Memorises

She memorises her role by watching a Swiss production on the plane to New York, and only meets her co-lead and the conductor the day before the opening. ❋ Jonathan Wright (2010)

Studious practice of the memory palace technique and others, under Cooke's guidance, ultimately catapults Foer to his surprise victory in the US competition, during which he memorises a pack of cards in one minute and 40 seconds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Though arriving mute with little knowledge or recognition of his surroundings, Kyle quickly masters the English language, memorises the encyclopaedia effortlessly and shows astounding athletic abilities. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Kapitalyser: when activated, this system memorises the search words, the sites visited and the requests which were successful. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The kind who memorises regulations and Bible verses and treats them as equally holy and equally reinterpretable- as required to suit the needs of current prejudice and expediency. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I recommend he downloads this table (click here) from his own department, memorises its most egregious points, and sees what “full employment” soundbite means in the real world. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the hearer fails to recognise the word, it memorises it as a possible name for the object. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I should say myself that Mr Froude at certain moments rose higher than Mr Arnold ever did; nothing of the latter's can approach that magnificent passage on the passing of the Middle Ages and on the church-bell sound that memorises it. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

They are also part of the present phase of the personality of all the worms and grain which the fowls have assimilated from their leaving the eggshell; but the personalities of these last do not count; they have lost their grain and worm memories, and are instinct with the memorises of the whole ancestry of the creature which has assimilated them. ❋ Samuel Butler (1868)

It also memorises subject data even when the subject goes out of frame and resumes tracking when it reappears. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Sura al-Nasr, or 'chapter of victory', which every student of Islam in Yemen memorises in his first days in the country, promises that he is ... author: ❋ Mark C. (2010)

In an attempt to overcome his stammer, Mr Balls says he memorises 15 speeches a week. ❋ Unknown (2010)

More exasperating and much less ordinary is Lisbeth Salander, a social misfit who enjoys pondering over Fermat's Theorem, memorises pages of text in minutes and hacks her way into the most carefully guarded computers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I mean, they start all new songs in the spring, so it's not like Charlie would have to catch up, and this is a child who memorises all the scores. ❋ She That Is Giddy (2010)

He memorises the names of his lowliest minions, inquires about their wives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In no time at all, by following Marjorie's advice to the letter (she even memorises witticisms), Bernice has transformed herself into a popular flapper and even decides to extend her stay. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The traffic sign recognition function reads and memorises speed limit and no-passing signs and displays them on the instrument panel. ❋ Unknown (2009)