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• parrot fashion — If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• parrot-fashion — also parrot fashion ADV: ADV after v If you learn or repeat something parrot fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means. [BRIT] Under the old system pupils often had to stand to attention and repeat lessons… …   English dictionary

• parrot fashion —    If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Parrot fashion —   If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk …   Dictionary of English idioms

• parrot-fashion — British & Australian if you learn something parrot fashion, you are able to repeat the words, but you do not understand their meaning. When I went to Sunday school, we had to recite passages from the Bible parrot fashion …   New idioms dictionary

• learn — verb 1) learn a foreign language Syn: acquire, grasp, master, take in, absorb, assimilate, digest, familiarize oneself with, be taught; informal get the hang of 2) she learnt the poem Syn: memorize …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• parrot — par|rot1 [ˈpærət] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Old French perroquet] 1.) a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly coloured feathers that can be taught to copy human speech 2.) parrot fashion BrE if you learn something parrot… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Parrot — Taxobox name = Parrots fossil range = fossil range|54|0Early Eocene – Recent image width = 240px image caption = Peach fronted Parakeets Aratinga aurea regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo =… …   Wikipedia

• Rote learning — By heart redirects here. For the album by Lea Salonga, see By Heart. Rote learning is a learning technique which focuses on memorization. The major practice involved in rote learning is learning by repetition by which students commit information… …   Wikipedia

• Lyon, Sue — (1946– )    Born in Davenport, Iowa, Sue Lyon began modeling at age 12 and took to acting in TV commercials at 13. A year later, in 1960 she appeared in an episode of the Loretta Young Show drama series, which STANLEY KUBRICK happened to see. He… …   The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick

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