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Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't able to help someone who asked me what a special kind of crib is called in English. The person was asking about a method of cheating which is based on knowing the questions, or at least a few of them, before the exam and therefore preparing a sheet with answers beforehand. It just takes copying later on or submitting it while pretending to be writing something during the exam. In my native tongue there is a special name for it which may be translated as 'ready made'. What would the English equivalent be?
Thank you for your help
Marta
Thank you for your help
Marta
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Marta wrote on 22 Apr 2004: [nq:1]Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't able to help someone who asked me what a special ... there is a special name for it which may be translated as 'ready made'. [/nq] For shame!
- Marta wrote on 22 Apr 2004: [nq:1]Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't able to help someone who asked me what a special ...
- there is a special name for it which may be translated as 'ready made'.
- [/nq] For shame!
- Native anglophones don't cheat on exams, so we don't a have a word for such a thing, unless it's "The thing which does not happen".
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Marta wrote on 22 Apr 2004:
[nq:1]Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't able to help someone who asked me what a special ... there is a special name for it which may be translated as 'ready made'. What would the English equivalent be?[/nq]
For shame! Native anglophones don't cheat on exams, so we don't a have a word for such a thing, unless it's "The thing which does not ha
[nq:1]Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't able to help someone who asked me what a special ... there is a special name for it which may be translated as 'ready made'. What would the English equivalent be?[/nq]
For shame! Native anglophones don't cheat on exams, so we don't a have a word for such a thing, unless it's "The thing which does not ha
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[nq:1]Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't able to help someone who asked me what a special ... there is a special name for it which may be translated as 'ready made'. What would the English equivalent be?[/nq]
I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."
Best Donna Richoux
I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."
Best Donna Richoux
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[nq:2]Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't ... translated as 'ready made'. What would the English equivalent be?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."[/nq]
UK: "crib sheet".
Ross Howard
[nq:1]I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."[/nq]
UK: "crib sheet".
Ross Howard
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[nq:2]Myself not being a native speaker of English I wasn't ... translated as 'ready made'. What would the English equivalent be?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."[/nq]
I dunno. A cheat sheet is something the test taker takes into the test that contains notes that can be referred to during the test.
Marta is seemingly referring to a sheet of pa
[nq:1]I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."[/nq]
I dunno. A cheat sheet is something the test taker takes into the test that contains notes that can be referred to during the test.
Marta is seemingly referring to a sheet of pa
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[nq:2]I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."[/nq]
[nq:1]I dunno. A cheat sheet is something the test taker takes into the test that contains notes that can be ... like one blue book. The cheat blue book was slipped back in the blouse at the end of the test.[/nq]
I've always liked the story about the student who hands in a blue book which reads:
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A week
[nq:1]I dunno. A cheat sheet is something the test taker takes into the test that contains notes that can be ... like one blue book. The cheat blue book was slipped back in the blouse at the end of the test.[/nq]
I've always liked the story about the student who hands in a blue book which reads:
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A week
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I've always liked the story about the student who hands in a blue book which reads: It was also covered on a TV show about urban legends. As I recall, it was said to be apocryphal. In that version, the professor insists that the mother send the blue book directly to him instead of to the son, but the student has previously sent his mother a book he prepared after
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"Marta" asks about:
Donna Richoux:
[nq:2]I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."[/nq]
[nq:1]I dunno. A cheat sheet is something the test taker takes into the test that contains notes that can be referred to (legitimately) during the test.[/nq]
Well, of course it has that meaning too but that's a joke, based on the other meaning already existing. Donna's rig
Donna Richoux:
[nq:2]I suspect students in the US would call it a "cheat sheet."[/nq]
[nq:1]I dunno. A cheat sheet is something the test taker takes into the test that contains notes that can be referred to (legitimately) during the test.[/nq]
Well, of course it has that meaning too but that's a joke, based on the other meaning already existing. Donna's rig
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Ray Heindl typed thus:
[nq:1]Another good blue-book story: A student arrives late for an exam, so he's unable to finish in time, but keeps ... "Good!" and stuffs his blue book into the middle of the stack sitting on the desk. Also on Snopes: [/nq]
OK, I give in. What's a "blue book"?
David
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[nq:1]Another good blue-book story: A student arrives late for an exam, so he's unable to finish in time, but keeps ... "Good!" and stuffs his blue book into the middle of the stack sitting on the desk. Also on Snopes: [/nq]
OK, I give in. What's a "blue book"?
David
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Ray Heindl:
[nq:2]Another good blue-book story: A student arrives late for an ... professor calls for the blue books to be handed in...[/nq]
"David":
[nq:1]OK, I give in. What's a "blue book"?[/nq]
A booklet of blank stationery, handed out at the exam for the purpose of writing the answers in it. If loose pages were used, they might get lost (or a student might claim they had been)
[nq:2]Another good blue-book story: A student arrives late for an ... professor calls for the blue books to be handed in...[/nq]
"David":
[nq:1]OK, I give in. What's a "blue book"?[/nq]
A booklet of blank stationery, handed out at the exam for the purpose of writing the answers in it. If loose pages were used, they might get lost (or a student might claim they had been)
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[nq:1]Ray Heindl typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Another good blue-book story: A student arrives late for an ... the stack sitting on the desk. Also on Snopes: [/nq]
[nq:1]OK, I give in. What's a "blue book"?[/nq]
A blank notebook, only a few pages long, handed out for final exams, essay tests, that sort of thing. You put the answers in them and hand them in. Here's a picture:
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