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learn your lesson — learn (your) lesson to learn something useful about life from an unpleasant experience. I m never going to mix my drinks again I ve learnt my lesson … New idioms dictionary
learn a lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… … New idioms dictionary
learn your lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… … New idioms dictionary
learn lesson — learn (your) lesson to learn something useful about life from an unpleasant experience. I m never going to mix my drinks again I ve learnt my lesson … New idioms dictionary
learn lesson — learn a/(your) lesson to understand something because of an unpleasant experience. We learned a lesson from last year s failure to reform health care. You hope that prisoners will say, “I don t want to end up back in jail again – I ve learned my… … New idioms dictionary
learn — [ lɜrn ] (past tense and past participle learned [ lɜrnt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to gain knowledge or experience of something, for example by being taught: a bright girl who is already learning the alphabet research into how… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Learn — (l[ e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Learned} (l[ e]rnd), or {Learnt} (l[ e]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS. lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG. lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[=ae]ran … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lesson — les|son W3S2 [ˈlesən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(learning a skill)¦ 2¦(in school)¦ 3¦(experience)¦ 4¦(book)¦ 5¦(church)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: leçon, from Latin lectio act of reading , from legere; … Dictionary of contemporary English
lesson — noun 1 period of teaching or learning ADJECTIVE ▪ good, interesting ▪ boring ▪ individual ▪ private ▪ driving … Collocations dictionary
lesson — les|son [ lesn ] noun count *** 1. ) a period of time in which someone is taught a skill: a driving/dancing/swimming lesson She s taking French lessons from a private tutor. a ) MAINLY BRITISH a class in school on a particular subject 2. ) a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
