What you needed, I reckon, was less book learning and more bread-and-butter learning.
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Book learning
Synonyms for "book learning" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
Noun(10 words)
literary studyreadrote basedrote methodscholasticstudytextbook basedtextbook knowledgetextbook learningtheoretical
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More general
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15 entriesacademic studychapter studydatesdefinitionsfact orientedmemorization heavyprimer learningrote drivenrote memorizationscholastic drillterminologytextbook basedtextbook learningtextbook readingtheoretical instruction
Collocations
15 entriesbook learning activitiesbook learning approachbook learning curriculumbook learning materialsbook learning methodchapter studylibrary researchprimer learningreading comprehensionrigorous book learningrote memorizationstudy skillstextbook knowledgetextbook learningtextbook reading
Inflections
9 entriesbook learningsbooklearnedbooklearningbooklearnsbooklearntmore book learningmore booklearnedmost book learningmost booklearned
Derivations
5 entriesSample sentences
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Harry's education has included book learning and practical learning, but he's been absorbing the lessons of the heart as well—kindness, courage, loyalty, and the virtue that Dumbledore places above all others: love.
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