Currently pursuing 12th standard meaning

• Follow me - this way! • Do you mind if my little brother tags along? • He was running and the dog was chasing him. • The robber was pursued by several members of the public. • The car was tailed by police for several hours. • The police think the robbers shadowed their victims for days before the crime. • A game • all-out • assault • attempt • attempted • bid • commitment • crack • go for it idiom • go out of your way idiom • go the extra mile idiom • go to great lengths idiom • God helps those who help themselves idiom • seek • shoot • square the circle idiom • step on the gas idiom • stick at something • stick to something • stick-to-itiveness (Definition of pursuing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

I've seen both "study" and "study for" used and I'm not sure which one is more natural. For example: • • Also, does the sentence "he's currently studying for a M.A. Media Studies degree at University X" make sense? Or is "he's currently studying for a degree in M.A. Media Studies at University X" better? In Europe, it seems either are acceptable. In the US, I have almost never heard "study a Master's degree" used and it sounds incorrect to my ears. I would use "study for" to achieve broader appeal. Google results (searching from the US): • "study for a Master's degree" - 998,999 • "study a Master's degree" - 168,000 Also of note: • The top results for "study a Master's degree" were The Guardian, a .co.uk site, and "studyineurope.eu" • When limiting searches to *.co.uk, "study for a Master's degree" still had significantly more hits. Conclusion: go with "study for" a degree. Example sentences: "I am studying Economics," "I am studying for a degree/career in Economics." It's now considered somewhat archaic, but British students would say, "I am reading law [or whatever]". The word reading was a kind of code word, a shibboleth used to signal joint membership of an elite institution or club. "Reading" for your degree was prevalent at a time when only a tiny percentage of pupils at school went on to tertiary education, and of those who did, the majority were from public (private fee-paying) and grammar schools. This has now changed with more than 50% of secondary school pupils ...