swotty


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swotty

(ˈswɒtɪ)
adj, -tier or -tiest
informal Brit given to studying hard, esp to the exclusion of other activities
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Susanna deals with daily ribbings, interruptions and arguments from Piers like a swotty sister coping with a bratty brother.
My kids are passionate Harry Potter fans and adore Emma Watson's swotty character Hermione Granger.
Watson's decision to study at US Ivy League university Brown was more in character with her swotty character Hermoine.
"For girls, 'if you are swotty and clever and answer too many questions, you are not attractive'.
Their swotty appearance proving deceptive as they set about creating a tasty brew of foot-tapping funk, pop electronica.
He plays a slacker musician who takes a job as a supply teacher, then enters his class of swotty kids into an entertaining Battle Of The Bands contest.
When swotty Elphie and airhead Galinda (as she is then) meet "at uni" it is hard to imagine how they will rub along, but like many of Wicked's characters they grow and change -some literally!
Swotty June scurried to the front to nab the lush green leaves, juicy strawberries, pretty roses and sweet scent of burnt sausages.
My swotty partner could remember the right order but was so intense, it looked as though he was dancing at a funeral, not a wedding, and that he was the corpse.
"I was the timid, mousy one in the corner, who wasn't popular and was swotty, but I did appear on stage at primary school.
Eddy is still in PR and working on the Olympics, while Patsy still works for a magazine; however, swotty student Saffy is rumoured to now want to be an actress.
Dragging swotty Nick into his orbit, along with Nick's pretty girlfriend, Sonya, his dream appears to be coming to fruition.