What does pensum mean?
Pensum means (dated) A task or imposition set as a school punishment..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated) A task or imposition set as a school punishment..
You invent nothing, you think you are inventing, you think you are escaping, and all you do is stammer out your lesson, the remnants of a pensum one day got by heart and long forgotten, life without tears, as it wept.
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Pensum means (dated) A task or imposition set as a school punishment..
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You invent nothing, you think you are inventing, you think you are escaping, and all you do is stammer out your lesson, the remnants of a pensum one day got by heart and long forgotten, life without tears, as it wept.
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