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cramming

/ˈkræmɪŋ/

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verb

Bourrer, entasser, fourrer

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

Examples :

"to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people"

Bourrer des fruits dans un panier ; entasser des gens dans une pièce

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verb

Garger, bourrer

To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.

Examples :

"The boy crammed himself with cake"

Le garçon s'est gavé de gâteau.

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verb

Bachoter, bûcher

To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

Examples :

"A pupil is crammed by his tutor."

Un élève bachote avec son tuteur.

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verb

Bachoter, bûcher

To study hard; to swot.

Examples :

"She was cramming for her history exam the night before, hoping to remember all the dates. "

Elle bachotait pour son examen d'histoire la veille, espérant se souvenir de toutes les dates.

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verb

Engloutir, se goinfrer

To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.

Examples :

"After a long day of hiking, the hungry children were cramming their faces with sandwiches. "

Après une longue journée de randonnée, les enfants affamés engloutissaient des sandwichs.

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verb

Mentir, blaguer

(British slang) To lie; to intentionally not tell the truth.

Examples :

"He was cramming about where he'd been last night; he said he was at the library, but I saw him at the pub. "

Il mentait sur l'endroit où il était allé hier soir ; il a dit qu'il était à la bibliothèque, mais je l'ai vu au pub.

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verb

Bourrer le crâne à quelqu'un, raconter des histoires à dormir debout

(British slang) To make (a person) believe false or exaggerated tales.

Examples :

"He spent the whole evening cramming his little brother with stories about monsters living under the bed. "

Il a passé toute la soirée à bourrer le crâne de son petit frère avec des histoires de monstres vivant sous le lit.

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noun

Bourrage, remplissage

The act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full.

Examples :

"The cramming of too many clothes into the suitcase made it impossible to close. "

Le bourrage de trop de vêtements dans la valise rendait impossible de la fermer.

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noun

Bachotage

An intensive course of hard study, as for an examination.

Examples :

""The week before the final exam was all about cramming." "

La semaine précédant l'examen final, c'était du bachotage intensif.

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