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Meaning of skola | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1 Frequent

Definitions

  1. school (institution of learning, usually of lower or intermediate level; also a special or specific institution of learning; also the building where such an institution is housed)
    declension-4, feminine
  2. locative singular of skola
    feminine, form-of, locative, singular
  3. education; the work of studying at school
    declension-4, feminine, figuratively
  4. experience, learning
    declension-4, feminine, figuratively
  5. school, school of thought (a set of theories, a teaching associated with a certain person, a certain movement or its followers)
    declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

English school

Examples

“vispārizglītojošā skola”

comprehensive school

“profesionālā, speciālā skola”

professional, special school

“valsts, privātās skolas”

public, private schools

“lauku, pilsētu skolas”

rural, urban schools

“zēnu, meiteņu skola”

boys', girls' school

“kopmācības skola”

co-educational school

“baleta, mūzikas, sporta skola”

ballet, music, sports school

“lauksaimniecības skola”

agricultural school

“skolu tīkls”

school network

“skolu jaunatne”

school youth

“skolas audzēknis”

school student

“skolas bērns, puika”

schoolboy

“skolas biedrs”

schoolmate

“skolas direktors, ārsts”

school director, doctor

“skolas bibliotēka”

school library

“skolas mēbeles”

school furniture

“skolas sols, tāfele”

school bench, board

“skolas grāmatas, burtnīcas”

school books, notebooks

“skolas soma”

school bag

“skolas forma”

school uniform

“skolas laiks, gadi”

school time, years

“iestāties skolā”

to enroll in a school

“mācīties skolā”

to study at a school

“sūtīt skolā”

to send to school

“apmeklēt skolā”

to visit the school

“pamest skolu”

to leave school

“izslēgt no skolas”

to expel from school

“kad iesi skolā, varbūt skolotājs paskaidros”

when you go to school, maybe the teacher will explain it

“skola sākās 1. septembrī”

school will start on September 1st

“Taisnību sakot, mazliet vairāk skolas viņam nebūtu nācis par ļaunu”

to tell the truth, a little bit more school would not have been bad for him

“dzīves skola”

the school of life

“neveiksme viņam būs laba skola”

failure will be a good school for him

“aršanas sacensības galvenokārt ir pieredzes, darba metožu, jaunāko atziņu skola”

plowing competitions are mostly a school of (= place, occasion for learning) experience, work methods, and recent findings

“Platona filozofijas skola”

Plato's school of philosophy

“Paula Strādina skola medicīna”

Pauls Stradins' school of medicine

“beļģu skola glezniecībā”

the Belgian school of painting

“krievu skola baletā”

the Russian school of ballet

“Pavlovs izveidoja 20. gadsimta fiziologu lielāko skolu: viņa tiešo līdzstrādnieku un disertantu pulks vien aptvēis 250 cilvēku”

Pavlov created the largest school of 20th-century physiology: his group of direct collaborators and students comprised 250 people

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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