verb
1 gain knowledge/skill
ADVERB
▪ a lot
▪
I ~ed a lot from my father.
▪ quickly , soon
▪
Children ~ very quickly.
▪
They soon ~ that crying is a good way of getting attention.
▪ ever , never
▪
Some people never ~, do they?
VERB + LEARN
▪ need to
▪ be eager to , want to
▪
He was eager to ~ all she could teach him.
▪ have a lot to
▪
You still have a lot to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
The children ~ about art by painting.
▪ from
▪
She ~ed from watching others.
▪ through
▪
Children ~ through play.
2 become aware
VERB + LEARN
▪ be astonished to , be astounded to , be intrigued to , be surprised to
▪
I was surprised to ~ that he was only 23.
▪ be dismayed to , be saddened to
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪
We first ~ed of the problem from her school.
Learn is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ballet , ↑ alphabet , ↑ basics , ↑ cookery , ↑ craft , ↑ custom , ↑ detail , ↑ discipline , ↑ essentials , ↑ fact , ↑ fate , ↑ fundamentals , ↑ game , ↑ grammar , ↑ identity , ↑ importance , ↑ instrument , ↑ intricacy , ↑ judo , ↑ karate , ↑ language , ↑ lesson , ↑ line , ↑ manner , ↑ move , ↑ news , ↑ part , ↑ profession , ↑ routine , ↑ rule , ↑ secret , ↑ self-control , ↑ self-defence , ↑ shorthand , ↑ skill , ↑ step , ↑ technique , ↑ tolerance , ↑ trade , ↑ trick , ↑ truth , ↑ vocabulary , ↑ worth