But I was a nerd when it wasn’t a buzzword yet. I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

在书呆子这词儿被发明前我就是个书呆子了，哥们儿从五年级开始就参加国际象棋锦标赛，一直玩到高中。

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She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.

她驾车爬上一个陡坡，然后开始长长的下坡进入沙漠。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Across all subjects, those where students performed exceptionally well included chemistry (up two percentage points to 34% gaining grade A), French (up three percentage points to 34% at grade A), German (up one percentage points to 34% at grade A) and economics (up 6 percentage points to 33% at grade A).

BBC: Rise in top grade A-level exams

They will say that between January and June 2012 it was decided that too many students were going to get a C grade or better in GCSE English, so a decision was taken to push up grade boundaries for the exams marked in June to bring down the numbers of good grades for the year as a whole.

BBC: GCSE English grades 'statistical fix', High Court told

Do 3rd grade teachers stay up at night reading up on the latest patent jurisprudence?

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