| VERB | cognition | hit the books, study | learn by reading books |
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| Meaning | Learn by reading books. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | I must hit the books now" | |
| Synonym | study | |
| Entails | read | interpret something that is written or printed |
| Narrower | cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone | study intensively, as before an exam |
| memorize, memorise, con, learn | commit to memory | |
| Broader | learn, larn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills |
| Spanish | estudiarse, estudiar, examinar | |
| Catalan | estudiar-se, estudiar, examinar | |
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