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- noun Plural form of
pupil .
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· To encourage school management, parents, teachers, and pupils to practice and consolidate pupils developing skills in reading, writing, and drawing;
79. Community-run preschool centres in low-income areas 1992
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And so the kids are very – well, I mean, the relationship between the teachers and the pupils is a kind of anarchic one, which is exactly what I remember.
Exclusive /Film Interview: Mike Newell, Director of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | /Film 2010
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Formed in the 1920s, the choir was drawn from elementary school pupils from the city and famously made a 78rpm record of Purcell's Nymphs and Shepherds at the Free Trade Hall with the Hallé under Sir Hamilton Harty.
Manchester international festival lines up play on life of Marina Abramovic Charlotte Higgins 2010
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And the trend continues throughout school, with pupils from the poorest families half as likely to get good GCSE results and twice as likely to be permanently excluded.
Britain's divided schools: a disturbing portrait of inequality Anushka Asthana 2010
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In an age when imperial warriors were better educated, if not better intentioned, than they are today, a Victorian warrior made a pun at which all future generations of Latin pupils were obliged to affect mild amusement.
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Petite said, “Disclaimer: the enlarged state of my pupils is not solely due to the excitement of receiving the proof copy, I also visited the optician this morning for an eye exam.”
proof 2007
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Then the wife of the dead man, also one of Omar Yussefs former pupils, is murdered, possibly raped.
The best recent books: Everyman, Extraordinary Events (Thrillers) 2007
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What many of them achieve with their pupils is nothing short of miraculous.
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Keeping track of pupils is a task for people, not machines (editorial)
Keeping track of pupils is a task for people, not machines (editorial) 2005
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Keeping track of pupils is a task for people, not machines - Charles 'George Orwell Links
Keeping track of pupils is a task for people, not machines (editorial) 2005
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