Talk about exams - What happens

• The night before an exam, I stay up late and revise.
• Outside the exam room, I steer clear of other students who are in a panic.
• I keep one eye on the clock during the exam so that I don't run out of time.
• I try to stick to the question.
• If I get stuck on a question, I miss it out and go on to an easier one.
• If my mind goes blank, I breathe in and out slowly to calm myself.
• I read through my answers at the end to check that they make sense.

stay up

go to bed later than usual
熬夜

steer/stay clear of somebody/something

/stɪr/

to avoid someone or something because of possible danger or trouble

keep one eye on somebody/something

to be watching someone or something at the same time that you are doing something else

I tried to enjoy the movie, but I couldn't help but keep one eye on the clock to make sure we didn't miss our train.

run out of something

use all of something and have no more left

stick to something

to keep using or doing one particular thing and not change to anything else

get stuck on something

unable to answer or understand something
not be able to continue with something because it is too hard

I got stuck on the first question.
头一个问题我就答不上来。

miss somebody/something out = leave somebody/something out

to not include someone or something

Make sure you don’t miss any details out.

go blank

if your mind goes blank, or if you go blank, you are suddenly unable to remember something

My heart began to race and my mind went blank.

breathe in

to take air into your lungs

breathe out

to send air out from your lungs

Lauren lit up a cigarette, then breathed out a puff of smoke.

劳伦点起一支香烟，吐出一口烟来。

read something through/over

read something carefully from beginning to end in order to check details or find mistakes

Read the contract over carefully before you sign it.

make sense

• have a clear meaning and be easy to understand
  有意义，表述清晰，易于理解

  This sentence doesn't make sense.

• if something makes sense, there seems to be a good reason or explanation for it
  解释得通，有道理

  Why did she do a thing like that? It doesn’t seem to make sense.
  她为什么做那种事情？这似乎讲不通。