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1 play truant
يَتَغَيَّب عن المَدْرَسَه بِغَيْر إذْنHe was always playing truant (from school).
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2 schwänzen
vt/i umg.: ( die Schule) schwänzen play truant (Am. hookey), Brit. auch skive, bunk off; eine Stunde schwänzen skip a lesson (Am. class); wegen dauernden Schwänzens bestrafen / von der Schule fliegen punish for constant truancy / be kicked out of the school for constant truancy* * *to play truant* * *schwạ̈n|zen ['ʃvɛntsn] (inf)1. vtStunde, Vorlesung to skip (inf), to cut (inf); Schule to play truant (esp Brit) or hooky (esp US inf) from, to skive off (Brit inf)2. vito play truant (esp Brit), to play hooky (esp US inf to skive (Brit inf)* * *1) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) cut2) (to be a truant and stay away from school etc: He was always playing truant (from school).) play truant* * *schwän·zen[ˈʃvɛntsn̩]die Schule \schwänzen to skive off [from] [or cut] school, to play truant, to play hook[e]y AM* * *[die Schule] schwänzen — play truant or (Amer.) hookey
den Dienst schwänzen — skive [off] (Brit. coll.)
* * *schwänzen v/t & v/i umg:eine Stunde schwänzen skip a lesson (US class);wegen dauernden Schwänzens bestrafen/von der Schule fliegen punish for constant truancy/be kicked out of the school for constant truancy* * *[die Schule] schwänzen — play truant or (Amer.) hookey
den Dienst schwänzen — skive [off] (Brit. coll.)
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3 hacer novillos
v.to play hooky, to bunk off, to play truant, to bunk off school.* * *familiar to play truant, skip school, US play hooky* * *[gen]to stay away, not turn up, skive off*; (Escol)to play truant, play hooky(EEUU)*, skive off** * *(v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + schoolEx. She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.Ex. Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.Ex. Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.Ex. Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).Ex. He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.Ex. Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.* * *(v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + schoolEx: She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.
Ex: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.Ex: Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.Ex: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).Ex: He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.Ex: Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.
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