beast of burden
bone
commit to memory
con
contemplate
dig
drill
drudge
elucubrate
examine
fag
galley slave
get by heart
get letter-perfect
go over
greasy grind
grind
grub
hack
have by heart
know by heart
learn by heart
learn verbatim
lucubrate
memorize
parrot
peruse
plodder
plunge into
pore over
practice
read
recite
regard studiously
repeat
repeat by heart
restudy
review
slave
slogger
study
swot up
vet
wade through
workhorse
swotted
swotting
assimilator
hit the books
learner
scholar
swots