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30. honor roll
- a list of people/students with exceptional achievements
My neighbor was on the honor roll during his last year in high school.
31. in pen
- written or signed with a pen
The teacher asked the students to make sure that they wrote the essay in pen.
32. in pencil
- written or signed with a pencil
I wrote the test in pencil so that I could erase my mistakes easily.
33. Ivy League
- a small group of older and famous eastern United States colleges and universities such as Harvard, Yale and Princeton
Several of the company executives had gone to an Ivy League school.
34. know one's ABCs
- know the alphabet or the most basic things about something
The students worked hard and had a good teacher and soon everyone knew their ABCs very well.
35. learn by heart
- memorize something so you can repeat it without thinking
The children learned all of the songs by heart for the school play.
36. learn by rote
- learn or memorize something without thinking about it
We learned many verbs by rote in the foreign language class.
37. live in an ivory tower
- not be aware of the realities of everyday life
The university professors lived in an ivory tower and had no idea what was going on around them.
38. make the grade
- be satisfactory and of an expected level
My final assignment didn't make the grade and I was forced to do it again.
39. meet the requirements (for something)
- fulfill the requirements (for something)
The young woman was unable to meet the requirements to enter medical school.
40. off campus
- at a different location than the grounds of a college or university
Most of the students went to a restaurant off campus when they had the chance.
41. old boy network
- the situation where people (usually men) who went to the same school help each other get good jobs
It was an old law firm and being part of an old boy network was necessary to get a job there.
42. on campus
- located on the grounds of a college or university
There was a small bank on campus which many of the students used.
43. pass with flying colors
- pass something easily and with a high score
I was able to pass the science test with flying colors.
44. play hooky
- not go to school when you should
The boys played hooky and went to the video game center for the afternoon.
45. publish or perish
- university professors often have to publish books or articles in journals or they will not be successful in their jobs at the university
As a university professor his father wrote many scientific papers. He was forced to publish or perish.
46. put one's thinking cap on
- start thinking in a serious manner
The boys put on their thinking caps and tried to think of a new name for the school newspaper.
47. read out loud
- read something so that other people can hear you
The students each had a chance to read out loud from the book of poems.
48. read to oneself
- read without saying anything so that other people cannot hear you
I spent the morning in the library reading to myself.
49. read through something
- read all of something
I read through the test briefly before I started to answer any questions.
50. school of hard knocks
- the ordinary experience of learning from work and daily life
She left school early and began to learn about life in the school of hard knocks.
51. school of thought
- a particular way or a philosophy of thinking about something
There are many schools of thought related to the different ways to learn a foreign language.
52. show-and-tell
- in the lower grades of school children bring something interesting to show to the rest of the class
The little girl brought in a turtle shell from her holiday to show-and-tell at school.
53. show of hands
- raise hands in a classroom or other group to vote or see what people think about something
After a show of hands the class voted to go on a field trip the next week.
54. (in) single file
- stand in a line with one person behind the other
The students lined up in single file before they entered the auditorium.
55. take attendance
- record the names of persons who are attending school or something similar
After our teacher took attendance we began to do our math lesson.
56. take the roll
- call the names of students in an attendance book and expect them to answer if they are there
The teacher took the roll and then we started the lesson.
57. teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
- try to tell or teach someone who knows more than you do how to do something
Teaching some of the children how to use a computer is like teaching my grandmother to suck eggs. Many of them know more than I do.
58. teach someone a lesson
- do something to someone in order to punish them for their bad behavior
My friend was always late so I taught her a lesson and left our meeting place before she had arrived.
59. teacher's pet
- the teacher's favorite student
My sister was always the teacher's pet when she was in the first grade at school.
60. the three R's
- the three basic skills for a basic education - reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic
My father studied in a small country school where they studied the three R's and almost nothing else.
61. town-and-gown
- the relations (often bad) between a town and its people and the university and university students who are located in that town
There were town-and-gown conflicts every year around graduation time when many parties were held for the new graduates.
62. university of life
- learning from daily life and work rather than going to university
My grandfather began to work on the family farm when he was fourteen and learned everything from the university of life.
63. work one's way through college
- work at a job to help pay for your college or university expenses
My brother worked his way through college at the local supermarket.