studying - studied - have studied
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take ,'teik/ [и T] to study a subject - use this to talk about subjects that you choose to
study at a school or university: In rr.y final year. I decided to take English, French, and Economics. taking - took ~ have taken
Jo du:; |u T] British informal to study a subject at school or university: / can't decide whether to do German or Spanish next year. I Did you do computing at school9 do a course Why not do a language course at your local college7
doing - did - have done
major in Sth -''meid^r in (sth) [phrasal oerb T not in passive] american to study something as your main subject at university: Diane majored in psychology at Berkeley. I What are you majoring in?
take lessons/have lessons teik
lcs?nz, ,hev 'IcscTnz/ to pay for lessons from a teacher in order to study a subject or skill in your free time: My mother wants me to take violin lessons, i I'm- hauing Spanish lessons after work.
revise n'vai/. (u I/T] British to read books, notes etc in order to prepare for an examination that you are about to take: Ahmed's upstairs, revising.
revise for a test/examination The
library was full of students revising for the final exams.
В to study something in order to discover new facts
Study /'stAdiI [и T] to examine something carefully, do tests on it etc. in order to find out more about it and discover new facts: Scientists are studying the development of the disease in children. I She spent
several years studying the behaviour of
gorillas in Africa.
studying - studied - have studied
analyse (also analyze American)
aensmiz, [и T] to carefully examine information, reports, the results of tests etc, in order to understand something better: The detective's main job is to analyze all the evidence relating to a crime. I We
use a special computer program to
analyse aJl the sales figures.
do research Idu: n's3:rt[/ to study а subject in a careful, detailed way, in order to discover new information or produce new ideas about it: She got a degree in biology and then went to work for a drug company, doing research. + into/on a team of scientists doing research into the causes of heart disease
the work that you do when you study
studies siAdi/ [n plural] all the work that you do when you are a student at school or university
his/her/your etc studies My uncle asked me if I was enjoying my studies. I He graduated in history at Stanford, then went to continue his studies at Harvard.
homework fh3omw3:rk/ [n (J) work that
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I did my homework
a school pupil is given to do during free time, not during lessons: Mrs Burgess isn't very popular - the children say she gives them too much homework, do your homework I'm going to the library to do my French homework.
A\ Don't say 'horneworks'. Say homework
Don't say 'I made my homework'. Say
kAm/bu/AvL
coursework kn^w^ (n (J| all the
work that a student has to do as part of a course of study, apart from what they do in examinations: Half of the marks are
for the exam. and half are for course- work.
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research n's3:rtj, ri:s3:rtJV [n U] careful, detailed work that you do in order to discover new information or produce new ideas about a particular subject: Recent research has shown that human language is much older than we previously thought.
+ into/on More research is needed into the tuays in which this virus is spread, medical/historical etc research the latest scientific research do research She's doing research into the connection between crime and poverty.
A\ Don't say'a research* or 'researches'. just say research
Don't say 'make research'. Say do research.
revision /n'vi^n/ [n U] british when you read books, notes etc in order to prepare
for an examination that you are going to
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STUPID
do How is your history revision going? do revision I can't come out tonight - I have a lot of revision to do.
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crazy ,'kreizi/ [adj] someone who is crazy behaves in a way that does not seem normal, for example because they do something very strange or very dangerous: You're crazy to think of hitch-hiking on your own. I I said I enjoyed doing exams,
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and she looked at me as if I was crazy!
Don't say 'very crazy'. Say completely/totally/absolutely crazy: Put that gun down! Are you completely crazy?
people who behave in a stupid way
Stupid /"stju:pi,d||'stiK- [adj\ someone who is stupid behaves in a way that shows very bad judgement and that is likely to cause problems for themselves or for other people: You stupid boy! I've told you never to play with matches. I He told me a lot of lies, end I was stupid enough to believe him. I If your stupid brother hadn't left the door open, we
wouldn't have been robbed. it is stupid о/ sb to do sth I should have called the police - it was stupid of me not to.
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stupidly [adv] I stupidly agreed to lend him some money.
You can use stupid about yourself, but it is rude to say someone else is stupid. People usually say this only when they are very annoyed with someone.
dumb /dAm/ [adj] informal. especiallv amf.r- ican stupid: She told him Jeff was just a friend, and he was dumb enough to believe her.
STUPID
^ see also sensible, intelligent,
crazy
silly ,"sili/ [adj] someone who is silly behaves in a way which is not at all sensible or serious, and which they may be embarrassed about later: The children were running around and shouting and being very silly. 1 / think you're silly to worry so much about your hair.