică învățământului britanic, pentru elevi cu vârste între 11 și 18 ani. |
| | I attended the grammar school for seven years before going on to university. |
| grammar school n | US (elementary school) | școală teoretică s.f. |
| | She learned to play the trumpet while she was still in grammar school. |
| high school n | US (education: grades 9 or 10 to 12) (colegiu, școală secundară) | liceu s.n. |
| | The high school has a new French teacher. |
| | Liceul are un nou profesor de limba franceză. |
highschool,
high-school n as adj | US (of school for grades 9 or 10 to 12) | a liceului loc.adj. |
| | The local high school football team beat the visitors. |
| high school graduate n | US ([sb]: passed secondary-school) | absolvent de liceu s.m. |
| | Very few high school graduates are able to speak a foreign language. |
| high-school diploma n | US (school-leaving qualification) | diplomă de bacalaureat s.f. |
| | Many jobs require at least a high school diploma. |
high-school student,
also UK,
regional: high-school pupil n | (pupil: at secondary school) | licean, liceană s.m., s.f. |
| | I started studying Spanish (and dating girls) when I was a high-school student. |
| home-school [sb]⇒ vtr | (teach at home) | a educa acasă, a școli acasă vb.tranz. |
| | Private schools were expensive and public ones were dangerous so she decided to home-school her children. |
| junior high school n | US (lower secondary) | colegiu s.n. |
| | Karen is in her third year at junior high school. |
| law school n | (university where law degrees are taught) | facultate de drept s.f. |
| | He graduated from law school with full honours. |
| medical school n | (for a medical degree) | facultate de medicină s.f. |
| | I want to be a doctor so I will have to spend many years at medical school. |
| middle school n | US (junior high) | ciclu secundar s.n. |
| | | gimnaziu s.n. |
| | Parental support plays a vital role in helping preteens and teens succeed in middle school. |
| middle school n | UK (school for ages 9-13) | gimnaziu s.n. |
| | My 11-year-old son is at middle school. |
military academy,
military school n | (for military training) | academie militară s.f. |
| | West Point is a highly-respected military academy. |
| music school n | (college where music is studied) | școală de muzică s.f. |
| naval school n | (training institution for the navy) | școală navală / de marină s.f. |
night school,
evening school n | (adult evening classes) | cursuri serale s.n.pl. |
| | I am learning Russian at night school every Thursday evening. |
| nursery school n | (pre-school) | grădiniță s.f. |
| | My 3-year-old daughter goes to nursery school as I have to go to work. |
| the old school n | figurative (tradition) | școală veche s.f. |
| | | tradiție s.f. |
| Notă: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | Davies belongs to the old school of sports commentators. |
old school,
old-school adj | figurative (traditionalist) | învechit, demodat adj. |
| | He teaches the old-school method of boxing. |
| prep school n | UK, informal, abbreviation (preparatory: primary school) | școală preparatorie s.f. |
| | | școală privată s.f. |
| | He went to an expensive prep school. |
| prep school n | US, abbreviation (preparatory: secondary school) | școală preparatorie, școală pregătitoare s.f. |
| | | școală privată s.f. |
| | Most of the prep schools in New England offer on-campus living accommodations to the students. |
| preparatory school n | UK (private primary school) | școală primară privată, școală elementară privată s.f. |
| | The preparatory school offers education to approximately 150 boys. |
| preparatory school n | US (private secondary school) | gimnaziu privat s.n. |
| | | școală gimnazială privată s.f. |
| | This private boarding school is among the most selective preparatory schools in the U.S. |
preschool,
pre-school n | (nursery school) | grădiniță s.f. |
| | The children started preschool at age 3. |
preschool,
pre-school n as adj | (of a preschool) | preșcolar adj. |
| | Several of the preschool teachers had no qualifications. |
preschool,
pre-school n as adj | (of early childhood) | preșcolar adj. |
| | What educational activities work with preschool kids? |
preschool child,
pre-school child n | (child under 5) | preșcolar s.m. |
| | Pre-school children must be accompanied by both parents. |
| primary school n | UK (junior, elementary school) | școală primară s.f. |
| | There's a very good primary school in the area we're moving to. |
| private school n | (privately-run school) | școală privată s.f. |
| | | școală particulară s.f. |
| | Did you attend public or private school? |
| public school n | UK (private secondary school) | școală publică s.f. |
| | Eton is the most famous public school in the world. |
| public school n | US (publicly-funded school) | școală publică s.f. |
| | Their children attend the public school in their neighborhood. |
| reform school n | (correctional facility for young offenders) | școală de corecție s.f. |
| | The young pickpocket was sent to a reform school. |
| riding school n | (place where horse-riding is taught) | școală de echitație s.f. |
| | The girl attended a riding school, where she had weekly lessons. |
| school bag n | (bag carried by school pupil) | ghiozdan s.n. |
| school bell n | (signal: start or end of class) | clopoțel s.m. |
| | When the 8:00 school bell rings, students should be seated at their desks. |
| school board n | (education committee) | comitet pedagogic s.n. |
| | The school board met to decide the district's budget for new classrooms. |
| school bus n | (vehicle transporting schoolchildren) | autobuz de școală s.n. |
| | School buses are usually painted yellow in the U.S. |
school child,
schoolchild n | (pupil) | școlar s.m. |
| | Three school children said they saw your dog running around the playground. |
| school day n | (daily hours when school takes place) | zi de școală s.f. |
| | The school day begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:15 p.m. |
| school day n | (day on which school takes place) | zi de școală s.f. |
| | I can go to the movies on the weekends and holidays but not on school days. |
| school desk n | (table in a classroom) (în sala de clasă) | bancă s.f. |
| school district n | (official region of school) | district școlar s.n. |
| school kid n | informal (child of school age) | copil de școală s.n. |
| | When I was a school kid I had to walk miles to school. |
| school life n | (time spent at school) | școlarizare s.f. |
| school locker n | (secure compartment for pupils' belongings) | dulap pe holul școlii s.n. |
| | She put her purse in her school locker every day to keep it safe. |
| school nurse n | (medical attendant at a school) | asistenta cabinetului medical al unei școli s.f. |
| | The school nurse will send the child home if his symptoms are serious. |
| school of architecture n | (educational establishment) | școală de arhitectură s.f. |
| school of art n | (college where art is studied) | școală de arte s.f. |
| | Admission is highly competitive at many schools of art. |
| school of continuing education n | (further education college) | studii continue s.n.pl. |
| | Many adults turn to schools of continuing education to learn new skills. |
| school of continuing education n | (adult education college) | continuare de studii s.f. |
| school of design n | (college where design is studied) | școală de design s.f. |
| | Clark got a job in the fashion field after he graduated from the school of design. |
| school of education n | US (teaching college) | colegiu pedagogic s.n. |
| | If you want to be a teacher you'll need to go to a school of education. |
| | A school of education can prepare you for a teaching job. |
| school of fine arts n | (college of visual arts) | școală de arte frumoase s.f. |
| school of fish n | (fish swimming in a group) | banc de pești |
| | A school of fish swam through the coral. |
| school of thought n | (collective view) (curent) | școală s.f. |
| | Markham and Fishburn belong to very different schools of thought. |
| school philosophy n | (ethos of an educational institution) | politica unei școli s.f. |
| | All school philosophies are more or less the same: work hard and be successful. |
| school playground n | (school's outdoor recreation area) | curtea școlii s.f. |
| | During the break all the pupils were talking together on the school playground. |
| school ranking n | (school's position in performance table) | punctajul unei școli s.f. |
| | British parents are obsessed with school rankings these days. |
| school register n | (list of pupils' names) (școală) | catalog s.n. |
| | Every morning the teachers call all the names in the school register to check if the students are present. |
| school report n | (written assessment of school pupil) | raport de evaluare școlară s.n. |
| | The school report said that Andy was a hard-working student. |
| school supervisor n | US (head teacher) | diriginte s.m. |
| | The school supervisor was in charge of all the other teachers. |
| school supplies npl | (equipment used at school) | rechizite școlare s.f.pl. |
| | In August our mother would take us shopping for school supplies. |
| school tax n | US (tax used to fund education) | taxe școlare s.f.pl. |
| | A school tax is often assessed to property owners. |
| school trip n | (educational outing) | excursie s.f. |
| | I'll never forget visiting the United Nations during our school trip to New York. |
| school uniform n | (standard outfit worn by pupils) | uniformă școlară s.f. |
| | I have to wear a school uniform every day when I go to school. |
school vacation (US),
school holiday (UK) n | (spring break, etc.) (școlară) | vacanță s.f. |
| Notă: British English also uses "school holidays" in the plural. |
| | Most kids love school vacation because they get to stay up late and watch TV. |
school work,
schoolwork n | (studies done at or for school) (pentru școală) | temă s.f. |
| school year n | (academic year: autumn to summer) | an școlar s.m. |
| | The 2009-10 school year began on August 25th. |
schoolbag,
also UK: school bag n | (schoolchild's satchel) | ghiozdan s.n. |
| | | rucsac s.m. |
| | Bobby put his pencil case and his books in his schoolbag. |
| schoolboy n | (male pupil) | școlar s.m. |
| | | elev s.m. |
| | Although a grown man, he often giggled like a school boy. |
| secondary school n | (junior, senior high) | școală secundară s.f. |
| | Jimmy starts secondary school tomorrow. |
| senior high school n | US (secondary, upper) | liceu s.n. |
| | Those kids must go to senior high school - they look too old to be in junior high. |
| state school n | UK (government-funded school) | școală de stat s.f. |
| | Though Kate's parents were both privately educated, they sent her to the local state school. |
| Sunday school n | (religious class for children) | școală duminicală s.f. |
| | The children read Bible stories together in Sunday school. |
| technical school n | (college of further and vocational education) | școală tehnică s.f. |
| | He's going to technical school to learn to become an electrician. |
| trade school | (education) | școală de arte și meserii s.f. |
| | | școală profesională s.f. |
| vocational school n | (college that prepares and qualifies for a career) | școală de meserii s.f. |
| | Some people enrol in vocational schools to learn various trades. |