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"text": "They go to the beach when they should be hitting the books and then they wonder why they get bad grades.",
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"To study, especially with particular intensity."
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"(chiefly US and Australia, informal, figuratively) To study, especially with particular intensity."
],
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "study",
"word": "šrotit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "study",
"word": "šprtat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "study",
"word": "pune pe învățat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zubrítʹ",
"sense": "study",
"word": "зубри́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "study",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "hincar los codos"
}
]
}
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"present"
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{
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{
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"To study, especially with particular intensity."
],
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],
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"(chiefly US and Australia, informal, figuratively) To study, especially with particular intensity."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"US",
"figuratively",
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}
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"sense": "study",
"word": "šrotit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "study",
"word": "šprtat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "study",
"word": "pune pe învățat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zubrítʹ",
"sense": "study",
"word": "зубри́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "study",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "hincar los codos"
}
],
"word": "hit the books"
}
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