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Meaning of swot vac | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.

Australia, informal

Examples

“This is clearly what happens in the "swot-vac" phenomenon: the student rote-learns his material for just long enough to see the exam through.”
“In the old days it was probably quite a sound alternative to the "swot-vac" spent in cold towels and black coffee or benzedrine as done in Australia.”
“I reminded her that it was the September holidays, and after that I was off on swot vac until the exams started.”
“She died during the swotvac before my third year exams.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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