Study - school Flashcards

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to learn something by heart
I quickly learned my library card number by heart.

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you can say it from memory

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a mature student - noun
[мечур]

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a student who is older than average and who has usually returned to education after a period at work

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masters degree - noun

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a period of study which often follows the completion of a bachelors degree or is undertaken by someone regarded as capable of a higher-level academic course

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to meet a deadline
We need to work quickly… in order to meet the deadlines.

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to finish a job or task in the time allowed or agreed

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to play truant
[труэнт]
He often played truant and he usually wrote his own absence notes

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stay away from school without leave or explanation.

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a single-sex school - noun

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a school where only boys or girls attend (as opposed to a mixed-sex school)

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to sit an exam

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to take an exam

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subject specialist - noun

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a teacher who has a great deal of knowledge about the subject they teach.

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tuition fees
[тюишен]
Students have to borrow £9,000 a year to pay their tuition fees.

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the money paid for a course of study

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do the course
I did (completed) a math course last year.

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to do the work required to study and complete a course

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sail through (something)
Rachel sailed through her finals and got A’s in everything.

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to succeed very easily in something, especially a test

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count towards something
The work that the students do during the year will count towards their final grade.

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to be part of what is needed to complete or achieve something

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cream something/someone off
[крим]
They had a plan to cream off the brightest kids and put them in separate schools.

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to remove the best part of something or the best people in a group and use them for your own advantage

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pore over something
[пуар]
She spends her evenings poring over textbooks.

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to look at and study something, usually a book or document, carefully

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bury yourself in something
[бери]
Since her marriage ended, she has buried herself in her work.

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to give all your attention to something

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