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  • 1 cram

    [kræm] past tense, past participle crammed – verb
    1) to fill very full:

    The drawer was crammed with papers.

    يَحْشو
    2) to push or force:

    He crammed food into his mouth.

    يُدخِلُ بالقُوَّه، يَحْشو
    3) to prepare (someone) in a short time for an examination:

    He is being crammed for his university entrance exam.

    يَحْشو دماغ الطالِب بِالمَعْلومات

    Arabic-English dictionary > cram

  • 2 empollar

    v.
    1 to incubate (huevo).
    2 to bone up on(informal) (study). (peninsular Spanish)
    3 to swot (informal). (peninsular Spanish)
    4 to brood on, to brood, to hatch.
    * * *
    1 (huevos) to hatch
    2 familiar (estudiar) to swot, swot up, US bone up on
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Zool) to incubate, sit on
    2) * [+ asignatura] to swot up *
    2. VI
    1) [gallina] to sit, brood
    2) [abejas] to breed
    3) * [estudiante] to swot *, grind away (EEUU), cram
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) gallina to brood
    2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)
    2.
    1) < huevos> to hatch, sit on
    2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot up (on) (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = cram for, hatch, swot.
    Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
    Ex. The article 'TEAL being hatched on Teeside' discusses Teeside Polytechnic Library's change of plan from its original intention to use a UNIVAC computer to its present system involving a PRIME computer.
    Ex. Around the country schoolchildren and university students are swotting and sweating as they prepare to sit papers that could decide their future.
    ----
    * libro para empollar = crammer.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) gallina to brood
    2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)
    2.
    1) < huevos> to hatch, sit on
    2) (Esp fam) estudiante to cram (colloq), to swot up (on) (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = cram for, hatch, swot.

    Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.

    Ex: The article 'TEAL being hatched on Teeside' discusses Teeside Polytechnic Library's change of plan from its original intention to use a UNIVAC computer to its present system involving a PRIME computer.
    Ex: Around the country schoolchildren and university students are swotting and sweating as they prepare to sit papers that could decide their future.
    * libro para empollar = crammer.

    * * *
    empollar [A1 ]
    vi
    A «gallina» to brood
    B ( Esp fam) «estudiante» to cram ( colloq), to swot ( BrE colloq)
    ■ empollar
    vt
    A ‹huevos› to hatch, sit on
    B ( Esp fam) «estudiante» to cram ( colloq), to swot up (on) ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    empollar ( conjugate empollar) verbo intransitivo
    1 [ gallina] to brood
    2 (Esp fam) [ estudiante] to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)
    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ huevos› to hatch, sit on
    2 (Esp fam) ‹ lección› to cram (colloq), to swot up (on) (BrE colloq)
    empollar verbo transitivo
    1 (la gallina: huevos) to sit on
    2 fam (estudiar mucho) to swot (up), US bone up on
    ' empollar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bone up on
    - brood
    - cram
    - hatch
    - learn up
    - swot
    - swot up
    - incubate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [huevo] to incubate
    2. Esp Fam [estudiar] to bone up on, Br to swot up (on)
    ♦ vi
    Fam Br to swot, US to grind
    * * *
    I v/i fam
    cram fam, Br
    swot fam
    II v/t
    1 ZO sit on, incubate
    2 fam ( estudiar) cram fam, Br
    swot up on fam
    * * *
    : to brood eggs
    : to incubate
    * * *
    1. (estudiar mucho) to swot [pt. & pp. swotted]
    en junio, se pasa los días empollando in June, she spends all the time swotting
    2. (aves) to sit on [pt. & pp. sat]

    Spanish-English dictionary > empollar

  • 3 büffeln

    vt/i umg. swot (up on), cram; büffeln für auch swot up (Am. cram) for
    * * *
    to swot (ugs.)
    * * *
    bụ̈f|feln ['bʏfln] (inf)
    1. vi
    to swot (Brit inf to cram (inf)
    2. vt
    Lernstoff to swot up (Brit inf to bone up on (US inf)
    * * *
    (to study hard, especially by memorizing eg for an examination.) swot
    * * *
    büf·feln
    [ˈbʏfl̩n]
    I. vi (fam: pauken) to swot BRIT, to cram
    vor jeder Klassenarbeit muss wieder [schwer] gebüffelt werden we/you/they etc. have to swot [up] before every test
    so spät am Abend bist du immer noch am B\büffeln? you're still studying so late in the evening?
    II. vt (fam: pauken)
    ▪ etw \büffeln to swot up on [or cram for] sth
    * * *
    1.
    (ugs.) intransitives Verb swot (Brit. sl.); cram
    2.
    transitives Verb swot up (Brit. sl.); cram
    * * *
    büffeln v/t & v/i umg swot (up on), cram;
    büffeln für auch swot up (US cram) for
    * * *
    1.
    (ugs.) intransitives Verb swot (Brit. sl.); cram
    2.
    transitives Verb swot up (Brit. sl.); cram

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > büffeln

  • 4 pauken

    I v/i
    1. MUS. play the timpani ( oder [kettle]drums)
    2. umg. (lernen) cram, swot; er paukt für die Prüfung he’s swotting (Am. cramming) for the exam
    3. in schlagenden Verbindungen: (fechten) fence
    II v/t umg. (Stoff) swot ( oder bone, Am. auch cram) up on; ich muss für morgen Vokabeln pauken I’ve got to bone up on vocabulary for tomorrow
    * * *
    to swot (ugs.)
    * * *
    pau|ken ['paukn]
    1. vi
    1) (inf = Pauke spielen) to drum
    2) (von Korpsstudenten) to fence
    3) (inf = lernen) to swot (Brit inf to cram (inf)
    2. vt
    to swot up (Brit inf to study up on (US)

    mit jdm Geschichtszahlen páúken — to help sb swot up (Brit inf) or study up on (US) their dates

    Englisch páúken — to swot up on (Brit inf) or study up on (US) English

    * * *
    pau·ken
    [ˈpaukn̩]
    I. vi (fam)
    ▪ [mit jdm] \pauken to cram [with sb], BRIT a. to [help sb] swot up
    II. vt (fam)
    ▪ etw [mit jdm] \pauken to cram for [or BRIT a. swot up on] sth [with sb]
    * * *
    1.
    transitives Verb (ugs.) swot up (Brit. sl.), bone up on (Amer. coll.) <facts, figures, etc.>
    2.
    intransitives Verb (ugs.) swot (Brit. sl.); (fürs Examen) cram (coll.)
    * * *
    A. v/i
    1. MUS play the timpani ( oder [kettle]drums)
    2. umg (lernen) cram, swot;
    er paukt für die Prüfung he’s swotting (US cramming) for the exam
    3. in schlagenden Verbindungen: (fechten) fence
    B. v/t umg (Stoff) swot ( oder bone, US auch cram) up on;
    ich muss für morgen Vokabeln pauken I’ve got to bone up on vocabulary for tomorrow
    * * *
    1.
    transitives Verb (ugs.) swot up (Brit. sl.), bone up on (Amer. coll.) <facts, figures, etc.>
    2.
    intransitives Verb (ugs.) swot (Brit. sl.); (fürs Examen) cram (coll.)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > pauken

  • 5 bachoter

    bachoter [ba∫ɔte]
    ➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb
    * * *
    baʃɔte vi
    ÉDUCATION to cram, (for an exam)
    * * *
    bachoter verb table: aimer vi Scol to cram (for an exam).
    [baʃɔte] verbe intransitif
    (familier) to cram, to swot up (UK), to bone up (US)

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > bachoter

  • 6 bosser

    bosser (inf) [bɔse]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. intransitive verb
    ( = travailler) to work
    2. transitive verb
    [+ examen] to swot for (Brit)
    * * *
    (colloq) bɔse verbe intransitif to work
    * * *
    bɔse *
    1. vi
    to work, (avec idée d'acharnement, de peine) to slog away Grande-Bretagne to slave away
    2. vt
    [examen] to cram for, [matière] to mug up on
    * * *
    bosser○ verb table: aimer
    A vtr to work on, to swot up○ GB, to cram.
    B vi to work; bosser comme un fou to slave away○.
    [bɔse] (familier) verbe intransitif
    ————————
    [bɔse] (familier) verbe transitif
    to swot up (separable) (UK), to grind away at (US)

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > bosser

  • 7 empollón

    adj.
    bookish.
    m.
    1 crammer, student who studies intensively at the very last minute, swot.
    2 grind, swot.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    * * *
    empollón, -ona
    * SM / F (=estudiante) swot *, grind (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - llona masculino, femenino (Esp fam & pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = swotter, boffin, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.], swot.
    Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
    Ex. 'Boffins' have been identified as the category of learners who 'delight in unrelated fragments of knowledge for knowledge's sake,' and 'put these fragments into a framework and analyze them'.
    Ex. I've always considered myself something of a nerd, even back when being nerdy wasn't cool -- nowadays, everyone thinks they're a nerd.
    Ex. A stereotypical image of a teenage nerd emerged in the drawings of secondary students but not in elementary children's drawings.
    Ex. The book has the title 'The geek's guide to Internet business success'.
    Ex. At the heart of the novel is a geeky high-school student who lives in Preston, Idaho.
    Ex. Jack is dead brainy, such a swot that he always comes top in every exam.
    * * *
    - llona masculino, femenino (Esp fam & pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = swotter, boffin, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.], swot.

    Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.

    Ex: 'Boffins' have been identified as the category of learners who 'delight in unrelated fragments of knowledge for knowledge's sake,' and 'put these fragments into a framework and analyze them'.
    Ex: I've always considered myself something of a nerd, even back when being nerdy wasn't cool -- nowadays, everyone thinks they're a nerd.
    Ex: A stereotypical image of a teenage nerd emerged in the drawings of secondary students but not in elementary children's drawings.
    Ex: The book has the title 'The geek's guide to Internet business success'.
    Ex: At the heart of the novel is a geeky high-school student who lives in Preston, Idaho.
    Ex: Jack is dead brainy, such a swot that he always comes top in every exam.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp fam pey) grind ( AmE colloq), swot ( BrE colloq pej)
    * * *

    empollón
    ◊ - llona sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam &

    pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq & pej)
    empollón,-ona fam pey sustantivo masculino y femenino swot
    ' empollón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empollona
    English:
    swot
    * * *
    empollón, -ona Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    ser empollón to be Br swotty o US a grind
    ♦ nm,f
    Br swot, US grind
    * * *
    m, empollona f fam
    grind fam, Br
    swot fam
    * * *
    empollón n swot

    Spanish-English dictionary > empollón

  • 8 bulímico

    adj.
    1 famished, starved.
    2 bulimic, referring to bulimia.
    m.
    bulimic, person suffering bulimia.
    * * *
    Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: ' bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
    * * *

    Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: ' bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.

    * * *
    adj/m,f
    bulimic
    * * *
    bulímico, -a adj
    bulimic

    Spanish-English dictionary > bulímico

  • 9 con voracidad

    = voraciously, rapaciously
    Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
    Ex. Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
    * * *
    = voraciously, rapaciously

    Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.

    Ex: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con voracidad

  • 10 incursionista

    Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
    * * *

    Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > incursionista

  • 11 vorazmente

    adv.
    voraciously, greedily, gluttonously.
    * * *
    1 voraciously
    2 figurado fiercely
    * * *
    ADV (gen) voraciously, ravenously; pey greedily
    * * *
    = voraciously, rapaciously.
    Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
    Ex. Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
    * * *
    = voraciously, rapaciously.

    Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.

    Ex: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.

    * * *
    voraciously, ravenously
    * * *
    voraciously

    Spanish-English dictionary > vorazmente

  • 12 chiader

    chiader (inf!) [∫jade]
    ➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb
    ( = bien préparer) [+ leçon] to swot up (inf) (Brit) ; [+ examen] to cram for (inf) ; [+ exposé, lettre] to work on
    * * *
    chiader◑ verb table: aimer vtr to work on, to put a lot of work into [devoir]; to swot up (on)○ [sujet].
    (très familier) [ʃjade] verbe transitif
    1. [perfectionner] to polish up (separable)
    2. ÉDUCATION & UNIVERSITÉ to cram for, to swot (up) (UK)

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > chiader

  • 13 ku|ć

    impf (kuję) Ⅰ vt 1. (obrabiać metal) to forge, to hammer [żelazo, zbroję]
    - brama była kuta w ozdobne wzory the gate was made of ornamental wrought iron
    2. (w kamieniu) (rozkruszać) to hew [skałę, kamień]; (wyrąbywać) to bore [tunel]; to carve, to hew [pomnik, nagrobek]; to carve, to chisel [napis]
    - kuć w kamieniu/skale to carve a. hew stone/rock
    - kuł w kamieniu pomnik he was carving a monument out of stone
    - kucie nagrobków monumental masonry ⇒ wykuć
    3. (ozdabiać metalem) to decorate with metal fittings
    - skórzana uprzęż kuta srebrem a leather harness with silver fittings ⇒ okuć
    4. to shoe [konia] 5. pot. (uczyć się) to grind away at, to swot up (on) GB pot.
    - kuć matematykę to swot up on a. grind away at one’s maths
    Ⅱ vi 1. (stukać miarowo) to knock (w coś/czymś on sth/with sth); (mocniej) to bang, to hammer (w coś/czymś sth/with sth)
    - dzięcioł kuł w drzewo a woodpecker was drumming against a tree
    2. pot. (uczyć się) to cram, to swot (up) GB pot.
    - kuć do egzaminu to swot (up) a. cram for an exam ⇒ wykuć
    ■ (on) jest kuty na cztery nogi pot. he’s nobody’s fool, there are no flies on him
    - konia kują, a żaba nogę podstawia przysł. somebody does (all) the work, while somebody else takes (all) the credit for it
    - kuć żelazo, póki gorące przysł. to strike while the iron is hot przysł.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > ku|ć

  • 14 зубрить

    I (вн.) разг.
    1) ( заучивать наизусть) learn by rote (d); swot up (d) брит.
    2) ( усиленно готовиться) cram (for an exam); hit the books

    зубри́ть матема́тику к экза́мену — cram for one's math exam

    зубри́ть уро́ки — grind away at one's lessons

    II (вн.) тех.
    (ср. тж. зазубривать I)
    serrate (d), notch (d)

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > зубрить

  • 15 durchpauken

    v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) umg., pej. (Gesetz etc.) force ( oder push) through
    * * *
    dụrch|pau|ken
    vt sep (inf)
    1) (Schüler) to cram (inf), to swot up (Brit inf)

    etw mit jdm durchpauken — to drum sth into sb (inf)

    2) (= durchsetzen) Gesetz, Änderungen to force or push through
    3) (= durch Schwierigkeiten bringen) Schüler to push through
    * * *
    durch|pau·ken
    vt (fam)
    1. (gründlich durchnehmen)
    ▪ etw \durchpauken to swot up on sth BRIT fam; (übereilt) to cram for sth
    ▪ jdn/etw \durchpauken to push [or force] through sb/sth sep
    ein neues Konzept \durchpauken to push [or force] through a new concept
    ▪ jdn \durchpauken to get sb off
    * * *
    durchpauken v/t (trennb, hat -ge-) umg, pej (Gesetz etc) force ( oder push) through

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > durchpauken

  • 16 bachotage

    bachotage [ba∫ɔtaʒ]
    masculine noun
    * * *
    (colloq) baʃɔtaʒ nom masculin École cramming
    * * *
    baʃɔtaʒ nm
    ÉDUCATION cramming
    * * *
    bachotage○ nm Scol cramming; faire du bachotage to cram (for an exam).
    [baʃɔtaʒ] nom masculin
    faire du bachotage to cram, to swot up (UK), to bone up (US)

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > bachotage

  • 17 piocher

    piocher [pjɔ∫e]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. transitive verb
    [+ terre] to pickaxe ; ( = étudier) [+ sujet] (inf) to swot up (inf) (Brit) ; (Games) [+ carte, domino] to take (from the pile)
    2. intransitive verb
    ( = creuser) to dig (with a pick) ; (Games) to pick up
    * * *
    pjɔʃe
    1.
    1) ( creuser) to dig [something] over [sol]
    2) (colloq) ( potasser) to work on [sujet]
    3) Jeux to take [something] from the stock [carte, domino]

    2.
    verbe intransitif
    1) ( creuser) to dig
    2) (colloq) ( potasser) to study
    3) ( prendre) to take [something] from the stock [carte, domino]

    pioche! — ( aux cartes) take a card!; ( à table) help yourself!, dive in! (colloq)

    * * *
    pjɔʃe
    1. vt
    1) [terre] to dig up
    2) [carte] to take from the pile
    2. vi
    1) (prendre une carte) to take a card
    2) fig (= prendre, se servir)

    piocher dans [les réserves, ses économies] — to dip into

    * * *
    piocher verb table: aimer
    A vtr
    1 ( creuser) to dig [sth] over [sol];
    2 ○( potasser) to swat at○ GB, to slave away at [matière]; to cram for○ [examen];
    3 Jeux to take [sth] from the stock [carte, domino].
    B vi
    1 ( creuser) to dig;
    2 ○( potasser) to swot○ GB, to slave away○;
    3 ( prendre) Jeux to take [sth] from the stock [carte, domino]; piocher dans to dip into [économies, fonds]; to dig into [tas, porte-monnaie]; pioche! ( aux cartes) take a card!; ( à table) help yourself, dive in○!; piocher dans la caisse to have one's hand in the till.
    [pjɔʃe] verbe transitif
    1. [creuser] to dig (up)
    2. [tirer] to draw
    piocher une carte/un domino to draw a card/domino (from stock)
    3. (familier) [étudier] to cram, to swot at (UK) (inseparable), to grind away at (US) (inseparable)
    ————————
    [pjɔʃe] verbe intransitif
    [puiser] to dig
    les cerises sont fameuses, vas-y, pioche (dans le tas) the cherries are delicious, go ahead, dig in

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > piocher

  • 18 potasser

    potasser (inf) [pɔtase]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. transitive verb
    2. intransitive verb
    * * *

    1.
    (colloq) pɔtase verbe transitif to mug up (colloq) GB, to bone up on (colloq) US [dossier]; to swot up (colloq) GB, to bone up on (colloq) US [latin]

    2.
    verbe intransitif to swot (colloq) GB, to bone up (colloq) US
    * * *
    pɔtase vt *
    to swot up Grande-Bretagne
    * * *
    potasser○ verb table: aimer
    A vtr to mug up○ GB, to bone up on○ US [dossier, manuel]; to swot up○ GB, to bone up on○ US [matière, histoire].
    B vi to swot○ GB, to bone up○ US.
    [pɔtase] verbe transitif
    (familier) [discipline, leçon] to swot up (UK), to bone up on (US)
    [examen] to cram for

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  • 19 büffeln

    büf·feln [ʼbʏfl̩n]
    vi
    (fam: pauken) to swot ( Brit), to cram (Am)
    vor jeder Klassenarbeit muss wieder [schwer] gebüffelt werden we/you/they etc. have to swot [up] before every test;
    so spät am Abend bist du immer noch am B\büffeln? - ja, ich muss Formeln/ Geschichtszahlen/Vokabeln pauken! you're still studying so late in the evening? - yes, I need to learn formulas/history dates/vocab
    vt (fam: pauken)
    etw \büffeln to swot up on [or (Am) cram for] sth

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  • 20 pauken

    pau·ken [ʼpaukn̩]
    vi
    ( fam);
    [mit jdm] \pauken to cram [with sb], (Brit a.) to [help sb] swot up
    vt ( fam);
    etw [mit jdm] \pauken to cram for [or (Brit a.) swot up on] sth [with sb]

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