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Vocabulary: knowledge

and even to thorough RESEARCH; the more we know about a subject, the more we want to know, and the more research we want to do...

Then you can build up a real expertise in different fields. 

     It occurred to me that...                                              To repeat parrot-fashion

- To come to mind/ to spring to mind

- It occurred to him that... 

- To learn something by heart

- To learn something by rote

- To repeat something parrot-fashion

- To master a subject

- To be self-taught

- As far as I know.../ as far as I can tell...

  : You should make a difference between: 

- self-learning (to learn, I learnt, learnt: the student is working alone; it's the action of learning by-oneself   

AND:

- self-teaching/ self-taught: (to teach, I taught, taught): "to teach oneself".

The result of the action: is to be self-taught (the students are their own teachers).

A fount/ font (fountain) of knowledge                  Thorough [complete, perfect] knowledge

- To do something knowingly

- To know something like the back of one's hand

- To know something backward (and forward)/ to know sth inside out

- To be a mine of information/ a fount/ font of knowledge

- To be a walking encyclopedia

- To the best of my knowledge

- To acquire knowledge

- To have a smattering of

- Thorough knowledge of

   A mine of information                                                               To be omniscient...

                                                                                  (to have complete knowledge, understanding)

There you are... You have the necessary knowledge to pass the test with flying colours, and more!  Go for it! 

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