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1. A2, n. View full entry 1999
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Freq. attrib., esp. in A2 level....
2. ABD, n. View full entry 1954
...A student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation; an unofficial qualification recognizing this status; also in PhD (ABD)....
3. Abitur, n. View full entry 1918
...In Germany: the set of examinations taken in the final year of secondary school, forming part of the entrance requirements for universities....
4. after-school, adj. View full entry 1909
...attrib. Of, relating to, or occurring in a period (immediately) after normal school hours; spec. designating any of various schemes which provide childcare, organized activities, or supervised study after...
5. A level, n. View full entry 1951
...Advanced level (of the General Certificate of Education examination); an examination or qualification at this level. See advanced leveladvanced....
6. auding, n. View full entry 1949
...The action of comprehending and retaining the information in speech that is heard, as opposed to merely hearing it or listening to it. Freq. attrib....
7. audio-active, adj. View full entry 1958
...Of an approach to language teaching: providing an opportunity for students to listen and respond, typically through the use of audio equipment in a language laboratory; (of such equipment) that allows the...
8. audio-lingual, adj. View full entry 1959
...Of a theory or approach in the teaching of foreign languages: based on a system of drills in which the student repeats or adapts model sentences delivered orally or played aloud by...
9. audio-lingualist, n. View full entry 1961
...An advocate or practitioner of audio-lingualism....
10. Baker day, n. View full entry 1988
...Any of several days in the state school year set aside for INSET training (see INSET); an INSET day....
11. been-to, n. View full entry 1960
...A term used in Africa and Asia for a person who has been to England, usu. for education. Also attrib....
12. beer pong, n. View full entry 1972
...Any of various drinking games in which players attempt to throw or hit table tennis balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by an opponent....
13. behavioural | behavioral, adj. View full entry a1927
...Concerned with, or forming part of, behaviour....
14. BITNET, n. View full entry 1981
...An electronic communication network founded in 1981 to link academic institutions, initially in North America and then more widely, and to interconnect with other information networks....
15. Black Mountain, n. View full entry 1960
...attrib. Designating, belonging, or relating to a school of projective poets (cf. projective6) led by Charles Olson (191070) who taught at Black Mountain College, North...
16. brainwash, v. View full entry 1951
...trans. To practise brainwashing on, to pressurize or coerce into a belief....
17. brainwashing, n. View full entry 1950
...The systematic and often forcible elimination from a person's mind of all established ideas, esp. political ones, so that another set of ideas may take their place; this process regarded as the...
18. brewski, n. View full entry 1977
...Beer; a drink of beer, esp. in a can or bottle....
19. BTEC, n. View full entry 1982
...The Business and Technician Education Council, formed in 1983 by the British Government from a merger of the Business Education Council and the Technician Education Council to develop and regulate...
20. buller, n.4 View full entry 1906
...= bull-dog2....
