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EVU Unit 11
Cramming for success: study and academic work
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| wkuwać | cram | I have to cram for my chemistry test tomorrow. |
| uczyć się na pamięć | memorise | How could anyone memorize all that? |
| uczyć się na pamięć | rote-learning | Rote-learning is not sufficient for most subjects. |
| mnemotechnika | mnemonics | Using mnemonics during learning can be very efficient. |
| zagłębić się w pracę | bury yourself in your work | Sometimes the best idea is to bury yourself in your work until it is finished. |
| znać od podszewki | know inside out | They've built this spaceship using x486 processors, because they know them inside out. |
| wypracowanie (w szkole) | composition | He has to write a composition for tomorrow. |
| zadanie do wykonania | assignment | The teacher gave the students an assignment. |
| przewidywać | project | The company projects sales of 30,000 items next year. |
| praca naukowa | thesis | He wrote his doctoral thesis on contemporary French literature. |
| plagiat | plagiarism | The journal accused the professor of plagiarism. |
| dziennik | journal | You have read the Wall Street journal, I'm sure. |
| ocenić | assess | The technique is being tried in classrooms to assess what effects it may have. |
| informacja zwrotna | feedback | Try to give each student some feedback on the task. |
| przeprowadzić (np. experyment) | carry out experiment | More experiments have to be carried out. |
| odpaść, wycofać się | drop out | The team dropped out of the competition. |
| egzaminy końcowe | finals | Anna took her finals last summer. |
| nie nadążać za czymś | fall behind with sth | She's fallen behind with her school work again. |
| łatwo coś osiągnąć | breeze through sth | She seemed to just breeze through the exams. |
| chwytać jak się coś robi | get the hang of sth | It seems difficult at first, but you'll soon get the hang of it. |