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8. to snap sb. up.
Liberal arts grads including English, and psychology majors once snapped up by marketing firms and dot coms will now likely have a tougher time finding work.
9. to test sb in.
For nearly 30 years now, the US government has tested nine-, thirteen-, and seventeen-year-olds in reading, math and science.
10. scores stay flat /remain flat.
In reading, scores improved during the 1970s and 80s. Then they dropped and stayed flat for most of the 1990s.
Private school students outperformed public school students, but math and science scores for private school students have remained flat since 1980.
11. on the ground that...
Many people whose practical experience and ability would have been enormously useful to their employers have been rejected on the ground that they are insufficiently qualified.
12. a bolt out of the blue.
I went to college almost as a bolt out of the blue.
13. to zero in on.
He zeroed in on me, and he said" Are you going to go to college?"
14. to have one's journalist hat on.
And one of the things I talk about often, what annoys me as a journalist, what I have my journalist hat on, is that people will ask the question: What's the difference between your brother and you?
adj. 慷慨的，大方的，自由主义的
n. 自
