crucial element | extremely important thing | |
praise | express warm approval, positive things said | |
deride | to laugh at or insult, mock | |
make an educated guess | try to answer, usually based on some information | |
something of a perfectionist | someone who can't bear making mistakes | |
highly beneficial | very good for | |
engaged in | involved | |
steer clear | avoid | |
be a bit under the weather | feel ill, sick | |
make your flesh crawl | feel disgusted, afraid, uncomfortable | |
come apart at the seams | be in a very bad condition and near to failure or collapse | |
have your back to the wall | be in a very difficult situation | |
feel like a fish out of water | be in an unusual or unfamiliar situation | |
blood run cold | very frightened | |
be on cloud nine | be extremely happy | |
have a chip on your shoulder | to have an unpleasant attitude caused by have been treated unfairly | |
nurturing enivronment | a context where you are cared for and helped to grow | |
finding your own path | discovering what interest you in life | |
striving for excellence | a desire to be your best | |
fostering good relationships | improving good relationships | |
fulfilling your potential | to be as successful as you possibly can be | |
a quality curriculum | educational content of a high standard | |
riqorous standards | challenging requirements | |
taking the initiative | doing things first | |
mutual respect | treating other people with dignity | |
a focus on individuality | not treating people as all the same | |
stifle the imagination | stłumić wyobraźnię | |
fire the imagination | rozpalić wyobraźnię | |
have a fertile imagination | mieć płodną wyobraźnię | |
have a vivid imagination | mieć żywą wyobraźnię | |
regurgitate facts | powtarzać coś bez zastanowienia | |
question facts | wątpić/kwestionować fakty | |
learn by rote | uczyć się na pamięć | |
rely on intuition | polegać na intuicji | |
rely on intellect | polegać na intelekcie | |
think outside the box | myśleć kreatywnie | |
stick to the tried and tested | trzymać się sprawdzonych i wypróbowanych metod | |
be spontaneous | być spontanicznym | |
do sth on the spur of the moment | robić coś pod wpływem chwili | |
have a rigid outlook | patrzeć wąskotorowo | |
be versatile | być wszechstronnym | |
hang over head | something makes you unable to relax or enjoy yourself | |
start on the wrong foot | make a bad start by doing something in completely the wrong way | |
head and shoulders above | be better than others | |
fly in the face of sth | contradict | |
to see the back of someone | be glad when somebody leaves | |
play by ear | to act spontaneously and according to the situation | |
tuition fee | czesne | |
student loan | pożyczka studencka | |
continuous assessment | ocena ciągła | |
virtual learning environment | platforma do uczenia się | |
vocational training | szkolenie zawodowe | |
blended learning | nauczanie mieszane | |
rote learning | uczenie się na pamięć | |
external accreditation | akredytacja zewnętrzna | |
sinking feeling | a feeling that something bad is going to happen | |
inferior | worse | |