Cramming for success: study and academic work. Vocabulary in Use Advanced

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cram for
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cram for
to try to learn a lot very quickly before an exam

She's c______ing for her history exam.
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rote learning
(disapproving) learning something in order to be able to repeat it from memory, rather than in order to understand it

Traditional Japanese teaching methods stress passive r____-l______.
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mnemonic
something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something

The musical notes on the lines go EGBDF - use the m__________ "Every good boy deserves fun".
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bury myself in books
to give all your attention to studying

For eight years, I have skipped lunch to get to the safety of the library, b______ m_____ i___ b_____, and count the days till graduation.
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know inside out
to know everything about a subject

He k______s the system i______ o_____.
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composition
could be just 50-100 words, often used for school work
essay
longer than a composition, more serious, hundreds or thousands of words
assignment
a long essay, oft en part of a course, usually thousands of words
project
like an assignment, but emphasis on student's own material and topic
portfolio
a collection of individual pieces of work; may include drawings and other examples of creative work as well as writing
dissertationa long, research-based work, perhaps 10-15,000 words, for a degree or diplomathesisa very long, original, research-based work, perhaps 80-100,000 words, for a higher degree (e.g. PhD)drafta piece of text, a formal suggestion, or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the developed form This is only a rough r______ - the finished article will have pictures too. She asked me to check the (first) d_______ of her proposal.plagiarismthe process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and pretending that it is your own She's been accused of p________. The techniques for detecting p_______ are becoming increasingly advanced.acknowledgeto accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something Often, I'm retweeting interesting posts or links (by the way, always a___________ sources), but proper conversations will break out.papera piece of writing on a particular subject written by an expert and usually published in a book or journal, or read aloud to other people He will give a p_______ on thermodynamics at a conference in Berlin.journala serious magazine or newspaper that is published regularly about a particular subject a medical/trade j__________drop outIf a student d______s o_____, they stop going to classes before they have finished their course.submitto give or offer something for a decision to be made by others You must s______ your application before 1 January. The developers s_______ed building plans to the council for approval.

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