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If you want to learn something in rote, like vocabulary, then the best way to do it is with something called spaced repetition.
to learn something by rote
The professor asked me a very simple question. But I just pulled a blank - I just couldn't remember the answer.
drew a blank
When I need to find a solution to a problem, I just put my thinking shirt on and I come up with some ideas overnight.
put my thinking cap on
I remember losing my brains trying to understand the difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect.
racking mt brains
I’m naturally smart and I just drew through college. It wasn’t hard for me at all.
breezed thought
I hate writing. When I was at school I would push an all nighter and still get a rubbish grade.
pull an all nighter
I can't stand people who are always kissing on to their teacher.
kissing up
I would be horrified if I discovered my children had been jumping truant from school.
playing truant
