swot
/swɒt/
US pronunciation
American sound/swɒt/
swot
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US voice -> swot
Myanmar meaning
အပြင်းအထန် ကြိုးစား၍ လေ့လာသည်။ ဘာသာရပ်တစ်ခုကို အပြင်းအထန် ၊ ကမန်းကတန်း လေ့လာသည်။ အပြင်းအထန် လေ့လာသူ။
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- ‘Unlike exams, you can't swot up for psychometric tests, but if you think you're likely to come across them in your hunt for a job try to familiarise yourself with the process.’
- ‘He got on a flight, flew to Dunedin, swotted all night, sat his paper the next morning and flew to Rotorua to join the band for a concert that night.’
- ‘If the idea of quitting office life sounds appealing, make sure you swot up first, advises Dave Houlden’
- ‘Learning to drive is getting more difficult, especially today with so much paperwork and swotting to do for separate practical and theory tests.’
- ‘This means I would no longer be returning from Paris around 1 am on Friday 21 May with at least three more days to swot up.’
- ‘Once you have located the source of potential trouble, your next step is to go, not to the doctor, but to the bookshop to swot up your symptoms in a health manual.’
- ‘Bill comes for the meal, but he then goes to his room to swot.’
- ‘All over the country, school and university students have their heads down to swot for summer exams, and anxiety levels shoot up.’
- ‘Then he swotted and got his limited electrician's licence.’
- ‘Serves me right for reading the Economist when I should have been swotting for my year 2 exams.’
- ‘Most players will only get one 21 game a year, possibly none if swotting for examinations.’
- ‘But he is still a bright spark when it comes to maths and English because he swots up with the help of a special tutor who teaches him on the ward.’
- ‘This is your opportunity to get involved and find your best young speller so the sooner you register, the sooner your children can start swotting!’
- ‘Graduate Michael Angliss spent three years swotting for his degree - only to be told to dumb down when it came to getting a job.’
- ‘Just last week the wonderfully named teenager Seb Clover sailed solo across the Atlantic at a time when most of his peers are swotting for exams.’
- ‘I suppose I should be swotting madly to be prepared for the big meeting with the supervisor tomorrow, however.’
- ‘I hope it restores a little bit of national pride. It was also a huge surprise. I didn't have time to swot up so I just breezed in and did the best I could.’
- ‘The new site offers visitors not just information on the school, but a chance to swot up on subjects as well.’
- ‘The interview came to an end with the shrewd question of the examining professor: ‘Are you acquainted with the transcripts of the Party Congresses?’ and my humble reply: ‘I swotted up on them’.’
- ‘To try and sum up a potential candidate in 10 minutes is a waste of time for you and even more of a waste of time for the candidate who has to swot up on the company, preen themselves, find your office and then wait for you to decide to show.’
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