He doesn’t want to follow our advice, so I suppose he’ll learn BY THE BOOK / THE HARD WAY.
the hard way
He just didn’t want to DROP / HIT the subject; I nearly screamed!
drop
She is generally considered to be one of the top names IN / ON her field.
in
Original copies of his wonderful trilogy are quite hard to come BY / ROUND.
by
I was worried we wouldn’t agree so it’s good to know we’re AT / ON the same page.
on
In general, students don’t ADDRESS / APPLY themselves enough to their studies in the first term.
apply
Close ANALYSIS / REVIEW of his work revealed several instances of plagiarism.
analysis
I agree he has a formidable INTELLECT / KNOWLEDGE but he’s also quite socially challenged.
intellect
That’s not really within the SCOPE / THEORY of the course, but you could do some extra reading.
scope