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In addition to the idioms beginning with LEARN, Also see BY HEART, LEARN; LITTLE KNOWLEDGE (LEARNING) IS A DANGEROUS THING; LIVE AND LEARN.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb gain knowledge/skill ADV. a lot I learned a lot from my father. | quickly, soon Children learn very quickly. They soon learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention. VERB + LEARN need to | be eager to, want to He was eager to learn all she could teach him. | have a lot to I've got a lot to learn, haven't I? PREP. about learning about art | from She learned from watching others. | through Children learn through play. become aware VERB + LEARN be astonished to, be astounded to, be intrigued to, be surprised to I was surprised to learn that he was only 24. | be dismayed to, be saddened to PREP. of We first learned of the problem from her school.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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discovered:
We learned he was the leader., verb
master:
We shall learn how to drive.
Simple Definitions
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learn
to gain knowledge of a subject or skill, especially by being taught or trained:
• How long have you been learning Italian? • What age can you learn to drive in America?
study
to learn about a subject by reading books, going to classes etc, especially at school or university:
• She’s studying music at Berkeley College in California.
train
to learn the skills and get the experience that you need in order to do a particular job:
• Julie’s training to be a nurse.
pick something up
to learn something without much effort, by watching or listening to other people:
• It’s easy to pick up a language when you’re living in a country. • The rules of the game are easy – you’ll soon pick them up.
get the hang of something
informal to learn how to do or use something that is fairly complicated, especially with practice:
• It took me a while to get the hang of all the features on my new camera.
revise
British English , review American English to study facts again, especially on your own, in order to learn them before an examination:
• Jenny’s upstairs revising for her Maths exam tomorrow.
master
to learn something so well that you have no difficulty with it, especially a skill or a language:
• She gave me a book called ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’. • I learnt Spanish for years but I never really mastered it.
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