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her studious pursuits.
study v. 1 learn (about), read, con, memorize, burn the midnight oil,
lucubrate, Colloq bone up (on), cram, Brit swot or swat, mug up:
I want to study music. She has to study for an exam. 2
contemplate, consider, reflect on, think over or about, ruminate
on, chew over, turn over, weigh, ponder, deliberate over or on
or about, muse about or on, mull over, meditate on or about or
over: I want to study the problem before deciding what to do.
3 look or go into or over, look at, scan, examine, analyse,
inspect, investigate, scrutinize, survey, observe: The crime
squad studied every square inch of the murder scene. Avoiding
the issue as usual, Joyce silently studied her fingernails.
--n. 4 analysis, review, examination, survey, inquiry or
enquiry, investigation, scrutiny, research, exploration:
Government funds are paying for a study of the ecosystem of the
Norfolk Broads. 5 learning, lessons, bookwork, work, reading,
contemplation, investigation, Colloq boning up, cramming, Brit
swotting or swatting: The study of anthropology is what led him
to his theory of linguistic universals. 6 library, reading or
writing-room, sanctum (sanctorum), haunt, studio, retreat, den,
workroom, office: Let's go into the study and talk business.
stuff n. 1 substance, material, matter, fabric, ingredients, essence,
essentials, fundamentals, building blocks, makings: This is the
stuff that dreams are made on. Is hydrogen the basic stuff of
the universe? 2 equipment, goods, gear, trappings, kit, tackle,
accessories, paraphernalia, accoutrements or US also
accouterments, effects, belongings, possessions, things, bits
and pieces, impedimenta, baggage, property, chattels, furniture,
Brit lumber, Colloq junk, rubbish, crap, Brit clobber, Taboo
slang shit: Graham left all his stuff with his mother when he
went west. 3 spirit, attitude, grit, substance, makings,
talent(s), abilities, capabilities, qualities, attributes: Is
Simon the stuff of which commandos are made? 4 nonsense, trash,
rubbish, stuff and nonsense, twaddle, humbug, bunkum, tommy-rot,
balderdash, Colloq rot, garbage, bunk, tripe, poppycock, crap,
malarkey, boloney or baloney, bosh, hogwash, swill, claptrap,
piffle, hot air, flapdoodle, fiddle-faddle, codswallop, bull, US
horse feathers, Taboo slang bullshit, horseshit: You don't
believe all that stuff you've been reading about me, do you? 5
creations, accomplishments, things, works, materials, matter: