swotted

Actually I hardly "swotted" at all, I just coasted on natural ability - but they were communist enough to hate success however achieved.

Undergraduates are more than their parents bank balance 2008

There is something of the laboratory in this library where the books lie dusty and unborrowed, while exams are swotted for and where the intellectual and social posturing hides insecurities and self harm.

Punk Rock 2010

It is especially not possible to do so as Kobel does, with swotted-up factoids and potted-up biographies.

An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008

Publishers started producing reading guides to help proceedings along; people either swotted furiously for them or conceded that they were largely a genteel cover for a good old-fashioned knees-up; and suddenly they were both a mainstay of a certain kind of British life and an invaluable asset to the precarious business of selling books.

The new wave of literary events Alex Clark 2010

“I Googled how to deliver a baby, watched a few videos and basically swotted up,” Mr Stephens told the BBC.

YouTube Helps Man | Impact Lab 2009

I hav NEVUR swotted him or enny of teh other kittehs I hav shared livin spase wif.

So… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

I swotted Ravel like mad, ended up writing an article about him for The Independent see link and discovered some excellent musical comparisons.

Ravel Day, Wigmore Hall, 29 February 2004 Jessica 2004

I swotted Ravel like mad, ended up writing an article about him for The Independent see link and discovered some excellent musical comparisons.

Archive 2004-03-01 Jessica 2004

As Stanning was the only one of his rivals of whom he had any real fear, Sheen might have replied with justice that, if that was the case, the more he swotted the better.

The White Feather 1928

Then there was the summer term, and we swotted more than ever; and it was boiling hot, and masters 'tempers got short and sharp, and the girls used to wish the exams came in cold weather.

The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901