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swotting

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
swotting n	UK, informal (studying for exam)	ponerse a estudiar loc verb
		estudiar⇒ vi
	(técnicamente)	estudio nm
	I need to do some swotting for tomorrow's exam.
	Tengo que ponerme a estudiar para el examen de mañana.

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
swot⇒ vi	UK, informal (study intensively)	estudiar mucho vi + adv
	(ES: coloquial)	empollar⇒ vi
	Judy has been swotting every day this week.
swot for [sth] vi + prep	UK, informal (study for an exam)	estudiar mucho para algo loc verb + prep
	(ES: coloquial)	empollar para algo vi + prep
	Jeannie spent the weekend swotting for the exam.
swot n	UK, pejorative, informal (hardworking student) (AmC, CO: coloquial)	nerdo, nerda nm, nf
	(AR, UY: coloquial)	traga n común
	(ES: coloquial)	empollón, empollona nm, nf
		estudiante demasiado aplicado, estudiante demasiado aplicada loc nm, loc nf
	Peter is a boring swot who only cares about schoolwork.
swot up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep	UK, informal (study [sth] hard)	estudiarse todo loc verb
	Ron needs to swot up on the Tudor period if he wants to do better in his next history test.

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