英语词汇“school”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

MENU FOR schoolschool1 where children learn2 time at school3 university4 one subject5 at school6 in school7 art8 school of thought9 of/from the old school10 fish

WORD ORIGINschool1

Origin:

Old English scol, from Latin schola, from Greek schole ‘discussion, school’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

All the kids around here take the bus to school.
Both their kids are away at school now.
Did you have a good day at school?
He argued for the abolition of the public schools, which he says are elitist.
He seems to be very much part of the Marxist school in his approach to politics.
I've only been out of school a couple of years, but I've forgotten all the math I learned.
I always liked school, but my sister hated it.
Jake dropped out of school and started working at the bowling alley.
Jessica's still too young to go to school.
Kyle is one of the most popular boys in school.
Many parents want to send their children to private school because class sizes are smaller.
My mother is a teacher at the local school.
One school of thought argues that introducing stiffer penalties would bring the crime rate down.
Phil gave up his job, and he's going back to school next year.
She must be about 16 - she's still at school.
Teachers are complaining that the public schools do not receive adequate funding.
The children were all wearing school uniforms.
The nearest school was 10 miles away.
The whole school was sorry when she left.
There is no denying the influence of the Impressionist school in his painting.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

In high school, he also learned to play the drums, piano and cornet.
Mary was forty-six and had left school without any educational qualifications.
Oh, they said how heroic he was and the headmaster said all the right things at the school memorial service.
Primary schools, it argued, are failing to stretch older children.
The goals include upgrading teachers' performance and boosting to 90 percent the number of students who graduate from high school.
The high school signing period begins Feb. 7.
The public schools get the least and the last-the least money, the least equipment, the least of everything.
They're even thinking of closing schools down.

THESAURUSof animals► herd

a group of cows, deer, or elephants: · A herd of cows was blocking the road.

► team

a group of animals that work together: · The carriage was pulled by a team of horses.

► flock

a group of sheep or birds: · a flock of seagulls· The farmer has over 100 sheep in his flock.

► pack

a group of dogs or wolves: · Some dogs are bred to work in packs.

► litter

a group of kittens or puppies born at one time to a particular mother: · He was one of a litter of seven puppies.

► school/shoal

a group of fish or dolphins: · Piranha fish live in shoals in the wild.

Longman Language Activatorschool► school

a place where children go to learn and be taught, up to the age of 18: · My mother is a teacher at the local school.· The nearest school was 10 miles away.· I always liked school, but my sister hated it.· All the kids around here take the bus to school.at school (=attending school) especially British: · She must be about 16 - she's still at school.in school especially American: · Kyle is one of the most popular boys in school.out of school (=no longer at school): · I've only been out of school a couple of years, but I've forgotten all the math I learned.go to school (=attend school): · Jessica's still too young to go to school.drop out of school (=stop going to school before you finish): · Jake dropped out of school and started working at the bowling alley.state schoolBritish /public school American (=a school that is paid for by the government): · Teachers are complaining that the public schools do not receive adequate funding.private schoolalso independent school British (=a school that is paid for by parents): · Many parents want to send their children to private school because class sizes are smaller.public school British (=a school for rich people that their parents pay for): · He argued for the abolition of the public schools, which he says are elitist.school uniform: · The children were all wearing school uniforms.

schools for very young children► nursery school

a school for children aged between about two and five where they play and do activities with other children: · Ian will soon be old enough to go to nursery school.

► preschool

American a school for children aged between about two and five: · Eastin is calling for a plan to provide free preschool for all 4-year-olds.

► kindergarten

American the first year of school for children aged 5: · Katie was one of the few children who could read when she started kindergarten.· Mrs. Marks was my kindergarten teacher.

schools for children between the ages of about 5 and 12► primary school

in Britain, a school for children aged between five and eleven: · My father entered primary school in 1958.· Primary school children know more today than we did at that age.

► elementary school/grade school

in the US, a school for children aged between five and twelve in some places, and five and ten in other places: · In grade school, Karen sang in the school chorus.· The senator met with a group of elementary school students learning about how government works.

schools for older children► secondary school

in Britain, a school for children aged between 11 and 18; in the US, a name for middle school , junior high school , and high school considered together as a group: · Everyone in his family had at least completed secondary school.· As children enter secondary school, parents often do not have the necessary knowledge to help with homework.

► middle school

a school for children aged between 9 and 13 in Britain and 10 and 14 in some parts of the US: · Kim attends Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley.· The arts and crafts fair is geared toward middle school students.

► junior high school

a school for children aged between 12 and 14 or 15, especially in some parts of the US: · I started taking French in junior high school.· Drug use among junior high school students has fallen.

► high school

in the US, a school for children aged between 15 or 16 and 18: · Brad was the captain of his high school football team.· The program requires high school students to take at least one college-level course.go to high school: · Where do you go to high school?graduate from high school (=successfully complete high school): · He's been working full time since graduating from high school last June.

► comprehensive school

in Britain, a school for children aged 11-16 or 11-18 that most students attend because it accepts people of all abilities and is paid for by the government

► sixth form college

in Britain, a college for students aged between 16 and 18

a place where people over 18 can study► university

a place where students study one or two subjects at a high level, in order to get degrees: · the University of Chicago· In 1986 32% of Saudi Arabian university professors were women.go to university British: · She wants to go to university to study biology.be at university British: · Both my sisters are at university.

► college

in the US a university; in Britain, a place where people can study academic subjects or practical skills after they leave secondary school, but which does not give degrees: · The grant money is for low-income college students.go to college: · My brother never went to college, but he still has a very good job.be at college British: be in college American: · Our youngest daughter is in college now.graduate from college: · We hadn't seen each other since we graduated from college.college graduate (=someone who has successfully completed college): · Many college graduates are unable to find work in their field.

► school

American informal a university or similar institution: go to school (=study at a college or university): · Phil gave up his job, and he's going back to school next year.

► law school/medical school/business school

a university or part of a university where you study law, medicine, or business: · My father always wanted me to go to law school.· Harvard Business School· He's applied to all the best medical schools in the country.

► post-secondary

American use this about education that takes place after a student has finished high school: · Eighty-five percent of high school students in the program go on to post-secondary education.· post-secondary institutions

► postgraduate

especially British /graduate American use this about advanced education that takes place after a student has finished a university degree, or about students who study at this level: · She got a degree in history last year, and now she's doing a postgraduate course.· postgraduate research· We met when we were both graduate students at Berkeley.

► higher education

education at a university or similar institution: · The U.S. community college system is the largest system of higher education in the world.· More women than ever are going on to higher education.

► adult education

classes for adults, often in the evenings, either because they want to improve their skills or for interest and enjoyment: · The government needs to do more to fund adult education for the unemployed.

one of the periods into which the year is divided at school, university etc► term

one of the three periods that the year is divided into at British school and most British universities; in the US, a name for any of the main periods into which a school year is divided: · As a graduate student, he spent a term at Wichita State University.· The main exams are at the end of the summer term.

► semester

one of the two or three periods that the year is divided into at American schools and most American universities: · He attended Bennington College for three semesters.fall/spring semester: · Fall semester starts the 28th of August.

► the school year/the academic year

the period of the year when there are school or university classes: · In Japan the school year starts in April and ends in February or March.· The end of the academic year with its final exams is very stressful for many students.

► quarter

one of the four main periods that the year is divided into at some American schools and universities: fall/winter/spring/summer quarter: · She was back in Michigan in time to teach spring quarter.

what you get when you finish a course successfully► diploma

in Britain, a document that shows that someone has successfully completed a course of study or passed an examination; in the US, a document showing that a student has successfully completed their high school, college, or university education: · Everyone was given a diploma at the end of the course.high school/college diploma: · Anyone with a high school diploma can enroll in the course.

► qualification

British you get a qualification when you finish a course and pass examinations at the end of it: · The two-year course leads to a teaching qualification.· List your qualifications in the space below.academic qualification: · She left school at 16, with no academic qualifications.

► degree

the qualification that you get when you successfully finish a course at university: · Cohn has a degree in political science from the University of Chicago.· Her dream is to get a degree in computer science and then get a high-paying job.do a degree/take a degree British (=study in order to get one): · Maggie is doing a degree in psychology.

► master's degree/master's

an advanced degree that you get by studying for one or two years after getting your first degree: · Getting a master's should help you get a better job.master's degree/master's in: · Successful applicants will have a master's degree in social work.

► doctorate/PhD

the most advanced type of degree, which you study for on your own for several years, doing work and writing a long report explaining what you have discovered: · Bedell later earned a doctorate from Columbia University.doctorate/PhD in: · She had a PhD in industrial robotics.

the process of studying and being taught► education

the whole process by which people learn and develop their minds in schools, colleges, and universities: · The government should spend more on education.· My parents wanted me to have a good education.· Kerry hasn't decided if she'll continue her education or not.public education (=paid for by the government) especially American: · All children in the state have a right to public education.private education (=paid for by parents, not provided by the government): · Many parents cannot afford private education for their children.

► educational

relating to education: · Different children have different educational needs.· We offer a wide range of educational and sporting activities.educational institution/establishment (=a school, college, or university): · Many educational institutions have not been able make needed improvements because of funding cuts.educational system: · The American educational system is in need of reform.educational opportunity: · Low-income children do not have the same educational opportunities as children from wealthier families.

► academic

relating to education, especially at college or university level: · Leon was unemployed, and had no academic qualifications.· Increased self-confidence can help improve academic achievement.· Her name is well known in academic circles.· The new law raises concerns about academic freedom.

a group of people who are similar or have similar ideas► group

a number of people who are similar in some way, or who have the same ideas and aims: · Their policy was to keep demonstrators from different political groups apart.group of: · The factory was burned down by a group of animal-rights activists.

► lot

British informal a group of people - use this especially about people that you do not like or do not approve of: · I don't like her new friends - they're a snobbish lot.lot of: · We've got another lot of visitors coming this weekend.that lot (=use this to show disapproval) spoken: · Don't take any notice of that lot, they're just ignorant.

► collection/assortment

a group of people, especially people who you think are strange or unusual: collection/assortment of: · There was an interesting collection of people at the wedding.· Jack brought an odd collection of characters home from the racetrack.· We shared the train compartment with an odd assortment of fellow travellers.

► element

: the criminal/student/fascist etc element a group of people who have the same ideas, aims, beliefs etc that are different from those of a larger group - use this especially about people you do not like or agree with: · The chief had been warned that there were criminal elements within the Security Police.· They seem to be trying to get rid of all left-wing elements in the party.· The committee agreed on the need to get rid of the hooligan element amongst football supporters.

► movement

a large group of people who share the same ideas and beliefs, and who work together to achieve something important: · She was active in a number of political movements, including the campaign to end slavery.the peace/environmental/women's etc movement: · One of the leaders of the pro-democracy movement has been arrested.· The aim of the civil rights movement was to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms.

► school

a group of artists, writers etc who share the same ideas, style of work etc: · There is no denying the influence of the Impressionist school in his painting.· He seems to be very much part of the Marxist school in his approach to politics.school of thought (=a group of people who believe in the same theory, idea etc): · One school of thought argues that introducing stiffer penalties would bring the crime rate down.

► circle

: literary/political/academic etc circles people who work in or are interested in literature, politics etc: · By 1920 she had written two novels, and had succeeded in winning recognition in literary circles. · It was the 1960s, and the military had become unpopular among academic and intellectual circles.

► batch

a group of people who are all dealt with together at the same time, for example because they are all starting something together: batch of: · The latest batch of new recruits had just arrived at the camp.

what a particular group think about something► opinion

an opinion shared by a group of people, especially a particular profession or group of people who can influence what is decided: government/professional/medical etc opinion: · Medical opinion is divided as to the effectiveness of the new drug.world opinion: · Their refusal to obey UN regulations had a major effect on world opinion.

► thinking

an opinion that a group has at a particular time, especially about the best way of doing something: · His statements closely reflect government thinking.· There has been a change in thinking in terms of the influence of diet on the disease.thinking on: · The report goes against current thinking on what is best for working parents.

► school of thought

an opinion shared by a group of people who have a very different way of looking at a problem or subject from that of another group of people: · There are two schools of thought. One wants to control inflation, while the other is more interested in boosting employment.· According to one school of thought, the disease is caused by a genetic defect.

► body of opinion

an opinion shared by a large group of people, that is considered to be important or that should be listened to: · A significant body of opinion is strongly opposed to the new proposals.· There is a growing body of opinion that says we should put the environment first.

to stay somewhere a little longer► stay on

to stay somewhere after other people have gone, or after you expected to leave: · The others went back to the hotel, but I stayed on in the bar, chatting to Alan.· It's okay, I'll stay on until you're ready to leave.· About 40 members of the audience stayed on after the performance for a glass of wine. stay on to do something: · I'll be late home -- I'm staying on to help organize the exhibition.

► stay late

to stay somewhere after other people have gone, often because you have work to do: · Employees regularly stay late to complete tasks, but they are not paid overtime.· In those days, teachers enjoyed running reading clubs, and stayed late after the bell to do so.

► stay (in) after school

if a student has to stay after school , they have to stay at the school for a short period of time after the other students have left, usually as a punishment: · If Sean failed to complete any of his classwork assignments, he had to stay after school until they were finished.

► linger

to stay in a place a little longer, either because you are hoping to see someone, or because you are enjoying yourself: · Jack lingered for a while in the hall, hoping to get the chance to talk with her.· She lingered for a moment, uncertain what to do, then turned on her heel and left abruptly.linger over: · As she lingered over her coffee, the sky began to darken and heavy rain clouds swept in.linger on: · A few fans lingered on after the concert was over.

WORD SETS► Animals

aardvark, nounadder, nounAfghan, nounalley cat, nounalligator, nounalpaca, nounAlsatian, nounamphibian, nounamphibious, adjectiveangora, nounanimal, nounanteater, nounantelope, nounanthropoid, adjectiveantler, nounape, nounappaloosa, nounarachnid, nounarmadillo, nounasp, nounass, nounbaa, verbbaboon, nounbaby, nounbadger, nounbantam, nounbark, verbbark, nounbarnacle, nounbasset, nounbat, nounbay, nounbay, verbbay, adjectivebeagle, nounbear, nounbeast, nounbeast of burden, nounbeaver, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounbelly, nounbig cat, nounbig game, nounbighorn sheep, nounbilly goat, nounbiped, nounbison, nounbitch, nounbivalve, nounbleat, verbbloodhound, nounbloodstream, nounblow-hole, nounboa, nounboar, nounbobcat, nounbovine, adjectivebow-wow, nounboxer, nounbrainwave, nounbrindled, adjectivebristle, verbbronc, nounbronco, nounbrontosaurus, nounbrush, nounbuck, nounbuffalo, nounbull, nounbulldog, nounbullfrog, nounbullock, nounbull terrier, nounburro, nounburrow, nouncalf, nouncall, nouncalve, verbcamel, nouncanine, adjectivecanine, nouncarapace, nouncarcass, nouncaribou, nouncarnivore, nouncarthorse, nouncat, nouncattle, nouncaudal, adjectivecayman, nouncetacean, nounchameleon, nounchamois, nouncheetah, nounchestnut, nounchickadee, nounchicken, nounchihuahua, nounchimpanzee, nounchinchilla, nounchipmunk, nounchow, nounclaw, nouncloven hoof, nouncoat, nouncob, nouncobra, nouncocker spaniel, nouncold-blooded, adjectivecollie, nouncolouring, nouncolt, nouncomb, nounconnective tissue, nouncony, nouncoon, nouncopperhead, nouncorgi, nouncougar, nouncourtship, nouncow, nouncoyote, nouncoypu, nouncrest, nouncrocodile, nouncrop, verbcrustacean, nouncry, nouncub, nouncur, noundachshund, nounDalmatian, noundeer, nounden, noundentine, noundingo, noundinosaur, noundoe, noundog, noundolphin, noundomesticate, verbdonkey, noundormouse, noundorsal, adjectivedromedary, nounduckbilled platypus, nounearthworm, nounelephant, nounelk, nounentrails, nounermine, nounewe, nounexcreta, nounexcretion, nounfallopian tube, nounfallow deer, nounfang, nounfauna, nounfawn, nounfeed, nounfeeler, nounfeline, adjectivefeline, nounfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferal, adjectiveferret, nounfetlock, nounfieldmouse, nounfilly, nounfin, nounfleece, nounflipper, nounflying fox, nounfoal, nounfoal, verbfoetus, nounforefoot, nounforeleg, nounfox, nounfoxhound, nounfox terrier, nounFriesian, nounfrog, nounfrogspawn, nounfruit bat, nounfur, nounfurry, adjectivegarter snake, noungazelle, noungecko, noungeese, gelding, noungerbil, nounGerman shepherd, noungestation, noungiant panda, noungibbon, noungiraffe, noungnu, noungoat, noungolden retriever, noungopher, noungorilla, noungregarious, adjectivegreyhound, noungroundhog, nounground squirrel, noungrunt, verbguinea pig, nounhack, nounhackles, nounhairless, adjectivehamster, nounhare, nounhart, nounhaunch, nounhedgehog, nounheifer, nounhen, nounherbivore, nounherd, nounhermit crab, nounhibernate, verbhind, adjectivehind, nounhindquarters, nounhippo, nounhippopotamus, nounhock, nounhog, nounhoof, nounhorned, adjectivehorse, nounhound, nounhowl, verbhump, nounhusky, nounhyaena, nounhybrid, nounhyena, nounibex, nouniguana, nounimpala, nouninbred, adjectiveinbreeding, nouninsectivore, nouninterbreed, verbinvertebrate, nounjackal, nounjackrabbit, nounjaguar, nounjellyfish, nounJersey, nounkangaroo, nounkid, nounkoala, nounkookaburra, nounLabrador, nounlair, nounlamb, nounlemming, nounleopard, nounlion, nounlioness, nounlitter, nounlitter, verblizard, nounllama, nounlonghorn, nounlugworm, nounlynx, nounmale, nounmamba, nounmammal, nounmammary, adjectivemammoth, nounmandible, nounmandrill, nounmane, nounman-eater, nounmare, nounmarmoset, nounmarsupial, nounmarten, nounmastitis, nounmate, nounmate, verbmating, nounmaw, nounmenagerie, nounmew, verbmiaow, verbmice, nounmigrant, nounmilk, verbmimic, verbmimic, nounmink, nounmole, nounmollusc, nounmongoose, nounmongrel, nounmonkey, nounmoo, verbmoose, nounmoult, verbmountain goat, nounmountain lion, nounmouse, nounmule, nounmuskrat, nounmussel, nounmustang, nounmutt, nounmuzzle, nounnag, nounnanny goat, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounnest, nounnewt, nounnocturnal, adjectiveocelot, nounoctopus, nounoffspring, nounoink, interjectionokapi, nounOld English sheepdog, nounomnivore, nounomnivorous, adjectiveopossum, nounorangutang, nounotter, nounox, nounpachyderm, nounpack, nounpad, nounpair, nounpanda, nounpanther, nounparasite, nounparasitic, adjectivepaw, nounpaw, verbpeccary, nounpedigree, adjectivepeke, nounPekinese, nounpelt, nounPersian cat, nounpest, nounpheasant, nounpiebald, adjectivepied, adjectivepig, nounpiggy, nounpiglet, nounpincer, nounpine marten, nounpinto, nounpit bull terrier, nounpit pony, nounplankton, nounplate, nounplatypus, nounpointer, nounpolar bear, nounpolecat, nounpolyp, nounpony, nounpooch, nounpoodle, nounporcupine, nounporker, nounporpoise, nounPortuguese man-of-war, nounpossum, nounpouch, nounprairie dog, nounprance, verbpredation, nounpredator, nounpredatory, adjectiveprehensile, adjectiveprey, nounprickle, nounpride, nounprimate, nounproboscis, nounprocreate, verbprowl, verbpterodactyl, nounpuffin, nounpug, nounpullet, nounpuma, nounpup, nounpurebred, adjectivepurr, verbpussy, nounpython, nounquack, verbquadruped, nounquill, nounrabbit, nounrabbit warren, nounrabid, adjectiveraccoon, nounracoon, nounram, nounrat, nounrattler, nounrattlesnake, nounravening, adjectivereindeer, nounreptile, nounretract, verbretriever, nounrhesus monkey, nounrhino, nounrhinoceros, nounroan, nounrodent, nounroe deer, nounrottweiler, nounruminant, nounruminate, verbrump, nounrunt, nounrut, nounsable, nounsac, nounsalamander, nounsausage dog, nounscavenge, verbschool, nounscorpion, nounseal, nounsea lion, nounseashell, nounsea urchin, nounsemen, nounserpent, nounsetter, nounsex, verbshed, verbsheep, nounsheepdog, nounShetland pony, nounshire horse, nounshrew, nounshrimp, nounSiamese cat, nounsilkworm, nounsimian, adjectivesire, nounskin, nounskunk, nounsloth, nounslug, nounsnail, nounsnake, nounsnakebite, nounsnarl, verbsniffer dog, nounsnout, nounsocial, adjectivesow, nounspaniel, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsperm whale, nounsponge, nounspoor, nounspore, nounspringbok, nounsquid, nounsquirrel, nounstag, nounstallion, nounstarfish, nounSt Bernard, nounsteed, nounsteer, nounsting, nounstinger, nounstoat, nounstomach, nounstray, adjectivestray, nounstud, nounsucker, nounsuckle, verbsuckling, nounswine, nountadpole, nountail, nountame, adjectivetame, verbtapeworm, nountapir, nounteat, nountentacle, nounterrapin, nounterrier, nounterritorial, adjectiveterritory, nountiger, nountigress, nountoad, nountom, nountomcat, nountooth, nountortoise, nountortoiseshell, nountrumpet, verbtrunk, nountufted, adjectiveturtle, nountusk, nountyrannosaurus, nounudder, nounuterus, nounvampire bat, nounvent, nounvermin, nounvertebrate, nounvicuña, nounviper, nounvivarium, nounvixen, nounvole, nounwag, verbwallaby, nounwallow, verbwalrus, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewarren, nounwarthog, nounwater buffalo, nounwater rat, nounwater vole, nounweasel, nounweevil, nounwhale, nounwhelk, nounwhelp, nounwhelp, verbwhinny, verbwhippet, nounwhisker, nounwild boar, nounwildcat, nounwildebeest, nounwildfowl, nounwinkle, nounwithers, nounwolf, nounwolfhound, nounwombat, nounwool, nounyak, nounyap, verbyap, nounyearling, nounyelp, nounYorkshire terrier, nounyoung, nounzebra, nounzoologist, nounzoology, nounzygote, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2verbs► go to school

· Did you go to school in Paris?

► attend (a) school

formal (=go to a school)· Some of the children had not attended school very regularly before.

► start school

· Children in Britain start school when they are five.

► leave school

· He left school when he was 16.

► send somebody to school

· His parents sent him to a private school.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + school► a state school

British English, a public school American English (=a school that gets its money from the government)· Universities want to encourage more applicants from state schools.

► a private school

(also a public school British English) (=a school where students pay to study)· He was educated at a private school.

► somebody’s old school

(=the school someone went to when they were young)· He went back to his old school to give a talk to the children.

► a local school

(=a school near where someone lives)· They sent their kids to the local school.

► a boarding school

(=a school where children also live and sleep)

► a day school

(=a school where children go during the day but go home in the evenings)· The school is both a boarding school and a day school.

► a nursery school

(=for children under 5)

► an infant school

British English (=for children aged 5 to 7)

► a primary school

British English, an elementary school American English (=for children up to 11)· Their children are still at primary school.

► a secondary school

(also a high school British English) (=for children from 11 to 16 or 18)

► a high school

American English (=a school for students aged 14 to 18)

► a comprehensive school

British English (=a secondary school for all children)

► a grammar school

British English (=a secondary school for children who have passed an exam when they are 11)

school + NOUN► school students

(also school pupils British English)· Most school students have musical interests of some kind.

► a school friend

· She met some old school friends.

► a school uniform

· He was still wearing his school uniform.

► the school holidays

British English· The trip will take place during the school holidays.

► the school run

British English (=the journey taking children to and from school each day)· She had to be back in time for the school run.

► the school playground

► the school library

► the school hall

► the school bus

► the school curriculum

· Head teachers were asked to incorporate road safety education in the school curriculum.

► school meals/lunches

(also school dinners British English)· We provide good-quality school meals.

► a school governor

British English (=an elected person who works with teachers to make decisions about how a school is organized)· The school governors have appointed a new head teacher.

► the school board

American English (=the group of people who are elected to govern a school or group of schools)· The courts have upheld the school board's right to dismiss striking teachers.

► the school day

· Most children are tired at the end of the school day.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody's absence from work/school

· You will be entitled to sick pay in respect of any absence from work through sickness.

► somebody’s work/business/school address

· I sent the letter to her work address.· My business address is on my card.

► university/college/school admissions

► school age

· Children should start doing homework as they approach high school age.

► school-leaving age

British English· The government is proposing to raise the minimum school-leaving age.

► a school bag

· Hey, don't forget your school bag!

► the school band

· She plays the trumpet in the school band.

► the school board

American English· The school board voted on the appointment.

► an office/school/hospital etc building

· Our office building is just ten minutes’ walk from where I live.

► a school bus

· Hurry up or you’ll miss the school bus!

► after-school care

· Children with both parents working long hours need after-school care.

► school chum

Freddie’s an old school chum of mine.

► factory/hospital/school etc closure

the problem of school closures

► school/work clothes

· Work clothes tend to be black, blue, or grey.

► compulsory schooling/education

11 years of compulsory education

► a school counsellor

(=working with the students at a school)· I worked for three years as a school counsellor.

► school/family crest

► the school curriculum

· The children carried out the project as part of the school curriculum.

► the primary/secondary/high school etc curriculum

(=for particular ages at school)

► a school day

(=a day when children go to school)· It’s a school day tomorrow, so you need an early night.

► a school desk

· The children are at their school desks by 8:30 in the morning.

► school dinners

British English (=meals provided at school in the middle of the day)· School dinners are served in the canteen.

► high school/college diploma

► school discipline

· a government report into how to improve school discipline

► primary (school) education

British English, elementary education American English (=for children aged between 5 and 11)· The government has announced plans to improve the quality of primary school education.

► nursery/pre-school education

(=for children aged under 5)· The funding will provide nursery education for all four-year-olds.

► university/college/school entry

· Japan has one of the highest rates of college and university entry in the world.

► high school exams

· Greg got good grades in all of his high school exams.

► A-level/high school etc examinations

· The school usually achieves good results in GCSE examinations.

► an exclusive school

· Marjorie went to an exclusive girls’ school.

► school/college/university fees

· She paid for her college fees by taking a part-time job as a waitress.

► a film school

· He graduated from film school in 1998.

► a shoal/school of fish

(=a large group swimming together)· Shoals of little fish were swimming around her.

► a school friend

· I met some old school friends for lunch.

► a farm/factory/school etc gate

· I carefully shut the farm gate behind me.· Lots of parents were waiting outside the school gate.

► high-school graduate

a high-school graduate

► independent school

especially British English (=one not owned or paid for by the government)

► a school inspection

· The arrangements for school inspections have been greatly improved.

► leave home/school/college etc

How old were you when you left home (=your parents’ home)?

My daughter got a job after she left school.

The lawsuit will be postponed until the president leaves office.

► a school/university/college library

· She was studying at the college library.

► a school lunch

(=a lunch provided by a school)· Free school lunches are provided for the poorest children.

► school mates

Most of my school mates are black.

► a school meal

(=provided by a school)· Many of the children are receiving free school meals.

► a family/school etc outing

a class outing to the ballet

► play catch/house/tag/school etc

Outside, the children were playing cowboys and Indians.

► a school play

· I got a small part in the school play.

► riding school/stables

(=place where people learn to ride horses)

► a school/prison/club etc rule

· He had broken one of the school rules.

► school run

the daily school run (=the journey that parents make each day taking their children to and from school) British English

► doing the school run

We hope to increase the safety of children who walk to school and cut the number of cars doing the school run.

► single-sex school

a single-sex school (=one for only boys or girls)

► skip school/class

especially American English

He skipped chemistry class three times last month.

► start school/college/work

I started college last week.

► a university/college/school student

· How many college students are politically active?

► a high school/elementary school student

American English· Her son is a high school student.

► take time off (work/school)

I rang my boss and arranged to take some time off.

► teach school/college etc

American English (=teach in a school etc)

► the school team

· I played for my school cricket team.

► a school/university term

· The school term was about to start.

► a school trip

(=when children and teachers from a school go somewhere)· She went on a school trip to Tuscany.

► school/army/police etc uniform

He was still wearing his school uniform.

► the village hall/school/shop/church

· A meeting will be held at the village hall on Tuesday.

► a school/pod of whales

(=a group of whales)· A school of sperm whales was sighted.

► the whole school/country/village etc

(=all the people in a school, country etc)

The whole town came out for the parade.

► prison/school yard

(=an area outside a prison or school where prisoners or students do activities outdoors)

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► comprehensive

· Sessions will take place both indoors at the centre and outdoors on the adjacent comprehensive school playing fields.· Wilson has been pushing for a comprehensive school test since he became governor in 1991.· The first, and most orthodox, of these was the 11-18 comprehensive school.· Choice programs in schools typically have greater flexibility and autonomy than are found in traditional comprehensive high schools.· Teachers in comprehensive schools can be as imaginative and as devoted as in any other kind of school.· Studies of large, comprehensive high schools suggested they are inhospitable places for both students and teachers.· In Worcestershire, the education authority is committed to parity of excellence for all of its comprehensive schools.· Our big comprehensive high schools are simply too big.

► elementary

· His partner is an elementary school principal in town.· Born and raised in Tokyo, Komuro started violin lessons at age 3 and began learning keyboards in elementary school.· Some of the elite kindergartens and elementary schools also protest the advent of baby cram schools even while admitting their young alumni.· The rest were educated from five until fourteen in elementary schools.· In Tampa, Fla., he posed with elementary school students learning how to run businesses.· Then came junior school. Elementary school it was called in those days.· At a recent elementary school appearance, Stack slides easily into his crowd-pleasing presentation.

► high

· An Aboriginal high school girl from a desert tribe had chanced to see this picture - and all hell had broken loose.· Basic computer literacy is becoming an integral part of education for many high school and college students.· The latest craze sweeping high schools and college dorms across the States is True Crime trading cards.· I look older than I am, at the butt end of my junior year of high school.· I also recruited Elwood Glover straight from high school.· The skinhead students were expelled and transferred to another high school, but the problems at Groves were far from over.· We hire young people without glancing at their high school transcripts and then wonder why they do not work harder in school.· Then 23, she married her high school sweetheart, Dave.

► independent

· Of the 42,000 who leave independent schools, more than 11,000 go to a top-13 university.· Fees for independent schools are high.· Apart from the local authority-run schools, Pocklington has an independent public school.· On the other hand the public would want inspectors to be independent of the school being inspected.· Pupils in independent schools achieve higher levels of success in public examinations than those at maintained schools.· In Ulster, there are 72 grammar schools out of 238 secondary schools, and no posh independent schools at all.· Parents began to turn in increasing numbers to the independent schools.

► junior

· One entire wall is devoted to photographs of the various sixth-grade and junior high school graduating classes she taught over the years.· They spend six years in elementary education and three years in junior high school.· Most of us think the teachers are easier to approach in junior high school.· It was Alex's last year in the Penzance junior school and he would be sitting the eleven plus immediately after Christmas.· I teach history at the high school and junior high school levels.· But that argument is unlikely to hold much water at Aldercar junior school outside Nottingham.· Church league to junior high school to high school.

► local

· On Monday Brandon, a third-grader at a local parochial school, told his teacher about the owl.· But in many rural areas the only real choice is the one local school.· State law, however, gives control of instruction to local school boards.· I attended the local school, went to the swimming baths on Wednesdays and the cinema on Saturdays.· She was an administrator in the local school system.· In the slums of Luanda hundreds of local schools have sprung up in churches, or in modest classrooms built by parents.· It is up to local school authorities to adopt rules controlling the use of such leaves.

► medical

· Projects are offered in a wide range of science laboratories in the university and medical school.· His parents had assumed he would go to a big university, major in science, and go to medical school.· They never taught me in medical school that I would be doing so much paperwork.· Few other medical schools have such a successful record of attracting research funds.· Blacks, particularly black males, are underrepresented in medical schools across the country.· Already some medical schools have made progress in implementing such schemes.· The alleged cancer connection was disputed by scientists at the University of Arizona medical school in Tucson.

► middle

· My own work on middle school teachers provides some support for this view.· In middle school, your children would rather attend your execution than have you attend their field trip.· The participation of primary and middle school teachers forms a major part of the methodology.· Such exposure should begin in middle school and increase in intensity and focus in high school.· The establishment of first and middle schools came in the wake of the Plowden Report of 1966.· I tried to meet the administrators from as many high schools and middle schools as possible.· At the time of going press, primary and middle schools are being reorganized.· And what about sites for middle and high schools?

► old

· The old village school, which closed in 1968, is now a private house and schoolchildren go by bus to Howden.· The only exception was among my childhood friends or old school classmates.· Not everything old is old school.· Hawaiian Tropic was invented in 1969 by a 25-year-old high school teacher and part-time lifeguard named Ron Rice.· Not everything old is old school.· The facilities are no better at the other four oldest schools.· When we return to our hometowns, a visit to the old school to pay homage is a mandatory ritual.

► primary

· Her father, a primary school teacher, was also disappointed with her choice.· To some extent the advances made in our primary schools in the wake of the Plowden Report have been squandered.· They can be primary or special schools, mixed groups of teaching and outside agency staff.· Dozens of homes, a church, primary school and shops were also extensively damaged.· For some schools, especially primary schools, it will be the new managerial responsibilities which will bring the most daunting challenge.· Lights were on in the primary school.· Thirty senior class pupils from ten primary schools in the Yarm area will attend a three-day pilot project.

► private

· Admittedly I was on the Costa del Sol at a private international school and not in the capital.· I mean they go to the private schools, of course.· The Grammar schools were for the most able, bright academic pupils and were run along private school lines.· In other cases, schools escort students back and forth from their private schools to public classrooms.· An obvious example is education, where a child attends either a state school or a private school.· As a consequence, private schools flourished, from the very expensive to the shantytown schools run by women in the slums.· After an education in private schools, he became a laboratory assistant at the Runcorn Soap & Alkali Co.· The proposal is popular among parents who are unhappy with public education but can not afford private school tuition.

► public

· Corporal punishment became an issue both in the armed forces and the public schools.· Can teachers wear distinctively religious clothing in public schools?· This last point was, however, mainly directed towards the public schools and the independent sector generally.· Half the 1, 500 public schools in Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg and Pretoria, have no electricity.· Can secret societies be prohibited in public schools?· She would have just been going into eighth grade when public schools around the country were implementing the legislation.

► secondary

· This evidence was collected for primary, secondary and special schools.· In secondary school I ran a little track and led Human Growth Seminars, which was sort of a teen-age est.· Singing in Schools An additional cause for disquiet is the present shortage of music teachers in primary and secondary schools.· The great majority of these Volunteers were secondary school teachers.· A cursory perusal of my file of pupils' pursuits in both primary and secondary schools shows similar experiences and reflections.· At ten, she could dream of completing secondary school.· Even if we wanted to, we could not make secondary school like primary school.· Each zone typically includes a cluster of two or three secondary schools with their supporting primaries and special educational needs provision.

► special

· The doctor recommended a place at a named independent special school.· Jimi and his colleagues have had another good day at a very special school.· Children with special needs Special schools.· More aid also is proposed for bilingual education, special education and school construction and repairs.· Children with special needs Special schools.· Cedars, he told them, was a special school because it had special teachers with special skills and training.· Nearly three-quarters of these children were educated at special schools, often in special classes.· If it is used only to improve the pupil-teacher ratio within special schools then its value is limited.

► whole

· The centralizing pressures of the whole school were kept at the lowest level compatible with the necessary coherence of the enterprise.· And if one thing happened, the whole school would be involved.· In addition, the clarification of such issues could well provide the initial stimulus for a whole school language policy.· The year after I was graduated, they built a whole new high school to handle the incoming hordes.· The exuberance that Minton helped generate at Camberwell was related to a deeper excitement animating the whole school.· He denounces Jane before the whole school as a liar, but Helen Burns does not shun her.· The whole school would instantly become hushed and enthralled by the horror, watching.· In a few places, whole high schools have divided into four or five separate academies.

NOUN► age

· The nineteen whom I interviewed included women with seven, five and four children, several under school age.· Part of the reason is that by the time our toddlers are of school age, we take their talk for granted.· The order will terminate when the child ceases to be of compulsory school age or if a care order is made.· It is estimated that lead reaches toxic levels in the blood of 17 percent of urban children under school age.· First-stage tinies progress to playing variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and by school age are tackling several tunes.· Constable McLennan stated that children of primary school age were allowed to cycle on the pavement.· But König's interest in schools spread predictably to provision for handicapped people beyond school age.· A member from the panel of parents of school age will be required to attend each of the meetings.

► board

· The immigrant groups had the numbers, even if they didn't have control of the media or the school board.· In Mobile, Alabama, when the school board proposed a teacher competency test, the union objected.· He sat for sixteen years on the London school board, and seventeen on the London county council.· The school board claimed the dis-missals were required by economic necessity.· Their names went up on a list on the school board as being entitled to free lunches.· He bullied the school board which, in theory, employed him, and he chose to ignore the black protest.· State law, however, gives control of instruction to local school boards.

► business

· Establish which is the best business school in the country and hire its best professor at double his or her current salary.· If he had suggested business school, I probably would have hit him.· Inside the business school chimed the melody that meant the change of lessons.· Even the business schools are coming around to that point of view.· Nor is it surprising that business schools moved swiftly to meet this demand for new skills.· After all, its merits were preached by our business schools for several decades.· Reynolds wanted new consultants from business schools and commerce or industry, not from other headhunting firms.

► child

· What of heroic exploits during armed service or the caning of school children?· It is being asked to compensate for the failures of the education system by teaching school children art and history.· Thus the proportion of secondary school children going to grammar schools has always been positively related to social class.· Across the hall, a group of twenty grade school children are at work in two connected rooms.· For example, mandatory polio immunization of all school children has been upheld, despite the religious objections of some parents.· It is hoped that as many as 90 percent of all school children will take part.· But that maneuver would permit the Democrats to demonstrate their devotion to school children.

► day

· Every school day was a good day.· Almost any child will assert that recess is the best part of the school day.· Althusser offers as examples of ritual practices a funeral, a school day, a political party meeting.· The nun who teaches our class gives us time during the school day to begin.· I have never once heard a staff member say that wouldn't stay after the school day for some activity or other.· It was clear to him that Dan needed to maintain persistence for about ninety minutes of every school day.· This was home throughout his school days until he returned to St Andrews to attend the University.· This fragmentation of the school day gives rise to teaching that is mainly talking, learning that is mainly seat time.

► district

· The lawsuit demands Arnold turn over the fees he earned in the transactions to the school district.· Cameron and the school district sit down with a neutral third person to negotiate an agreement that both sides find acceptable.· Davis' journey began when the Fort Pierce, Fla., school districts were rezoned after his freshman and sophomore years.· Open-enrollment charter schools draw students from across school district boundaries and are financed with state and local school dollars.· In a small Texas school district, two political factions were vying for control of the school board.· They get their own school district too.· In half-day kindergarten programs, school districts need only half the number of kindergarten teachers and kindergarten classrooms.· Frezzo said discussions are under way with the San Francisco school district to allocate money to pay students to maintain its networks.

► drama

· A.R. You both went into the theatre together from the same drama school?· People had seen me in my drama school finals.· The drama school audition By now you will have made a definite decision to become an actor - nomatterwhat the problems or obstacles.· Above all you need new audience experience now you are out of drama school.· Payment of fees and grants Fees set by each drama school do differ slightly, though they can be considered basically similar.· He returned in 1987 to attend the national drama school in Krakow.· Being technically aware of your body is very important and the more drama school does about that the better.

► friend

· He phoned an old school friend named Andy Rourke.· There she was able to board with the family of an old school friend.· If she had been speaking to a school friend she would have called Brian Daddy but this was not acceptable to Jasper.· One successful enterprise was started by two high school friends who loved to eat.· I was sixteen before I took any of my school friends home.· How would my secondary school friends have described me?· Luke and Helen visited families of school friends.

► graduate

· In the United States the graduate school is the major arena of pedagogic activity and intellectual life.· C., and a substantial amount of money toward graduate school.· There is a variety of approaches in graduate schools and change is more easily envisaged.· This question is the great white whale of graduate school finance courses.· He didn't get on at graduate school at Harvard, finding it pretentious and doctrinaire.· He would also be a marvelous attraction for a graduate school of almost any-thing.· Both of us will teach to support our husbands through graduate school.· She has plans for graduate school.

► grammar

· But the small grammar schools of the North-East had something which modern schools often lack.They had well-qualified, determined teachers.· Lately, everything I wore that she made for me, apart from my grammar school uniform, seemed frumpy and old-fashioned.· Thus the proportion of secondary school children going to grammar schools has always been positively related to social class.· I leaned against the wall and thought back to a graduation party at my old grammar school.· Three years passed, and I had not lost my ambition to become the headmaster of a grammar school.· The grammar school has its defects.· Eventually we moved to Dorset where my father taught at the local grammar school.· I put I had been to the grammar school and I got my O levels.

► holiday

· Next to her is Michelle, her daughter, who helps with the bulbs in school holidays.· So, we needed to find a low-cost way to help parents on school holidays, on snow days and in general.· Child: What work did you do in the school holidays?· Lingdale Residents' Association asked the council's permission to organise school holiday activities on spare land in Wilson Street.· I used to help at weekends and during school holidays.· Employee attitudes towards a move may be made more favourable if the employer allows the relocation to take place during school holidays.· Friends with children and those in the teaching profession all wanted to visit us then, in the school holiday time.· The departure date was fixed for 4 August, an ideal time to travel because of school holidays and our diaries.

► law

· It is said many students leave the Harvard law school with debts of $ 75,000 or more.· Procaccia, the law school dean, believes the intent of the compensation bill is to save money.· I might go to law school next year, and I wanted to find out if I liked it.· He was a young lawyer, just out of law school.· How would I select a law school class?· The number of students enrolled in ABA-approved law schools doubled in the twelve-year period from 1968 to 1979.· Though he entered law school, Kelly was teaching dance a few months later.· Yet law schools understand the dollar as well.

► library

· Swinton thinks perhaps she stumbled on Orlando in the school library.· The publication also is distributed to youth clubs, clinics, school libraries, drug treatment centers and churches across the country.· To improve secondary school library provision and the quality of book selection. 3.· Look in your school library for information about that or other oil spills.· But she didn't know where to find it in the rows of medical books in the nursing school library.· There are no school libraries in the 175 elementary and junior high schools.· The news of busy, wanted school libraries can help all of us engaged in providing books and related services to schools.· What can Prestel offer the school library?

► meal

· This boom in fast food is providing strong competition for both staff restaurants and school meal services.· It's very easy to organise some investigative work by children on school meals provision.· They live in the nine skinflint boroughs - mostly Tory authorities - which have scrapped their school meals service on cost grounds.· Assemblies, dress requirements, school meals provision and links with parents may be insensitive to different cultural backgrounds and linguistic diversity.· There is also considerable variation in the proportion of pupils receiving free school meals.· While such concern gained support for the provision of rate-financed school meals, proposals for full state maintenance had far less backing.· The school has 1,308 on roll and 30 per cent take free school meals.· They had been expected to supervise school meals, to distribute milk, to be responsible for children at lunch times.

► nursery

· Jason was part of a team involved in producing a mural for a nursery school playground.· The children in child-cantered nursery schools tend to play and work in small groups or in pairs.· It runs over 150 primary and nursery schools, and 12 secondary schools teaching agriculture, commerce and industry.· Child care: day care, nursery school, babysitting.· As to her other point, I can say only what I said to her about her calculations on nursery school resources.· And then the kindergarten teacher started throwing him back into the nursery school.· I tried putting the boys in nursery school, but they screamed the place down.· Thus the movement is striking at the early stages: nursery school, kindergarten, and the lower grades.

► pupil

· Drug dealers elicited sympathy from secondary school pupils, who laughed at the suggestion of reporting them to the police.· The segregation of school pupils who have disabilities or learning difficulties poses this question immediately.· The differences were also evident in the age range of primary school pupils.· In the white sector, 94 percent of primary school pupils were aged twelve or below.· Estimates of total enrolment vary, but it seems unlikely that there were less than 100,000 Sunday school pupils by 1800.· There have even been suggestions that the length of the working week for secondary school pupils may have to be increased.· Cheltzie Hentz is taking legal action against two fellow primary school pupils after they swore at her on a bus.· Grammar school pupils were drawn disproportionately from middle-class families.

► state

· He is a former academic, whose five-year-old daughter attends state school and will apparently continue to do so.· Justice says they should be allowed to attend the state school.· The Department of Education and Science has estimated that state schools have a £3 billion backlog of repairs.· The state school officials says all of those things are on the way.· Chelsea already goes to a black majority state school in Arkansas, but for Amy the change was sudden.· Her language may be a bit highbrow, but it strikes a chord with many of Britain's state school heads.· Some state schools have followed the example of the independent schools in asking parents to give covenanted sums.· Games were not even made compulsory in state schools until 1944 despite the importance of athleticism in private education.

► student

· She did best in the interview, the part of the application process which was said to disadvantage comprehensive school students.· But they expressed the greatest concerns about the time it takes for workers to supervise and mentor high school students.· These findings were welcomed as reinforcing the need for top universities to do more to attract working-class and state-school students.· High school students are remarkably perceptive and fresh in their views.· Even when their grades are the same, public school students are still much more likely to win places at the 13.· For Tulsa to provide school-to-work experiences for large numbers of high school students, something else was needed.· They had not begun the program as high school students.· In Tampa, Fla., he posed with elementary school students learning how to run businesses.

► system

· But its collapse had served to focus attention upon many of the tensions within the school system.· I doubt if the schools system could cope with another overhaul to undo all the harm done.· But, in his place, the school system did not have the wisdom to send in anyone more qualified.· Hold on to the remnants of a once great public school system.· The New York City school system has a rule book the size of two collegiate dictionaries.· Initially, the newly nationalized school system expanded very rapidly, with enrolments doubling in the course of a few years.· S libraries and school systems have Internet access-the majority are yet to be connected.

► teacher

· We are circulating the report to all primary schools so that primary school teachers can benefit from its advice.· Jack Spencer was a high school teacher and a coach.· In boxing, I was encouraged a lot by school teachers.· He had the ironic, amused manner of a high school teacher, which he also was.· So too have the subjects which the primary school teacher is expected to cover.· South Florida owes him the respect one gives to a stern high school teacher.· So, simply in its volume the assessment system itself represents a burden for primary school teachers.· Perhaps he or she was a junior high school teacher who once commented that your writing skills were far below average.

► village

· He was educated at the village school in Fridaythorpe.· Opening their hearts to Jane, the brother finds her work in the village school and the sisters listen to her story.· She attended only a teachers' institute, then taught in a village school.· Or better still, there was the village school practically next door!· Mr Gordon finds a Musician Mr Gordon was the teacher at the little village school.· She met Sebastian from the tiny village school and told him what had happened.· The village school, built in 1870, is now closed and used for the village hall.

► year

· The purpose of the evening is to explain the nature of the tests which these children will undertake later this school year.· The students participate in paid internships during the summer and part-time work during the school year.· Our son's achievement level soared and at the end of the school year he received a glowing report from his teachers.· That uncertainty arose after a $ 10 million budget shortfall surfaced in July, days before the start of the school year.· The customary school year is 219 days.· I can't believe that a school year could go so fast.· This is the social event of the school year.· The 1988 school year began with a sunrise breakfast and sing on the sandy shores of Lake Michigan.

VERB► attend

· In January, Bisceglie was contacted by Swanson, with whom he had attended law school.· She also attended a kindergarten school where she first demonstrated her talent for modelling with clay.· Students who attended schools that regularly received and posted notices of job openings earned about $ 950 more than the annual average.· The 825 youngsters who attend the school are mainly children of immigrants of over 25 different nationalities.· She attended school in Pencer, and Roseau.· Mrs Short said she would prefer George to attend a mainstream school.· In the education department, more than 10, 000 students attended nine school performances.

► finish

· Ponyboy hopes he will finish school and go on to university, so that he can gain qualifications and lead a better life.· Amelia became a student at one of the most exclusive finishing schools in the country, a school called Ogontz.· Sheila and Mona were at the convent secondary school, Michael was finishing national school.· They established a bakery that eventually employed several hundred village girls on a part-time basis while they finished school.· She finished school last year, and she worked for six months in a hospital to get some money.· Listen to the Evert family, who refused to let Chris play full-time on the pro circuit until she finished high school.· The lessons took place during the evening and then only after I had finished my regular school work for the day.· Alvin was to stay behind to finish the school year.

► go

· Most slum children do not go to school, are very poor, and speak only Hindi.· She chose to go to a different school, a true boarding school.· I went to Tintagel primary school a few months later.· Richards and I went to flight school together.· One morning when they went to school the little bunnies were there in the cage and they were all very happy.· This woman is never going to law school.· Charlotte went to school again when she was fifteen.· Today, close to half of all young people ages 25 to 34 still have not gone beyond high school.

► leave

· Before you leave school to go on Work Experience you will be told which teacher to contact if you have any problems.· Her sons left school when they were big enough to work.· Mary was forty-six and had left school without any educational qualifications.· The aim is to make students' aware of their own capabilities and options after leaving school.· I left school at 16 without much in the way of qualifications.· He was forced to leave school at 16 and go to work as a bank clerk.· People who left school unable to read were often dismissed as lazy.· What is done here with and for high school students will make a difference in who they are when they leave school.

► stay

· He even wanted her to stay at school after she was sixteen, but she got round him there.· My dad wanted me to stay in school.· I have never once heard a staff member say that wouldn't stay after the school day for some activity or other.· He seems to make few friends and is content to stay at home after school and play Nintendo until bedtime.· Contact with employers has enabled many young people to see the value of staying on at school to improve their qualifications.· Holly will retain his scholarship as long as he stays in school, according to Frieder.· Accordingly, they had planned to stay until the new school term began.· She went so far as to make special transportation arrangements for some students to stay after school to finish their assignments.

► teach

· At this time, I grew disheartened with the work, and started teaching in secondary school.· Parents are cleaning, shoveling, and even teaching to aid schools.· On 29 July, while I was teaching at a secondary school near London, I got married to.· And over the years, an array of conservative luminaries have spoken or taught at the school.· The first issue focuses on how to teach prayer in both school and parish.· Thoreau first tried to make a career of teaching school and then wrote essays, which almost no one bought.· The ideal solution to the conundrum is to teach no religion in schools.· They stood and talked, and Alvin asked when Truitte was coming to teach at the school he had opened nearby.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► school of thought

According to one school of thought, the disease is caused by a genetic defect.
There are many schools of thought on how yoga should be taught.
There are two schools of thought. One wants to control inflation, while the other is more interested in boosting employment.
Basically, there were two schools of thought.
Each school of thought has enjoyed constant internal debate about assumptions and methods.
Indeed, one school of thought believed that the female brain was biologically different from that of the male.
Inevitably this has meant some over-simplifying, stereotyping and exaggeration in the claims and counter-claims of the different schools of thought.
There are two schools of thought concerning the application of syntactic knowledge.
There are various schools of thought on how captions or short photo-stories should be affixed to photographs.
Two schools of thought emerged during the summer of 1936.

► of/from the old school

At such a time, with his formal dress, he looked like a diplomat of the old school.
He was of the old school, complete with stiff collar and bowler hat, and he was a good all-rounder.
He was one of the old school, not exactly sleeping under hedges, but an itinerant caddie.
I had to have ideas about how to sell the packages even though my business was still of the old school.
Oscar was from the old school.
The overall effect was grandfatherly-a gentleman of the old school, fusty, faintly absentminded, and deeply courteous.
They sweep aside the qualifications and reservations which monetarists of the old school would occasionally express.

► at school

Lisa always buys her lunch at school.

► in school

Aaron's girlfriend is still in school.
The kids are in school between nine and three.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cut class/school

She started cutting classes and fighting with her teachers and parents.
But Democratic legislators say the tax cut would cut school funding by more than $ 3 billion.
The conference also approved resolutions to cut class sizes and protect teachers from undue stress.

► fee-paying school

But the punishment was still permitted in some fee-paying schools, provided that was not against the parents' principles.
Over three quarters of the House of Lords attended fee-paying schools of one sort or another.
Since last summer at least 256 teachers had lost their jobs after 10 fee-paying schools folded, said officials.
Then there was the resentment over the fur coat she was deprived of because I was sent to a fee-paying school.

► go to school/church/work etc

And I was going to school.
Dad, I want to go to school.
Everyone says the space program is great, he goes to work on the space program.
His Mum went to work this afternoon.
I was too upset to go to school.
Keith makes himself go to work.
Phillips should have lost his eligibility for the year while continuing to just go to school.
When he was told he must go to school, he said he would not.

► infant school/teacher/class etc

Ah, but here was a job: the infant teacher was called away for half an hour.
An infant school built in 1840 served both Seaton and Sigglesthorne.
At this time Syeduz was nearly six and in his second term in the infant school.
Children attended infant school until they were seven.
Read in studio An infant school has reopened after being severely damaged by arsonists.
The limit for first-year infants classes will be 27 and for classes of children of mixed ages, 24.
This infant school was sometimes part of a junior school which catered for seven to eleven year olds.

► model prison/farm/school etc

A model farm was built for the herd in 1850 but after 1870 the herd's size was never more than 100.
Before applying the impact of support charges, his model farm produced a farm gross margin of £101,000 under farm income-optimising calculations.
The Economic Societies encouraged local industries, set up model farms, and sponsored new crops.
The jail is less than a year old and has been hailed as a model prison.
There he built a model farm specialising in truffles - the regional speciality - potatoes and nuts.
Wave of unrest hits model prison.

► of/from the old school

As a soldier of the old school, Eisenhower felt his responsibility was to protect the nation's security.
Harris was a newspaperman of the old school.
At such a time, with his formal dress, he looked like a diplomat of the old school.
He was of the old school, complete with stiff collar and bowler hat, and he was a good all-rounder.
He was one of the old school, not exactly sleeping under hedges, but an itinerant caddie.
I had to have ideas about how to sell the packages even though my business was still of the old school.
Oscar was from the old school.
The overall effect was grandfatherly-a gentleman of the old school, fusty, faintly absentminded, and deeply courteous.
They sweep aside the qualifications and reservations which monetarists of the old school would occasionally express.
This one was of the old school: giddy and flirtatious.

► the old school tie► put somebody through school/college/university

I'm grateful to my wife for putting me through law school.
He put himself through school with wages earned as a carpenter.
He put his kids through college.
I put my children through college doing it.
I felt guilty thinking of my father working so hard to put me through school.
Instead, she moved to Boston, where she worked as a waitress and put herself through school.
Some said Pops sent his Social Security checks to his daughter to put his grandchildren through college.
The boys were to be sent by their father, but he was able to put just one through school.
There were stories of people putting themselves through college by working during the day and studying at night.

► residential course/school etc

As a challenge the chief of the Poltava guberniia Department of Education offered him the directorship of this residential school for war-orphans.
Casey is now in a residential school for children with emotional problems and / or learning disabilities.
In fact I hear that several Outward Bound schools are offering fortnight-long residential courses on the safe removal of the fleecy top.
The residential course will be a combination of talks, demonstrations and hands-on experience.
The money raised will pay for two outdoor residential courses, organised for college students and Fairbridge.
Therefore, the concerns raised do not apply necessarily or equally to all residential schools working with such children.
They joined the six-day residential course after a careful selection process.

► the old school tie► secondary education/schooling/teaching etc

A father explained to me that he would put one of his three sons through primary and secondary education.
All had to prepare a Development Plan describing five years' improvement to bring about secondary education for all.
During secondary education, the use of the spoken word increases.
Full mixed-ability teaching, especially if it reached into the middle and later years of secondary schooling, was comparatively rare.
If you came from a poor family the only way you could get secondary education was by gaining a scholarship.
In practice, given the monoglot tendency in secondary education it might be difficult to recruit students with the necessary competence.
Remember that people were then leaving school at 12 or 14 and there was no secondary education available in the town.
These differences increased during secondary education: children from lower-status occupational groups declined from their 11 plus position relative to higher groups.

► single-sex school/college etc► sink estate/school► stay after (school)

But Lucie stayed after all, to play Balaam, and Izzie to play her pipe beforehand.
I stayed after hours doing murals on tailgates.
I had a friend who worked for the oil people, and I decided to stay after a visit to this place.
I have never once heard a staff member say that wouldn't stay after the school day for some activity or other.
In May, when the time changes and the weather mellows, the team will stay after the games to picnic.
Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division.
She went so far as to make special transportation arrangements for some students to stay after school to finish their assignments.
Some stay after class and follow me devotedly around the campus.

► storefront church/law office/school etc

In Sanchersville, she opened a storefront law office perforating the heart of the ghetto.

► work your way through school/college/university etc

He worked his way through college, performing menial tasks in exchange for reduced tuition.

► the school/academic year

A dud for most of the year, with peaks at the start of the school year and at Christmas.
Alvin was to stay behind to finish the school year.
In the academic year 1990/91, work by the staff of the Department led to two national awards.
That uncertainty arose after a $ 10 million budget shortfall surfaced in July, days before the start of the school year.
The Counselling Service offers a number of group workshops and skills acquisition classes during the academic year.
The paper was discussed by branches and Federations during the academic year 1956-57 and at the District Council of July 1957.
The Transit minibus will be used for outings and visits throughout the school year.
To bring together these keys to the curriculum, the school year is organized around themes.

WORD FAMILYnounschoolpre-schoolschoolingadjectivepre-schoolverbschool