پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی hit the books - to begin to study hard After relaxing all weekend I hit the books on Sunday evening. honor roll - a list of people or students with exceptional achievements My neighbor was on the honor roll during his last year in high school. in pen - written or signed with a pen The teacher asked the students to make sure that they wrote the essay in pen. in pencil - written or signed with a pencil I wrote the test in pencil so that I could change my answers easily. Ivy League - a small group of older and famous eastern United States colleges and universities such as Harvard and Yale and Princeton Several of the company executives went to an Ivy League school. know one's ABCs - to know the alphabet or the most basic things about something The students worked hard and everyone knew their ABCs very well. learn (something) by heart - to memorize something so that you can repeat it without thinking The children learned all of the songs by heart for the school play. learn (something) by rote - to learn or memorize something without thinking about it We learned many verbs by rote in the foreign language class.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی make the grade - to be satisfactory and of an expected level My final assignment did not make the grade and I had to do it again. meet the requirements for/of (something) - to fulfill the requirements for/of something The young woman was unable to meet the requirements to enter medical school. off campus - at a different location than the grounds of a college or university Many of the students liked to go to a restaurant off campus. old boy network - the situation where people (usually men) who went to the same school help each other get good jobs It was necessary to be part of an old boy network to get a job at the law firm.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی on campus - located on the grounds of a college or university There was a bank on campus which many of the students used. pass with flying colors - to pass something easily and with a high score I was able to pass the science test with flying colors. play hooky - to not go to school when you should The boys played hooky and went to the video game center for the afternoon. publish or perish - university professors often have to publish books or articles in journals or they will not be successful in their jobs at the university The university professor wrote many scientific papers. He was forced to publish or perish. put one's thinking cap on - to start thinking in a serious manner The boy put on his thinking cap and tried to think of a new name for the school newspaper.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی read out loud - to read something so that other people can hear you The students each had a chance to read out loud from the book of poems. read to oneself - to read without saying anything so that other people cannot hear you I spent the morning in the library reading to myself. read through something - to read all of something I read through the test briefly before I started to answer the questions. school of hard knocks - the ordinary experience of learning from work and daily life The girl left school early and began to learn about life in the school of hard knocks. school of thought - a particular way or philosophy of thinking about something There are many schools of thought about how to learn a foreign language. show-and-tell - in the lower grades of elementary school children bring something interesting to show to the rest of the class The little girl brought in a turtle shell to show-and-tell at school.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی show of hands - a raising of hands in a classroom or other group to vote or see what people think about something After a show of hands the class voted to go on a field trip next week. single file - a line with one person standing behind another person The students lined up single file before they entered the auditorium. take attendance - to record the names of persons who are attending school or something similar After our teacher took attendance we began to do our math lesson. take the roll - to call the names of students in an attendance book and expect them to answer if they are there The teacher took the roll and then we started the lesson. teach one's grandmother to suck eggs - to try to tell or teach something to someone who knows more than you do about it Teaching some of the students how to use a computer is like teaching my grandmother to suck eggs. Most of them know more than I do. teach someone a lesson - to do something to someone in order to pu him or her for their bad behavior My friend is always late so I taught her a lesson and left our meeting place before she had arrived.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی teacher's pet - the teacher's favorite student My sister was always the teacher's pet at her school. three R's - the three basic skills for a basic education (reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic) My father studied in a small country school where they studied the three R's. town-and-gown - the relations (often bad) between a town and the university and university students who are located in that town There were some town-and-gown conflicts when the graduation parties began in the small town. university of life - the daily life and work where you learn more than from going to university My grandfather began to work on the family farm when he was fourteen and learned everything from the university of life. work one's way through college - to work at a job to help pay for your college or university expenses My brother worked his way through college at the local supermarket.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی Love & Relationships ask for someone's hand in marriage - to ask someone to marry you After dating his girlfriend for several years the man finally asked for her hand in marriage. attracted to (someone) - to feel a physical or emotional attraction to someone I was attracted to the woman at the party from the moment that I first met her. blind date - a date where the two people have never met before I went on a blind date in university but it was not too successful. break (someone's) heart - to cause someone emotional pain The man broke his girlfriend's heart when he told her that he no longer loved her. break up - to end a relationship The couple broke up after dating for more than three years.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی crazy about (someone) - to think that another person is wonderful My cousin has been crazy about her colleague for many months now. date (someone) - to go on a date with someone, to have a date with someone My sister has been dating her boyfriend for about two years. dig (someone) - to like someone a lot The girl really digs the boy in her chemistry class. double date - a date where two couples do something together It was fun to go on the double date even though everybody wanted to do something different. dump (someone) - to end a relationship by telling someone that you do not want to see him or her The woman dumped her boyfriend after they had a big fight.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی fall for (someone) - to begin to feel love for someone The woman always falls for the wrong person and is never happy. fall in love (with someone) - to begin to experience feelings of love for someone The man fell in love with a woman from his university class and they got married several months later. find Mr. Right - to find the right or perfect person The woman is always hoping to find Mr. Right but so far she has not had any luck. find the right girl/guy - to find the right partner, to find the person you want to marry The woman is always making an effort to find the right guy.
پاسخ : مجموعه کاملی از اصطلاحات در زبان انگلیسی first love - the first person that one falls in love with The girl's first love was with a boy in her high school art class. get along with (someone) - to have a good friendly relationship with someone The woman gets along with everybody very well. get back together - to return to a relationship or marriage after separating The man got back together with his girlfriend after separating for several months last winter. get engaged - to decide to marry someone The man got engaged to his wife several years before they got married. get hitched - to get married My sister and her boyfriend surprised everyone by suddenly getting hitched last weekend. get serious (with someone) - to become more serious with someone (used for a relationship) The two students dated for several months before they began to get serious. give (someone or something) a second chance - to try to save a relationship by forgiving and welcoming the other person back, to give a person or a relationship a second chance The girl's boyfriend left her for several months but when he came back she was happy to give him a second chance.
