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self contained

English translation: constituting a complete and independant unit

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English term or phrase:self contained
Selected answer:constituting a complete and independant unit
Entered by: Lubain Masum

16:46 Aug 15, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: self contained
Student/staff ratio in a 'self contained' setting (12 students : 1 teacher : 1 adult support staff)
Lubain Masum
United States
Local time: 16:10
constituting a complete and independant unit
Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com self-contained

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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 22:10
Grading comment
Thank you.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +7constituting a complete and independant unit
Anna Maria Augustine (X)


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
constituting a complete and independant unit


Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com self-contained

Encyclopedia

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 22:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yavor Dimitrov
1 hr
agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: independent?! Could you give detail as to what this means in relation to student/staff ratio?
1 hr
agree  conejo: I agree... it almost sounds like this group of teachers and students are off by themselves in a separate building or room, and they operate independently (of the rest of the school, etc).
1 hr
agree  Caryl Swift: http://tinyurl.com/o649o http://tinyurl.com/qgns6 http://tinyurl.com/ob4q2
2 hrs
agree  Uma Hariharan
11 hrs
agree  anastasia t (X)
23 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 1 hr
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