Compiti di Natale - Learning

Question 1

learn something so that you can remember it perfectly

Answer 1

learn something off by heart

Question 2

a bad memory

Answer 2

a memory like a sieve

Question 3

helps me to remember / reminds me

Answer 3

jogs my memory

Question 4

using exactly the same words

Answer 4

word for word

Question 5

learn something to be able to repeat it exactly (even if you do not understand it)

Answer 5

to learn by rote

Question 6

are forgotten immediately

Answer 6

go in one ear and out the other

Question 7

be easily remembered

Answer 7

stick in my mind

Question 8

decided to achieve something

Answer 8

set his sights on

(You can aso say ‘have your sights set on (doing) something’)

Question 9

up to a satisfactory standard or quality

Answer 9

up to scratch

Question 10

going to bed late and getting up early

Answer 10

burning the candle at both ends

Question 11

progressing rapidly

Answer 11

In leaps and bounds

(You can also say
‘by leaps and bounds’)

Question 12

working on and likely to achieve something

Answer 12

on track

Question 13

a lot of work to catch up

Answer 13

a lot of ground to make up

Question 14

all the time

Answer 14

round the clock