| to educate | education | nursery school; kindergarten |
| primary school | secondary school | comprehensive (school); comprehensive; comprehensive school |
| grammar school | boarding school | subject |
| survey | linguistics | linguist |
| to graduate | graduate | undergraduate; student |
| degree | to enable | boring; dull; tedious |
| to bore | to be bored | to skip |
| mark; grade | to pass | to fail |
| pass; pass mark | fail; fail mark | to crib |
| unless | average | actually |
| kleuterschool | opleiding; onderwijs | opleiden |
| scholengemeenschap | middelbare school | basisschool |
| vak | kostschool | gymnasium |
| taalkundige | taalwetenschap | overzicht |
| student | afgestudeerde | afstuderen |
| saai | in staat stellen | graad |
| overslaan | zich vervelen | vervelen |
| zakken voor | slagen voor | cijfer |
| spieken | onvoldoende | voldoende |
| eigenlijk | gemiddeld | tenzij |