cheat sheet - a secret piece of paper with information written on it that will help a student do well on a test

Michelle is selling cheat sheets to the other students for the chemistry exam. If the teacher finds out, she'll be in a lot of trouble.

to get away with (something) - to be able to do something bad without getting in trouble

She got away with having a big party last weekend, but only because she cleaned the house really well before her parents came home.

to flunk - to fail a class; to not pass a class; to receive a failing grade

Fyodor flunked his biology class because he received only 20 points on the final exam.

risk - the possibility of something bad happening

There's always a risk of death with any surgery, even if it's a very common surgery.

to suspend (someone) - not to allow someone go to classes or work for a period of time as punishment for something that he or she did

When Fernando hit Sun-Yee at school, he was suspended for a week.

to expel (someone) - to not allow someone go to classes or work ever again as punishment for something that he or she did

The principal told us that we could be expelled for bringing a gun to school.

final grade - a letter of A (the best), B, C, D, or F (the worst) that shows how well one did in a course

I got a D on the first assignment, but if I do well on the rest of the assignments and exams, I can still get a good final grade.

on the line - at risk; in danger

Johanna's job is on the line if she doesn't make at least $100,000 in sales this month.

an automatic F - a failing grade received as punishment for something that one did

In Mr. Haftl's class, students get an automatic F if they don't give him their assignments on the day that he asks for them.

to steal - to secretly take something that is not one's own

When Peter was a little boy, he once stole money from his mother's purse to buy candy.

to plagiarize - to copy another person's writing and say that it is one's own

If you want to use someone else's words in your essay, you have to put them in quotation marks (" "). Otherwise, you're plagiarizing.

there's no telling - a phrase meaning, "nobody knows," or "it's impossible to know"

There's no telling what her parents will do when they find out that she didn't go to school today.

to find out - to discover; to become aware of something; to learn something

How did you find out that this employee was lying about her experience?

to copy off (one's) test - to secretly write down the answers that another student has written on his or her own test

Why do you let Jeannette copy off your test?

to keep a close eye on (someone) - to watch someone carefully, especially to see if they are doing something wrong or if they are in danger

Please keep a close eye on Wes. He hasn't been feeling well today, and if he gets worse, I want you to take him to the doctor.

to get caught - to have someone else discover that one is doing something bad

Ellery and his friends got caught smoking behind the school.

summer school - classes during the summer months (June, July, and August) when most other students are on vacation

Celina has to go to summer school because she didn't do very well in her French class last year.

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