Grammar

• concentrate (on)


  to think very carefully about something that you are doing
• confidence


  the belief that you have the ability to do things well or deal with situations successfully
• cope (with)


  to succeed in dealing with a difficult problem or situation
• creativity


  the ability to use your imagination to produce new ideas, make things, etc.
• focus (on)


  to give special attention to one particular person or thing, or to make people do this
• intelligence


  the ability to learn, understand and think about things
• knowledge


  the information, skills, and understanding that you have gained through learning or experience
• learn sth by heart


  to learn something by trying to remember all of it exactly
• memory


  someone’s ability to remember things, places, experiences, etc.
• pay attention to


  to listen to or watch someone or something carefully
• revise (for)


  to study facts again, in order to learn them before an examination
• catch up


  to improve and reach the same standard as other people in your class, group, etc.
• fall behind


  to go more slowly than other people so that they gradually move further ahead of you
• get on with


  to make progress with a particular activity, plan, etc.
• give up


  to stop trying to do something
• keep up


  to continue doing something
• look through


  to look for something among a pile of papers, in a drawer, in someone’s pockets, etc.
• make up


  to produce a new story, song, game, etc. by thinking
• pick up


  to learn something by watching or listening to other people
• sum up


  to give the main information in a report, speech, etc. in a short statement at the end
• work out


  to think carefully about how you are going to do something and plan a good way of doing it
• academic qualifications


  skills, knowledge and experience relating to education, especially at college or university level
• advanced level


  a high standard of skill or ability, for example in education or sport
• common sense


  the ability to behave in a sensible way and make practical decisions
• general knowledge


  knowledge of facts about many different subjects
• higher education


  college or university education as opposed to school or high school
• practical experience


  experience gained by actually doing something, rather than knowledge from books, etc.
• afford


  to have enough money to buy or pay for something
• bargain


  something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price
• borrow


  to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later
• cost


  to have a particular price
• currency


  the system or type of money that a country uses
• discount


  a reduction in the usual price of something
• earn


  to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do
• exchange rate


  the value of the money of one country compared to the money of another country
• lend


  to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time
• pay


  to give someone money for something you buy or for a service
• receipt


  a piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for something
• save


  to keep money in a bank so that you can use it later, especially when you gradually add more money over a period of time
• spend


  to use your money to pay for goods or services