Study & education
by heart
from memory
If you know something by heart, you can say it without looking at it or checking it.
Hear it in real life
Do you need your notes for the presentation?
No, I know the whole introduction by heart.
I had to learn the first two verses by heart for the school concert.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I know it from heart.
Say: I know it by heart.
The fixed preposition in this phrase is “by,” not “from.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
know something by heart; learn something by heart
Your turn: say it out loud
I had to learn the first two verses by heart for the school concert.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
by heart
from memory
“I had to learn the first two verses by heart for the school concert.”
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