think very hard

Thompson racked his brains for an explanation.  Google

Over the next few days he racked his brains trying to figure out what the number was. Google

Bill Baker got sadder and sadder (and fatter and fatter, he had to eat everything
he baked) and racked his brains trying to think of healthy and tasty recipes. Google

ask a question, esp. one not likely to be answered

Communists
raise a question of non-confidence in the government.  Google

Data That Raise a Question: What do you already know that causes you to ask the
question?  Google

 Can I can I just raise a question er to r to clarify the point before I answer your question that I are am I are we to assume that in response to Mr , erm it's on the record that there's a er a request to add, clear expression of local preference I by local planning authorities?  BNCI

widely held and accepted opinion

So far we have considered only two possibilities--that the received opinion may
be false and some other opinion consequently true. google

The habit of mere adhesion to received opinion in any matter is most mischievous,
for it strikes at the roof of independence of thought.Google

Meanwhile Jake's noncing on about received opinion for no particular
reason, and Matt offers some Harvest Moon tips. Google

understand clearly what sb´s character is

 If you spend some time observing him, you'll be able to master all its particulars
and read him like a book -- not the Jane Austen novel you've been enjoying.  Google

He is usually quite open
and honest about things, so you should be able to read him like a book.  Google

 I can read him like a book and he can do the same
with me.  Google

know what sb thinks, wants or plans

 Martain Manhunter already read his mind before Wally even told everyone. Google

He read his mind and gave him the chance to tell it himself just like Batman did.  Gogle

You read his mind and reveal the number he was thinking. Google

you know you have already heard about sth but you cannot remember it quite well

Does this ring a bell? Google

It might ring a bell in somebody's mind.';  BNCI

To readers of this column does the name Rosenstein ring a bell?  BNCI

sb cannot think of anythink to say

He stood up on stage to compete, and, of course,
his mind went blank!  Google

As he was about to activate the warp drive, his mind went blank;
his unconscious body slumped inside the ship’s capsule. Google

He felt like he was to blame for his father’s
death and his mind went blank.  google

učební osnova/obsah učiva, které má škola zajistit, které si příp. volí sama

It is certainly true that at the time of Butler Education Act the school curriculum was not much discussed in public. BNC

The hardening of the position was proclaimed by the DES in A framework for the school curriculum published in 1980. BNC

Inevitably the comitee had to consider the effect of public examinations upon the school curriculum. BNC

lekce od života, tvrdá škola života

Teachers taught me what I should know; the school of hard knocks taught me what I must know. (Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms)

An early training in the school of hard knocks was good preparation for a career in politics.
(Cambridge International Dict. of Id.)

Call it the school of hard knocks, the street reality. WebC

názor na určitou věc sdílený nějakou skupinou lidí

And even stronger attack on the view that harmony and equality characterize the relations between men and women arises within the radical feminist school of thought. (BNC)

He appears to have written nothing at all, but he was the founder of a school of thought that touched on all aspects of life and that may have been a kind of philosophical and religious order. WebC

There is a school of thought that believes all personality disorders are just more severe forms of Narcissism, with Paranoid personality disorder being the most extreme. WebC

"padla" pro dnešní den nebo celý školní rok

When the bell rings at 3:30, school's out! Yea! (Magnuson: English Idioms)

Count the days, hrs, min, sec until school is out for Christmas vacation! WebC

After school is out in April, we have a week of teacher's meetings where we evaluate the year. WebC

stupid jokes that are rude but not offensive

One thing that always annoys me is that people refer to this kind
of thing as "schoolboy humour" as if that's an automatic slant. Google

As was pointed out earlier, this is schoolboy humour, and I don't know why he bothers
because the truth is that he is vegetarian-friendly. Google

With his schoolboy humour and distinctive,
cheerful voice, "Johnners" was a friend to millions of radio listeners.  Google

wonder, be puzzled, what to do, think or answer

 He looked back at her and scratched his head seriously. Google

The Ethiopian scratched his head and said, 'It ought to be 'sclusively a rich fulvous
orange-tawny from head to heel, and it ought to be Giraffe;  Google

 Ivan scratched his head and said: "See here;
such nastiness!  Google

střední škola

The curriculum at secondary schools also began to take a predictable shape, Mathematics, English, Re and PE for all plus a - from six option. BNC

This appears to assume that most secondary school departments have scrapped all their previous work and started again. BNC

It was the third week of our third year in secondary school. BNC

think or act sensibly after studying the facts or being given advice

Rationalists see reason as the faculty by which fundamental
truths are intuitively apprehended. Google

Even in dangerous times, Christians see
reason to hope. Google

Schopenhauer sees reason as weak and insignificant compared to Will; Google