lesson

/ˈlɛs.ən/
noun 5verb 2

Collocations

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1

(noun.) period of teaching or learning

ADJ

good, interesting | boring | individual | private | driving, English, geography, maths, piano, swimming, etc.

VERB + LESSON

attend, go to, have, take

My daughter is taking piano lessons every Saturday afternoon at a music school downtown.

give (sb), offer (sb), provide, take, teach

The school provides free piano lessons to students who show musical talent.

get

The students get lessons in basic cooking skills every Tuesday afternoon.

prepare

My sister spent all evening preparing her piano lesson for the next day.

skip

My daughter was worried about skipping lessons because she didn't want to fall behind in math.

PREP

during a/the ~

The students had to put their phones away during the lesson.

in a/the ~

The teacher explained the main grammar rules in today's lesson.

~ about

The teacher gave us a lesson about water pollution and how to protect our oceans.

~ in

My daughter started lessons in piano when she was seven years old.

~ on

My teacher gave us a lesson on how to write a formal email for job applications.

~ with

My son has a piano lesson with his teacher every Tuesday afternoon.

2

(noun.) sth learnt through experience

ADJ

important, salutary, useful, valuable

bitter, hard, painful

Losing his job was a bitter lesson about the importance of saving money.

clear

VERB + LESSON

draw, learn

I learned an important lesson from my mistake last year.

teach sb

That difficult project taught us an important lesson about the value of teamwork.

PREP

~ from

We can learn valuable lessons from our failures and use them to improve.

~ in

My father taught me a valuable lesson in patience by making me wait for my birthday present.

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