UNIT 2 WHERE DOES TIME GO VOCAB

Oh, I’m on my way to the library. I need to hit the books. I’ve got a biology midterm tomorrow. Hit the books means:

• to skip a class or day of school without an excuse

• to study

• to spend time in a certain place or with people

Yeah, easy for you to say! You aced biology, right? To ace something means:

• the last possible time that something can be done

• to fail a test

• to receive a grade of an “A,” or to complete something easily and successfully

My problem is I cut class a lot at the beginning of the semester, and I didn’t study much. Cut class means:

• to skip a class or day of school without an excuse

• to fail to do something as quickly as planned or

  as required

• to understand or solve by thinking

I didn’t study much because my roommate kept asking me to hang out with him. Hang out means:

• to study

• the last possible time that something can be done

• to spend time in a certain place or with people

I really fell behind. Now I have to try to catch up on everything before tomorrow’s test. Fall behind means:

• to stay up all night working on something

• to fail to do something as quickly as planned or as required

• to receive a grade of an “A,” or to complete something easily and successfully

Ouch. Sounds like you really put it off to the last minute. The last-minute means:

• the last possible time that something can be done

• to skip a class or day of school without an excuse

• to fail a test

Tell me about it. I think I’m going to have to pull an all-nighter tonight. To pull an all-nighter means:

• to understand or solve by thinking

• to stay up all night working on something

• the last possible time that something can be done

I pulled a few all-nighters to study last semester, and I

bombed the tests because I was too tired. It’s just too hard to focus without enough sleep. To bomb means:

• to skip a class or day of school without an excuse

• to receive a grade of an “A,” or to complete

  something easily and successfully

• to fail a test

I’m just on my way to my chemistry professor’s office. There’s a homework problem I can’t figure out, and I need to get some help. To figure out something means:

• to understand or solve by thinking

• to quickly prepare right before a test

• to spend time in a certain place or with people

OK, well I’d better get to the library. I need to cram for that test! To cram means:

• to fail to do something as quickly as planned or as required

• to receive a grade of an “A,” or to complete something easily and successfully

• to quickly prepare right before a test