Flashcards on Essential English Idioms for Study
Essential English Idioms for Study: Master Academic Phrases
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Phrases and Idioms About Thinking and School
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Card 1
Question: What does 'stick to one thing' (Stick to sun) mean in the context of studying or working?
Answer: Talk or write about one particular thing only.
Card 2
Question: What does 'get stuck on something' mean regarding studying (GCT STUCK ON SDN)?
Answer: Not be able to continue with school/work because it is too hard; be unable to remember the answer to a question.
Card 3
Question: What does 'read through (school)' instruct a student to do?
Answer: Read to check details and look for mistakes; make sense of content with clear, logical meaning.
Card 4
Question: What does 'go from bad to worse' mean?
Answer: Become even worse.
Card 5
Question: What does 'leave school' (sch leave school or college) mean in this content?
Answer: To leave school or college without finishing your studies.
Card 6
Question: How is 'used for talking about ways in which two people or things are different' phrased here?
Answer: Used to discuss differences between two people or things (no fixed idiom provided).
Card 7
Question: What does 'in your element' mean?
Answer: Doing what you are good at and enjoy.
Card 8
Question: What does 'think on your feet' mean?
Answer: Be able to think and react to things very quickly.
Card 9
Question: What does 'be successful in the future' relate to in these notes?
Answer: A goal or hope expressed; the exact phrase isn't given but relates to thinking ahead and planning.
Card 10
Question: What does 'it's early days' mean here?
Answer: It's too soon to know how someone or something will develop.