"hit the books" meaning in Englisch

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-hit the books.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present hit the books, he hits the books, she hits the books, it hits the books, simple past hit the books, present participle hitting the books, past participle hit the books
  1. büffeln, pauken, die Nase in die Bücher stecken, sich über die Bücher hermachen Tags: US, colloquial, figurative
    Sense id: de-hit_the_books-en-phrase-fgcI3M7-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cram, swat up, pound the books Translations: büffeln (Deutsch), pauken (Deutsch), Nase (Deutsch), Bücher (Deutsch), stecken (Deutsch)
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
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      "form": "simple present hit the books"
    },
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      "form": "it hits the books"
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          "ref": "Abdul Karim Hekmat: A tougher language test would punish women like my mother, who have lost everything. My mother studied Australian history and politics for months to pass the citizenship test. It was painful, to say the least. In: The Guardian Online. 26. Juni 2017, ISSN 0261-3077 (URL, abgerufen am 17. Oktober 2017) .",
          "text": "She recited lines she could not understand or forgot them the next minute, but she was determined to achieve her ultimate goal – acquiring the Australian citizenship. She hit the books as if it was the only thing that mattered in her life.",
          "translation": "Sie sagte Zeilen auf, die sie nie verstehen würde oder in der nächsten Minute vergessen hätte, aber sie war entschlossen ihr höchstes Ziel zu erreichen - die australische Staatsbürgerschaft zu erhalten. Sie paukte, als wäre es die einzige Sache, die in ihrem Leben eine Rolle spielte."
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          "ref": "Lissa Christopher: The key to memory retention is exercise, but not straight away. The Sydney Morning Herald, 17. Juni 2016, abgerufen am 17. Oktober 2017 (Englisch).",
          "text": "If you're trying to learn a language, pass your Bar exams or blitz the HSC, try this: hit the books hard, do other things for four hours, and then hit the pavement or a punching bag.",
          "translation": "Wenn du versuchst, eine Sprache zu lernen, deine Jura-Prüfung zu bestehen oder Deine [australische] Schulabschlussprüfung in Angriff zu nehmen, dann versuche das: mache dich wirklich ernsthaft über deine Bücher her, mache für vier Stunden andere Sachen, und dann gehe laufen oder dresche auf einen Sandsack ein."
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "büffeln"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "pauken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Nase"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Bücher"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "stecken"
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  "word": "hit the books"
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
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      "form": "simple present hit the books"
    },
    {
      "form": "he hits the books"
    },
    {
      "form": "she hits the books"
    },
    {
      "form": "it hits the books"
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          "ref": "Abdul Karim Hekmat: A tougher language test would punish women like my mother, who have lost everything. My mother studied Australian history and politics for months to pass the citizenship test. It was painful, to say the least. In: The Guardian Online. 26. Juni 2017, ISSN 0261-3077 (URL, abgerufen am 17. Oktober 2017) .",
          "text": "She recited lines she could not understand or forgot them the next minute, but she was determined to achieve her ultimate goal – acquiring the Australian citizenship. She hit the books as if it was the only thing that mattered in her life.",
          "translation": "Sie sagte Zeilen auf, die sie nie verstehen würde oder in der nächsten Minute vergessen hätte, aber sie war entschlossen ihr höchstes Ziel zu erreichen - die australische Staatsbürgerschaft zu erhalten. Sie paukte, als wäre es die einzige Sache, die in ihrem Leben eine Rolle spielte."
        },
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          "ref": "Lissa Christopher: The key to memory retention is exercise, but not straight away. The Sydney Morning Herald, 17. Juni 2016, abgerufen am 17. Oktober 2017 (Englisch).",
          "text": "If you're trying to learn a language, pass your Bar exams or blitz the HSC, try this: hit the books hard, do other things for four hours, and then hit the pavement or a punching bag.",
          "translation": "Wenn du versuchst, eine Sprache zu lernen, deine Jura-Prüfung zu bestehen oder Deine [australische] Schulabschlussprüfung in Angriff zu nehmen, dann versuche das: mache dich wirklich ernsthaft über deine Bücher her, mache für vier Stunden andere Sachen, und dann gehe laufen oder dresche auf einen Sandsack ein."
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "büffeln"
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "pauken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Nase"
    },
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Bücher"
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "stecken"
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