English Vocabulary in Use

Advanced vocabulary in use

To cram

definitions:

1. To study in a very concentrated way for a short time

2. To force someone or something into a very small place - to cram into/onto smth

3. If a lot of people cram a place, they fill it.

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ex 1: Before an exam, some students cram for it.

ex 2: Jill crammed her clothes into her suitcase.

ex. 3: Thousands of people crammed the mall.

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translation: Riempire, pigiare, cacciare, studiare intensamente.

Genius

An exceptionally clever person.

Rote-learning

Learning purely from repetition.

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synonim: Learning by heart.

Mnemonics

Tricks that help remember something.

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example: “I” before “e” except after “c” (e.g. friend, receive)

To bury yourself in your books

To spend the maximum time studying.

Intensively

definition: In a way that requires a lot of effort or activity in a very small area or short period of time; in a very focused way.

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ex: 1. She is studying intensively, working toward her degree.

2. Despite much intensively farmed land, this is one of the wildest regions of lowland England.

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translation: Intensivamente

Inside-out

literal definition: If something is inside out, it has the usual inside part on the outside and the usual outside part on the inside.

figurative definition: To know smth completely (also inside and out).

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ex: 1. She had her sweater on inside-out.

2. He knows the system inside out.