high school

high school
noun (in the US) ⇨ See also ↑school
ADJECTIVE
▪ junior, senior
▪ local, private, public
▪ Catholic
VERB + HIGH SCHOOL
▪ enter, start
▪ go to
▪

I went to high school in Ohio.

▪ complete, finish, graduate from
▪ drop out of
▪

He dropped out of high school when he was seventeen.

HIGH-SCHOOL + NOUN
▪ class
▪

Jessica went to Yale after graduating at the top of her high-school class.

▪ freshman, junior, senior, sophomore
▪ grad (AmE, informal), graduate
▪ dropout
▪ buddy (informal), classmate, friend, sweetheart
▪

He married his high-school sweetheart.

▪ dance, graduation, prom
▪ degree, diploma
▪ education
▪ career
▪

During her high-school career in Virginia she won ten state titles.

▪ days, years
▪

Mitsuka was almost at the end of her high-school years.

▪ yearbook
▪ reunion
▪ athlete, cheerleader, coach, player
▪ athletics, ball (AmE), basketball, football, etc.
▪

He played high-school ball at St. Peters.

▪ gym
▪ biology, chemistry, etc.
▪ level
▪

physics classes at the high-school level

PREPOSITION
▪ after high school
▪

What do you plan to do after high school?

▪ during high school
▪

Janine dated many boys during high school.

▪ from high school
▪

an old friend from high school

▪ in high school
▪

I was a senior in high school.

▪

We knew each other back in high school.

▪

I'd known her since my sophomore year in high school.

▪ through high school
▪

She had good grades all the way through high school.

PHRASES
▪ fresh out of high school, right out of high school, straight out of high school
▪

an 18-year-old kid who is fresh out of high school


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