know (something) by rote イディオム

that's all she wrote

that is the end of the story, the story ends here "At the end of the lesson he said, ""And that's all she wrote."""

protect against

defend（sb．or sth．）from使（某人或某物）不受侵犯
May God protect you from harm tonight．愿上帝保佑你今夜平安。

protect from

defend（sb．or sth．）from使（某人或某物）不受侵犯
May God protect you from harm tonight．愿上帝保佑你今夜平安。

protect from/against

defend（sb．or sth．）from使（某人或某物）不受侵犯
May God protect you from harm tonight．愿上帝保佑你今夜平安。

protest against

express objection to抗议
We protest against the big country's intervention in the internal affairs of other countries．我们抗议那个大国干涉别国内政。
I protest against being treated in this way．我抗议受到这样的待遇。

wrote the book on

Idiom(s): wrote the book on sth

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

to be very authoritative about something; to know enough about something to write the definitive book on it. (Always in past tense.)
• Ted wrote the book on unemployment. He's been looking for work in three states for two years.
• Do I know about misery? I wrote the book on misery!

learn sth by rote

Idiom(s): learn sth by rote

Theme: LEARNING

to learn something without giving any thought to what is being learned.
• I learned history by rote; then I couldn't pass the test that required me to think.
• If you learn things by rote, you'll never understand them.

learn by rote|learn|rote

v. phr. To blindly memorize what was taught without thinking about it. If you learn a subject by rote, it will be difficult to say anything original about it.

under protest|protest|under

adv. phr. Against one's wish; unwillingly. "I'll go with you all right," she said to the kidnapper, "but I want it clearly understood that I do so under protest."

Proterozoic

Proterozoic
the Proterozoic
the Proterozoic Eon or its rocks