learn (a lesson) from something

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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 — [ 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 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 — (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 — 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

• lesson */*/*/ — UK [ˈles(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms lesson : singular lesson plural lessons 1) a) a period of time in which students are taught about a subject in school. The usual American word is class a French/English/maths/history lesson I d like… …   English dictionary

• learn — verb past tense and past participle learned or learnt especially BrE 1 SUBJECT/SKILL (I, T) to gain knowledge of a subject, or skill in an activity, by experience, by studying it, or by being taught: What s the best way to learn a language? |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English