make yourself remember sth

It is questionable if anyone has commited it to memory in its entirety. Google

 It was so bad I read it multiple times
and unfortunately commited it to memory.  Google

She has a mind that is like a trap, she never forget's
something once she has commited it to memory.  Google

what everybody knows or is aware of

An inquiry into that case showed that the head's activities had probably been common knowledge among the staff for years. BNCI

By this afternoon, the events of last night, or Dennis's lurid version of them, would be common knowledge on the racing gossip circuit. BNCI

It was common knowledge that Blackburn were in for me, and there were also rumours about Arsenal. BNCI

natural good sense and intelligent understanding

It nearly always came over in a bad light, as a bunch of cocooned scientists trying to hoodwink the common sense of ordinary folk. BNCI

We can only hope that common sense will prevail more quickly than it did in the previous instance. BNCI

It is a matter of carefully considering components used in each project, and using a little common sense. BNCI

druh střední školy v Británii pro děti od 11 let

That means that a growing number of pupils would transfer from their comprehensive secondary schools at the age of sixteen. BNC

The LEA proposed to place the boy at a comprehensive school. BNC

But it should be made clear that educational excellence is to be found at the comprehensive schools of the State system. BNC

církevní škola, vyučují jeptišky

Until I turned 18, I was at a girls' convent school. The nuns used to make us kneel on the floor... (WebC)

The Presentation Sisters decided to establish a convent and a convent school in the community. WebC

Once a convent school for girls - some of whom boarded in this lovely old house - Le Couvent, is full of history and charm. WebC

odborná škola se zaměřením na zemědělství

My cousin plans to go to a cow college when he finishes high school. (WebConc)

Auburn really is a 'Cow College'." (WebConc)

He's never published a paper, but he might do all right in some cow college. (WebConc)

occur to one without being deliberately reasoned out or striven for

It was really extremely hazardous, and as we stood there peering vainly into the blanket of fog it did cross my mind that we were all quite crazy.  BNCI

I would be a liar if I said the thought of being shot at didn't cross my mind. BNCI

I think of so many things, so many sad and bitter thoughts cross my mind.  BNCI

úžasný výsledek, korunované vítězství

But all of those things pale in comparison to the game's true crowning achievement: This game has excellent AI. Hands down. WebC

Virginia Woolf is one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century, and To the Lighthouse is perhaps her crowning achievement. WebC

Perhaps at a different level, this could be called your "crowning achievement"  WebC

temporarily wholly engaged in thinking, either because one is thinking carefully about sth or considering a problem

I became vividly aware of this disturbing phenomenon while I was sitting deep in thought on Hammersmith Bridge this afternoon.  BNCI

 My father could be seen standing by those four stone steps, deep in thought. BNCI

I saw in my mind Boullée in his room in Paris, deep in thought, his eyes on the horizon --; not your horizon or mine but a far more distant one. BNCI

only just suceed in doing sth

I always passed, but did it by the skin of my teeth.  google

 It was very tiring work but I did it by the skin of my teeth. Google

Through fear of failure and desperation I did it - by the skin of my teeth. Google

to make carefull preparations so that you know all you need to know about sth and are able to deal with it successfully

He aces all the tests and actually does his homework well, so he could easily get an A.  Google

You just need to do your homework well. Google

Take the time to do your homework. Google

turned-down corners on the pages of a book

Used books, with their well-worn covers dog ears, and faint mustiness, are even better than a crisp, new paperback right off the rack. WebC

Cut two long floppy dog ears from the brown paper bag to go on each side of the top of the can.  WebC

fail to obtain, learn or find sth one is searching for

 However, even if you draw a blank, it is always worth checking to see whether or not you can influence the external event that starts the sequence. BNCI

 Not only did I draw a blank about the pictures, but political events were moving so fast that the book I had begun to write had ceased, after the completion of the amount of text Faber's required, to be the one that needed to he written.  BNCI

over-use the names of celebrated or influential persons in order to impress others wth one's knowledge of them

Just because the guy can drop names we have all heard of and used to know Bruce McLaren doesn't give him the right to bore us every week.  BNCI

Interesting high-profile autobiographies that drop names like confetti: in Well, I Forget The Rest (Hutchinson, £17.99), Quentin Crewe, thrice-married, confesses: `;It has never taken me longer than a week-end to fall in love, usually less.';  BNCI

učit orla létat

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

But before you dismiss me as a complete novice or decide that I am probably trying to teach my Grandmother to suck eggs, I'd like to give you an idea about a little project for the weekend.

I am not trying to teach anyone's grandmother to suck eggs, but this is beginning to resemble a Second Reading debate.

(Google)