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Expressions with LEARN, BRING and WORK

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  • My best friend has a second job because he's still paying back his student loans. Instead of "paying back", you can use:
    working on
    working off
    working against
    working through
  • learn how to do something
    learn the hard way
    learn to
    learn from
    learn by heart
  • At the moment we're developing some new ideas for next year's collection. Replace "developing" with:
    working out
    working against
    working through
    working on
  • To bring someone down means:
    to make something happen
    to make someone feel bad
    to do something that's difficult
    to raise a point or a topic
  • My workmates are calculating how much it's going to cost. Instead of "calculating", you can use:
    working on
    working against
    working out
    working through
  • I found this piece of music so inspiring that it's something I want to _______
    learn the lesson
    learn from
    learn the hard way
    learn by heart
  • learn not to repeat certain behaviour because a previous experience was unpleasant
    learn the hard way
    learn my lesson
    learn by heart
    learn to
  • To bring something to the table means:
    to raise a point or topic
    to contribute something useful
    to do something that's difficult
    to make a person feel bad
  • Time is causing problems, but we'll get this project finished on time if we hurry. Instead of "causing problems" you can use:
    working through
    working on
    working off
    working against us
  • remember all the words of something without looking at a text; memorize
    learn by heart
    learn to
    learn the hard way
    learn my lesson
  • I'd like to _______ write computer code so that I can set up my own website.
    learn to
    learn by heart
    learn my lesson
    learn from
  • My holiday cost me a fortune because I booked late, but I ________: always book well in advance!
    learnt my lesson
    learnt the hard way
    learnt by heart
    learnt to do it
  • To bring something up means:
    to be reminded of something
    to contribute something useful
    to make something happen
    to raise a point or a topic
  • I try to ________ my mistakes so that in the future I can avoid similar situations.
    learn from
    learn my lesson
    learn by heart
    learn to
  • Two managers don't get along, but they're dealing with their differences. Instead of "dealing with" you can use:
    working against
    working on
    working through
    working off
  • I'm just starting out and I'd prefer to ask an expert to share their knowledge than to _______
    learn by heart
    learn from it
    learn the hard way
    learn my lesson
  • To bring something to mind means:
    to raise a point or a topic
    to make something happen
    to be reminded of something
    to contribute something useful
  • trying to do something and making lots of mistakes
    learn by heart
    learn the hard way
    learn from
    learn my lesson
  • To bring yourself to do something means:
    to do something that's difficult
    to be reminded of something
    to contribute something useful
    to make something happen
  • To bring something about means:
    to be reminded of something
    to make a person feel bad
    to make something happen
    to do something difficult
  • use an incident or experience to understand what was wrong about it
    learn the hard way
    learn to
    learn my lesson
    learn from
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