Go after sth (phrasal verb)

●To try to get something that other people are also competing for.（追求）

Examples:　　

1.Our company is going after the software market in western Europe.　　

2.I can't decide whether to go after the job or not.

Map sth out (phrasal verb)

●To plan in detail how something will happen.

　　 （制定，筹劃）

Examples:　　

1.She has her future all mapped out.　　

2.The department has issued a new document mapping out its policies on education.

Cerebration (noun)

●The working of the brain; thinking.（用脑，思考）

Examples:　　

1.The story is full of observation, cerebration and human affection.　　

2.Science and theology will not get us to that point, cerebration is not enough.　　

Learn sth by rote (idiom)

●To learn something in order to be able to repeat it from memory, rather than in order to understand it.

　　（死记硬背）

Examples:　　

1.If you learn things by rote, you'll never understand them.　　

2.I learned history by rote; then I couldn't pass the test that required me to think.

Play up to sb (phrasal verb)

●To try to make someone like you and treat you well by behaving in a way you think will please them.

（讨好，巴结）

Examples:　　

1.There's no use playing up to the boss; it doesn't influence him.　　

2.It won't do any good to play up to me. I refuse to agree to your proposal.