studying

Midterms start next week. Cramming the night before won't cut it — these problems are impossible to handle that way. Start today.

Some of the questions are unfair to gorillas.

What matters is not what you read but how you read it.

Don't drag out the story of Meng's mother moving three times to justify relocating for your kid's private-school exams.

She was so stuck up about her education that no one liked her.

First, to grasp the rhythm of your favorite author's writing, you just copy it by hand, transcribing it entirely.

Same as always — this time too, I studied in last-minute, make-the-rope-after-catching-the-thief style.

I'm gonna fail!

The approaching exam loomed large in her mind.

It must be a relief not to have to study so hard.

My intense studying was worth it, since I passed the exam.

You've got an English test tomorrow, right? Then you shouldn't be wasting time on math homework tonight.

I was so exhausted that I didn't want to study, let alone even think.

She doesn't study as hard as her older sister.

She's working hard at her studies this semester.

She's been at the top of her class the whole time.

She took a night course in self-defense.

She's worried she might have failed her end-of-year exam.

She drilled the basics of English grammar into her students thoroughly.

She fell sound asleep while reading her study guide.

She studies hygiene as part of home economics.

She studied her heart out and passed the exam.

She had to study hard to catch up with her classmates.

She must have been studying hard.

She studied hard, but failed the exam.

Since she's been studying French for a full ten years now, she should be quite familiar with what French is all about.

She sometimes makes her younger sister write her reports for her.

She wants to pass that exam no matter what.

She studies as hard as any student in the class.

I take notes on absolutely everything, but they turn out to be useless later.