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Collocations for learn - verb

1. gain knowledge/skill

ADVERB

a lot
I learned a lot from my father.
quickly, soon
Children learn very quickly.
They soon learn that crying is a good way of getting attention.
ever, never
Some people never learn, do they?

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VERB + learn

need to
be eager to, want to
He was eager to learn all she could teach him.
have a lot to
You still have a lot to learn.

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PREPOSITION

about
The children learn about art by painting.
from
She learned from watching others.
through
Children learn through play.

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2. become aware

VERB + learn

be astonished to, be astounded to, be intrigued to, be surprised to
I was surprised to learn that he was only 23.
be dismayed to, be saddened to

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PREPOSITION

of
We first learned of the problem from her school.

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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

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