Be a student of a certain subject. Synonyms:read, study, take.
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Impart skills or knowledge to. Synonyms:instruct, teach."He instructed me in building a boat"
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Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. Synonyms:ascertain, check, determine, find out, see, watch."See whether it works" , "Find out if he speaks Russian" , "Check whether the train leaves on time"
... an affectionate heart he has! He loves his relatives better than all our luxury, and the Queen of France is less to him than his poor old grandmother!—Never mind, darling, you shall be loved as well and better than you ever were at home, and all the more that you have not learned to flatter!" ... — Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach Read full book for free!
... expression of regret that the Riksdag has learned from the publishment of the Protocol drawn up in Joint Swedish and Norwegian Cabinet Council on the 25th of April last, that negotiations founded on the basis indicated in the above-mentioned declaration of the Crown-Prince Regent cannot now ... — The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis - A History with Documents • Karl Nordlund Read full book for free!
... immediately sent a large body of soldiers who are always on duty there. The troops pursued the Tartars, but unexpectedly fell into the ambush and were completely routed. When the Tartars saw that they were victorious, they returned to the fort and destroyed it. When this was learned in Paquin the mandarins came together to discuss with the king some means of redress. As the king did not wish to see them he simply ordered that they should consult among themselves and then report everything to him. Now the Tartars sacked and destroyed some other smaller forts, ... — The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 • Emma Helen Blair Read full book for free!
... mind as real and controlling as that of the robust race from which it sprang. Though the present tendency of our art is towards foreign models, this is but a temporary thing. We must look at these till we have learned what they can teach, but a race in which the moral nature is strongest will be its own ... — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 • Various Read full book for free!
... formerly a professor in a military academy, having a taste for grammar and for the differences among European languages, had studied the problem of a universal tongue. This learned man, patient as most old scholars are, delighted in teaching Ursula to read and write. He taught her also the French language and all she needed to know of arithmetic. The doctor's library afforded a choice of books which could be read by a child ... — Ursula • Honore de Balzac Read full book for free!