Unit 3 Success and Failure (Exams)

exams

entrance exams

end-of- term exam, a first-year exam,

a second-year exam

finals

examiner

examinee

taking exams

to sit / to take / to do / to have an exam

to resit / to retake an exam

to pass an exam / *to get through smth

to do well in an exam / *to pass an exam with flying colours / *to sail through an exam

*to be a piece of cake

to scrape through smth / *to pass by the skin of one’s teeth

to fail an exam / to flunk an exam / to do badly in an exam

getting ready

to prepare / to revise / to study / to read for an exam

to swot (up) BrE / to cram AmE

*to learn smth parrot fashion

*Two heads are better than one.

to keep late hours / *to stay up late / *to burn the midnight oil

to have an early night

*to think smth through

exam stress

to be under stress / to experience stress

to cause stress

to relieve/reduce/beat stress/to cope with stress

to feel trapped, overwhelmed, powerless

to feel great relief

activities

extracurricular activities

amateur club

to join a club

time

on time, in time

timetable BrE / schedule AmE

to be short of time / to be pressed for time

to have some time to spare

to allocate time to do smth / for smth / to make time to do smth

to waste time / to idle away time

habits

to be in the habit of doing smth

to get into the habit of doing smth / to take to doing smth

to get rid of the habit / to break the habit

to give up smth / doing smth