You can't focus on studying if you're chatting with someone else, too. So the cell phone is off limits. Turn off the home phone, too, along with the computer (unless you're prepping on it) and any music with vocals. Study music should be lyric-free! Post a sign on your door for people to stay away.
cuirass (plural cuirasses) 1  A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle. 2  The breastplate taken by itself.
Definition of cursive. : running, coursing: such asa of writing : flowing often with the strokes of successive characters joined and the angles roundedb : having a flowing, easy, impromptu character.