Education

Question 1

staying awake in the night either studying, reading

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

get the hang of something

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

Question 3

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

Answer 3

to pass with flying colours (idiom)

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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)

Answer 5

Cover a lot of ground

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

Question 6

thúc đẩy việc tự học

Answer 6

to encourage independent learning

Question 7

đạt được kết quả học tập cao

Answer 7

to achieve higher academic results

Question 8

nâng cao đầu ra của giáo dục

Answer 8

to improve educational outcomes

Question 9

có được kiến thức sâu sắc

Answer 9

to gain in-depth knowledge

Question 10

bạn khác giới

Answer 10

opposite-sex classmates

Question 11

sự cùng tồn tại và sự bình đẳng giới

Answer 11

Co-exist and gender equality

Question 12

ưu ái A hơn B

Answer 12

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

Question 13

gặp phải cú sốc văn hóa

Answer 13

encounter culture shock

Question 14

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

Answer 14

You might experience feelings of frustration, loneliness and homesickness

Question 15

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

Answer 15

attend single-sex schools.

enter single-gender education

Question 16

vào học trường dành cho 2 giới

Answer 16

to enter mixed-gender education/ mixed-sex education

attend mixed-schools
attend co-ed schools.

Question 17

khóa học đào tạo từ xa

Answer 17

distance learning course

Question 18

giáo dục toàn diện

Answer 18

comprehensive education

Question 19

khóa học hướng nghiệp

Answer 19

vocational course

Question 20

theo đuổi bậc giáo dục đại học

Answer 20

to pursue futher/ tertiary education

Question 21

vùi mình vào bài tập

Answer 21

bury oneself in assignments

Question 22

hoạt động về trí tuệ

Answer 22

Intellectual activities

Question 23

intentionally done or made to be very similar to something else

Answer 23

Copycat (a)

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

-cheap copycat products

Question 24

to think seriously about something (idiom)

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

học hành chăm chỉ (idiom)

Answer 25

hit the book

Question 26

cải thiện kết quả học tập

Answer 26

To improve level of academic performance

Question 27

of the highest level or rank with regard to quality, reputation, or importance

Answer 27

Top-tier (a)
- He is now occupying a top-tier position in the company.
- Havard is a top-tier university.

Question 28

được nhận vào trường hàng đầu

Answer 28

to be admitted to a top-tier school.

Question 29

thấm nhuần giá trị của việc học

Answer 29

instill the value of learning

Question 30

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

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

thăng tiến trong công việc

Answer 31

move up the career ladder

Question 32

làm việc tùy theo sức/ tốc độ của mình

Answer 32

(do something) at my own pace

Question 33

to end an activity or custom officially

Answer 33

Abolish (v)
-The government ought to abolish the tax altogether.

Question 34

more important than anything else

Answer 34

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.