summer school
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈsʌmər skuːl/
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curso de verano
- She decided to enroll in summer school to improve her grades before the next school year.
- attend summer school
- take summer school
- a summer school program
And then I took algebra twice in summer schools because I just could not get it.
- And then I took algebra twice in summer schools because I just could not get it.
- They also have some specialty summer schools.
- I'm gonna clean the floors, eat lunch, and work on my summer school class.
- But actually I start summer school today.
- He taught summer school in Kansas and California and God knows where, even Harvard.
- Was it a summer school class in fifth grade in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI?
- So, you know, Benjamin Franklin isn't in summer school.
- That's like, never mind, I'm not driving into summer school.
Examples
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Every student should attend summer school for grades one and higher.
Academic text (2004) -
The district court also ordered programs to expand summer school tutoring and early childhood care.
Academic text (2003) -
Some of them go to summer school to get caught up.
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But now she just wants me home in time for summer school.
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Oh, she wants to go to summer school.
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All you have to do is come back to summer school.
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I teach a summer school class at Harvard.
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My most powerful influence came from a teacher I met in summer school when I was fourteen.
Fiction book (1990) -
The data were collected during summer school, and students were assured that their responses would remain confidential.
Academic text (1997) -
Tutoring, remediation, mentoring, small group work, after-school programs, Saturday school, and summer school can help children learn.
Academic text (1996)
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a course or set of classes held during the summer' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'summer' (the warm season) with 'school' (an educational program). This seasonal+activity compound follows common, cross-linguistic patterns and so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Summer school comes from the simple image of a school that opens in the warm summer so students can study outside the normal school year. That's why it means 'courses held during the summer', often to 'catch up' or get ahead.