Карточки LEARNING (UI)

set sights on sth

have your sights set on (doing) sth

decide to achieve sth

(--- going to university)

be up to scratch

be up to a satisfactory standard or quality

(his grades were not --- )

burn the candle at both ends

work day and night at something, going to bed late and waking up early

(He's been ---- to finish this project)

in/by leaps and bounds

changing or progressing very quickly

(His work improved --- )

be on track

to be likely to achieve the result you want

(He was --- for a place at university)

have a lot of ground to make up

have a lot of work to catch up

(He started getting poor grades and had a lot of ----)

work round the clock

24 hrs / all day and night

learn sth off by heart

learn sth by hearing or reading it repeatedly until you remember it exactly

have a memory like a sieve

to be very bad at remembering things

jog (my) memory

to make someone remember something

(A few key words or an image can ---- )

repeat word for word

repeat using exactly the same words

learn by rote

to learn something by memorizing without giving any thought to what is being learned

go in one ear and out the other

be heard but then immediately forgotten

stick in mind

be easily remembered

(Funny images help the words --- better)

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

expression meaning that it is difficult to get someone to change their habits, especially if they have been doing something for a long time

teach grandmother to suck eggs

to give advice to someone about a subject that they already know more about than you

learn your lesson

learn from a negative experience not to do sth again

teach sb a lesson

to show sb as a result of experience what not to do