Смысл: business college

business college[ʹbıznıs͵kɒlıdʒ]
<Í> среднее учебное заведение, обучающее машинописи, стенографии, бухгалтерскому делу и т. п.

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collect my thoughts

think calmly and clearly, organize my thoughts She was glad when the kids left so she could collect her thoughts.

collecting dust

not used for a long time, idle, gathering dust """Where's the silver tray?"" ""On the shelf, collecting dust."""

put yourself through college

earn money to pay for your college education You need a good summer job to put yourself through college.

the old college try

a good effort, trying hard like a college student Let's give it the old college try, boys. We can win this boat race!

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drug dealer

work one's way through college

Idiom(s): work one's way through college

Theme: WORK

to hold a job that pays part of one's college expenses.
• Tom couldn't get a loan, so he had to work his way through college.
• I worked my way through college, and that made college seem more valuable to me.

take up a collection

Idiom(s): take up a collection

Theme: COLLECT

to collect money for a specific project.
• We wanted to send Bill some flowers, so we took up a collection.
• The office staff took up a collection to pay for the office party.

Collect dust

If something is collecting dust, it isn't being used any more.

College Boards|Board|College

n. A set of examinations given to test a student's readiness and ability for college. John got a high score on his College Boards. College Boards test both what a student has learned and his ability to learn.

collective farm|collective|farm

n. A large government-run farm made by combining many small farms. The Russian farmers used to live on collective farms.

collector's item|collector|item

n. Something rare or valuable enough to collect or save. Jimmy's mother found an old wooden doll in the attic that turned out to be a collector's item.

cow college|college|cow

n., slang 1. An agricultural college; a school where farming is studied. A new, bigger kind of apple is being grown at the cow college. 2. A new or rural college not thought to be as good as older or city colleges. John wanted to go to a big college in New York City, not to a cow college.

old college try|college|old|old college|try

n. phr. An attempt to win a favor from another by mentioning the fact that one had gone to the same college or university as the party from whom the favor is requested. Since he needed a job, he decided to use the old college try when he contacted Jerry, but it didn't work.
Compare: OLD BOY NETWORK.

collected

collected
see cool, calm, and collected.

collector's item

collector's item
An object of great interest, value, or rarity, as in This necklace is a collector's item. Originating in the early 1900s as collector's piece, a usage still common in Britain, the term in its present form is occasionally transferred to persons as well, as in The Beach Boys became a collector's item on the tour. [c. 1930]

cool, calm, and collected

cool, calm, and collected
Calm and composed, self-possessed. For example, No matter what the board decides, you have to appear cool, calm, and collected in front of the stockholders. This alliterative synonym for cool as a cucumber dates from the late 1800s.

cow college

cow college
An agricultural college; any small, relatively unknown rural college. For example, He's never published a paper, but he might do all right in some cow college. This term uses cow in the somewhat pejorative sense of “provincial.” [c. 1910]

old college try, the

old college try, the
One's best effort, as in Come on, if we give it the old college try we just might be able to cut down this tree. This slangy expression, originally a cheer to urge a team on, dates from the 1930s when college football films were very popular.