Learning & Education

Phrasal verbs for studying and understanding

はじめに

学習は独自の語彙を持つ旅です。新しいスキルを「pick up（身につける）」し、問題を「figure out（解き明かす）」し、コンセプトを「catch on（理解する）」し、忘れかけた知識を「brush up on（磨き直す）」する。句動詞は教育における認知プロセスを描写してくれます。

この章では、学習に関する句動詞を学びます。知識の獲得、概念の理解、スキルの練習、そして教育体験全般。

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この章の句動詞一覧（70）

• pick up To learn something casually
• catch on To understand or become popular
• brush up on To review and improve forgotten skills
• look up To search for information
• go over To review or examine
• sink in To gradually understand fully
• brush up To improve or refresh knowledge or skills
• read up To learn about something by reading
• take in To absorb or understand information
• swot up To study hard, especially before an exam
• bone up To study intensively
• mug up To study quickly and intensively
• get the hang of To learn how to do something
• dawn on To suddenly realize something
• dip into To read parts of a book casually
• soak up To absorb information or atmosphere
• gen up To learn about something thoroughly
• wise up To become aware of the truth
• work through To deal with problems systematically
• think over To consider something carefully
• come across To find something by chance
• find out To discover information
• make out To understand or see with difficulty
• look into To investigate or research
• puzzle out To solve by thinking hard
• cotton on To understand or realize
• bone up on To study hard or review intensively
• swot up on To study hard (British)
• read up on To research by reading
• gen up on To learn about something (British)
• mug up on To study intensively (British)
• cram for To study intensively before an exam
• think through To consider carefully from start to finish
• run through To review quickly
• get through To complete or manage to finish
• plough through To work through something with effort
• wade through To progress slowly through something tedious
• come to To reach a point of understanding
• drill into To teach through repetition
• hammer into To teach forcefully through repetition
• drum into To teach by constant repetition
• get used to To become accustomed to
• grow accustomed to To gradually become used to
• try out To test something to see how it works
• test out To try something to check if it works
• play around with To experiment casually with
• tinker with To make small adjustments experimentally
• mess around with To experiment casually or waste time with
• delve into To research deeply
• dig into To research thoroughly
• pore over To study intently
• skim through To read quickly without details
• flick through To look through quickly
• leaf through To turn pages casually
• thumb through To browse pages with your thumb
• keep abreast of To stay informed about developments
• fall back on To rely on when needed
• draw on To use knowledge or experience
• build on To use as a foundation for more
• move on to To progress to the next topic
• go back to To return to an earlier topic
• zone out To lose concentration
• tune out To stop paying attention
• tune in To pay attention or listen
• zero in on To focus precisely on something
• home in on To move toward or focus on a target
• clue up To inform someone fully
• bring up to speed To update someone on current developments
• get through to To make someone understand
• cram in To study intensively in short time