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quick study

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quick study
n.
One who is able to memorize something easily and quickly or is able to understand and deal with something easily and successfully.
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Noun1.quick study - someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
sponge
assimilator, learner, scholar - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
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I mustn't be cracking jokes though, for I've got a part of twelve lengths here, which I must be up in tomorrow night, and I haven't had time to look at it yet; I'm a confounded quick study, that's one comfort.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
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