hit the books 看书

read the English textbook from cover to cover 把英语书从头读到尾

take notes 记笔记

review class notes 复习课堂笔记

listen attentively to the teacher in class 课上专心听讲

burn the midnight oil to complete the homework 熬夜赶作业

sit in on sth(class) 旁听...

rattle off the answer 不假思索地说出答案

endeavor to get a great grade 努力得到一个好成绩

a straight-A student 各科成绩都很优异的学生

a child prodigy 神童

model students 模范学生

an egghead 学究

a slacker 学渣

a classmate 同学

an alumnus 校友

study under sb 师从（某人）

the final exam 期末考

the midterm exam 期中考

sit for exam 参加考试

coast through an exam 顺利通过考试

walk through an exam 轻而易举地通过考试

school report == report card 成绩单

make great progress with English 在英语上取得很大的进步

have a good command of English 很好地掌握了英语

dabble in history 涉猎历史

know the concept back to front == know the concept inside out == know the concept like the back of sb's hand 对这个概念了如指掌

Xiaohong excelled herself. 小红超常发挥了。 --- excel oneself 比平常做得好；超水平发挥

give a good/bad account of oneself 表现出色/不佳

(sb/sb's mind) go blank 脑子一片空白

not know a bean about maths 对数学一窍不通

Don't be defeated! 别气馁！

Cheer up! 振作起来！

break up for holidays （学校）放假

set a lot of homework 布置（学校或家庭作业）

a grammar drill 语法练习

have a short slide deck 幻灯片

impart knowledge to students 传授知识给学生

charge Xiaoming with cheating in the exam 公开批评小明考试作弊

run into our PE teacher == come across our PE teacher 偶然遇到我们体育老师

drop out of school 退出；退学