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A young and particularly gifted child is called a ____ .
prodigy
In the UK, a school which is private and in which you must pay tuition is called a ____ ____ .
public school
In the UK, the school for children aged two to five is called _____ _____ .
nursery school
In the USA, a school for children aged from five to ten is called _____ _____ .
elementary school
A school which is run by priests and nuns is called a ____ ____ .
religious school
If you memorize something, you learn it ____ ____ . (synonymous expression)
by heart
If a student ____ during an exam and the teacher finds out, they are punished.
cheats
The most important subjects, which all students must take, are called ____ subjects.
core
Students who are older than average are called _____ students.
mature
A person who knows a great deal about their subject, and often teaches at university, is called a ____ .
scholar
In the UK, you can find _____ schools which are only for one gender.
same-sex
In the UK, before you can go to university you must attend ____ or _____ .
college or sixth form
In the USA, before you can go to college or university you must take the _____ .
SAT exam
In the UK, education is ____ from the age of five to sixteen.
compulsory / (mandatory)
When your concentration is not steady (its level goes up and down), we can say it ____ .
wavers
Teachers often like to say that students have a ___ for improvement, which means that they can always get better at something.
room
