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Unit 2: Thinking and learning Flashcards

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Practice and improve your skills or knowledge of something

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Brush up on

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Change your opinion or decision because someone has persuaded you to agree with them

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Come (a)round to

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Think of something such as an idea or plan

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Come up with

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Accept something and try to deal with it

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Face up to

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Be able to understand something or solve a problem

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Figure out

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Suddelny have an idea

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Hit upon

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Discover something by chance

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Hit upon

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See, hear or understand someone or something with difficulty

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Make out

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Think carefully about something over a period of time

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Mull over

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Learn the truth about something by considering all the separate bits of information you have

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Piece together

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Solve a confusing or complicated problem by thinking carefully about it

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Puzzle out

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Get information on a particular subject by reading a lot about it

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Read up on/about

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Study something very hard, especially for an examination

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Swot up on

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Understand and remember something that you hear or read

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Take in

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Accept something as real or true

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Take in

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Trick someone into believing something that is not true

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Take in

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Consider a problem or a decision carefully

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Think over

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Consider the facts aobut something in an organised an thorough way

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Think through

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Invernt or imagine something, especially an excuse

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Think up

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Go to your head

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If success goes to your head, it makes you think that you are better or more important than you really are

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Have your wits about you

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Be able to think quickly and make sensible decisions

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In the dark about

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Not knowing much about something, because other people are keepling it secret from you

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Know what’s what

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Know the important facts about a situation

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Not have a leg to stand on

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Not have any way of proving that you are right about something

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Not see the wood for the trees
Used for saying that someone cannot understand what is important in a situation because they are thinking too much about the small details
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Put two and two together
Guess what is happening or what something means based on what you have seen or heard
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Quick/slow on the uptake
Taking a very short/long time to understand or realise something
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Ring a bell
Something that rings a bell sounds familiar to you, although you cannot remember the exact details
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Round the bend
Crazy
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Split haird
Argue or worry about very small details or differences that are not important
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Take stock of
Spend some time thinking about the situation you are in before you decide what to do next
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to assess
1. to carefully consider a situation, person or problem in order to make a judgement - -> We tried to assess his suitability for the job. 2. to calculate what something costs or is worth - -> Our agent will assess the value of your property.
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to assume
to believe that sth. is true, even though no one has told you or even though you have no proof --> Everyone accepted she was telling the truth, although, in fact, this was a lot to assume.
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to baffle
if a problem, someone's behaviour, etc baffles you, you cannot understand it or solve it --> Detectives remain baffled by these murders.
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biased (adj)
preferring one person, thing or idea to another in a way that is unfair --> it was a biased report.
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to concentrate
to give all your attention to the thing you are doing | --> I was sleeping badly and finding it hard to concentrate
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to consider
1. to think about sth. carefully before making a decision or developing an opinion - -> She paused and considered for a moment 2. to have a particular opinion about sb. or sth. - -> I consider it inevitable that some jobs will be lost.
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to contemplate
1. to consider doing sth. in the future | 2. to think very carefully about sth. for a long time
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cynical (adj)
someone who is cynical believes that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest, or expects things not to be successful or useful
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to deduce
to know sth. as a result of considering the information or evidence that you have --> Finding fossils far inland, he deduced that the area had once been covered by water.
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to deliberate
to think about or discuss sth. very carefully, especially before you make an important decision.
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dilemma (n)
a situation in which you have to make a difficult decision
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to discriminate
1. to treat someone unfairly because of their religion, race or other personal features 2. to recognise the difference between two things
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dubious (adj)
1. not completely good/safe/honest | 2. not sure about the truth or quality of sth., or whether you should do sth.
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1. estimate (n) | 2. to estimate
1. an amount that you guess or calculate using the information available 2. to say what you think an amount or value will be, either by guessing or by using the information available.
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to gather
to believe that sth. is true, although no one has directly told you about it
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to grasp
to understand something
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guesswork (n)
the process of trying to find an answer to sth. by guessing
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hunch (n)
a feeling that sth. is true or will happen, although you do not know any definite facts about it
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ideology (n)
a system of ideas and principles on which a political or economic theory is based
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ingenious (adj)
an ingenious plan, piece of equipment uses new useful and clever ideas
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notion (n)
an idea or understanding if sth.
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paradox (n)
a person, thing or situation that is strange because they have features and qualities that normally do not exist together
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plausible (adj)
likely to be true, honest or suitable
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to ponder
to think carefully about sth for a long time before reaching a decision
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prejudiced (adj)
sb. who is prejudiced has an unreasonable opinion or feeling about sb. or sth., especially hatred or fear of a particular group of people
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query (n) | to query
1. a question you ask to gather information | 2. to ask sth.
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to reckon
to believe that sth. is true
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to reflect (on)
to think about sth. carefully and seriously.
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sceptical (adj)
having doubts about sb. or sth.
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to speculate
to consider or discuss why sth. has happened
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to suppose
to believe sth. is true, based on your experience/knowledge
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conscientious (adj.)
working hard and being careful to do things well
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to cram
to study hard to learn a lot in a short time, especially for an examination
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distance learning (n phr)
a system in which students work from home with help of specific technology
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ignorant (adj)
not knowing sth. that you should know
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inattentive (adj.)
not giving much attention to sb or sth.
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intensive (adj)
involving a lot of teaching or training in a short time
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to plagiarise
to take sb. else's work ideas or words, and use them as if they were your own
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self-study (n)
work sou do without the help of a teacher
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special needs (n phr)
the particular needs of people who are physically or mentally disabled
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tuition (n)
the work that a teacher does when thy teach a particular subject, especially to one person or a small group
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tutorial (n)
a lesson in which a small group of students discuss a subject with a tutor, especially at a university or college

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