PEACE

Hit the books – to get started studying hard

Flunk (fail) out of school – to fail all courses and be expelled from a school

To breeze through a course – to pass a course with no problems at all

Pass by the skin of your teeth – to get the lowest possible passing grade

Bomb a test – to do poorly on a test

Cut class – not to go to a class one

Ace a test – to do extremely good on a test

Pull in all nighter – to stay up all night

A dropout – a person who leaves school before graduating

A killer exam – extremely difficult exam

A make up test – a test given if a student is absent on the day

Straight as – all student’s grades for a semester are ‘A’

Draw a blank – something can’t remember answer to a question

A pop quiz – this is a surprise quiz

Honor roll – the list of Ss in a school who get good grades in a given semester

The head of the class – Student is ranked №1 in the class

Hand something in under the wire – to hand something in at the last possible minute

The teacher’s pet – the teacher’s favourite student

Learn by heart – memorize something

The class clown – student is usually in trouble for not being very serious in class

A cheat sheet – a small piece of paper with the answer on it, used for cheating

Saved by the bell – teacher doesn’t have time to assign