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Study & education

The English you actually use around studying — following a lesson in class, getting ready for exams, pulling your weight on a group project, and asking for help when something won't click.

15 situations86 phrases
In classB1

Following the lesson, joining in, and keeping up with what's being taught.

cover a topicraise your handpay attention
Preparing for examsB1–B2

Revising the material and getting your head around the tricky bits before the test.

brush up onbreak downgo over
A group projectB1

Splitting up the work, gathering what you need, and getting it submitted on time.

pull your weighthand inread over
Asking for helpB1–B2

Owning up when you're lost, getting things explained, and catching back up.

go overmiss a classI'm not following
Getting into a courseB1–C1

That nervy stretch between applying, hearing back, and turning up on day one.

get intodrop outget out of
Homework and deadlinesB1–C1

Scrambling to get it written up and handed in before it's late.

give incross outdo homework
Picking things upB1

How a tricky topic finally clicks and you start to feel like you're getting somewhere.

take inmake progresspick up
Enrolling on a courseB1–B2

Sorting out a place on a course for the year ahead.

get inonline courseschool year
What the course coversB1–B2

Chatting about which subjects you're taking and what they're about.

school subjectdeal withforeign language
Cramming the night beforeB1

Last-minute revision when the exam's first thing tomorrow.

cram forschool examtake notes
Getting your head round itB1

That moment a tricky idea finally clicks.

work outfigure outcatch on
Keeping up with the classB1

Staying level with everyone when the pace picks up.

fall behindcatch upclose attention
Doing research for an essayB1

Digging up sources and proof to back up your argument.

find information
In a study groupB1

Working through tricky bits together with a few mates.

study groupgroup activityclear explanation
Getting your resultsB1

Opening your report and seeing how it went.

school reportright answervaluable lesson

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