Education Flashcards

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staying awake in the night either studying, reading

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burn the midnight oil (idiom)

It is very very hard assignment, and I had to burn the midnight oil to get it completed on time.

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to learn how to do something, esp. when it is not simple
or obvious:

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get the hang of something

I got the hang of driving the first time I tried it.

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If you do something such as pass an exam with flying colors, you do it very successfully.

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to pass with flying colours (idiom)

-Now he’s gone back to driving school in an effort to pass with flying colours.

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to return to teaching or paying attention to the most important aspects of a subject or activity

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go/ get back to basics

back to basics (idiom)

-The government promised that its reforms of the education system would focus on getting back to basics.

-The coach was determined to bring their team back to basics and spend more time perfecting their fundamentals in order for them to increase their performance all around. Source: theidioms.com

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to review a large amount of information or discuss many topics

you can use it to refer to when you have discussed a great deal of topics

(xem xet, de cap nhieu tai lieu/ thong tin)

A

Cover a lot of ground

-We’ve covered a lot of ground at this morning’s meeting, finding solutions for all of our issues.

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6
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thúc đẩy việc tự học

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to encourage independent learning

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đạt được kết quả học tập cao

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to achieve higher academic results

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nâng cao đầu ra của giáo dục

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to improve educational outcomes

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có được kiến thức sâu sắc

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to gain in-depth knowledge

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10
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bạn khác giới

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opposite-sex classmates

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11
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sự cùng tồn tại và sự bình đẳng giới

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Co-exist and gender equality

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12
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ưu ái A hơn B

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favour A over B
Recruiters tend to favour candidates graduating from an international
university over those who don’t have any international qualification

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13
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gặp phải cú sốc văn hóa

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encounter culture shock

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14
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Bạn có thể cảm thấy thất vọng, cô đơn và nhớ nhà

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You might experience feelings of frustration, loneliness and homesickness

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15
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tham gia trường dành cho 1 giới tính (nam hoặc nữ)

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attend single-sex schools.

enter single-gender education

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16
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vào học trường dành cho 2 giới

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to enter mixed-gender education/ mixed-sex education

attend mixed-schools
attend co-ed schools.

17
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khóa học đào tạo từ xa

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distance learning course

18
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giáo dục toàn diện

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comprehensive education

19
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khóa học hướng nghiệp

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vocational course

20
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theo đuổi bậc giáo dục đại học

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to pursue futher/ tertiary education

21
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vùi mình vào bài tập

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bury oneself in assignments

22
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hoạt động về trí tuệ

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Intellectual activities

23
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intentionally done or made to be very similar to something else

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Copycat (a)

-At the market you can buy copycat designer handbags and perfumes.

-cheap copycat products

24
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to think seriously about something (idiom)

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To put your thinking cap on

-I need some interesting suggestions so if you can put your thinking cap on I’d be grateful.

-I don’t have much time so I need to put my thinking cap on.

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học hành chăm chỉ (idiom)
hit the book
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cải thiện kết quả học tập
To improve level of academic performance
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of the highest level or rank with regard to quality, reputation, or importance
Top-tier (a) - He is now occupying a top-tier position in the company. - Havard is a top-tier university.
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được nhận vào trường hàng đầu
to be admitted to a top-tier school.
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thấm nhuần giá trị của việc học
instill the value of learning
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to put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone's mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way that person thinks or behaves
Instill (v) - It is part of a teacher's job to instill confidence in/into his or her students. -My parents instilled in me a love of reading.
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thăng tiến trong công việc
move up the career ladder
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làm việc tùy theo sức/ tốc độ của mình
(do something) at my own pace
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to end an activity or custom officially
Abolish (v) -The government ought to abolish the tax altogether.
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more important than anything else
Paramount (a) -Balanced diet is paramount to healthy lifestyle - In our work, quality is paramount. - The welfare of the child must always be the court's paramount consideration. - Understanding how to teach the mainstreamed special learner is of paramount concern to the teacher who must do it.