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read like a book


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Sense: Verb: take in written text
Synonyms:
peruse, scan Collocations, pore over, glance over, skim Collocations, skim-read, browse Collocations, thumb through, leaf through, flip through the pages of, devour, wade through
Sense: Verb: recite
Synonyms:
recite, say Collocations, say sth aloud, read sth aloud, read out, read from, speak Collocations, narrate
Sense: Verb: construe
Synonyms:
construe Collocations, interpret, take Collocations, take sth to mean, see Collocations, understand Collocations
Sense: Verb: decipher handwriting
Synonyms:
decipher, make out, make sense of, decode, decrypt, interpret, translate Collocations
Sense: Verb: display - meter, sign, etc.
Synonyms:
display Collocations, show Collocations, indicate, register Collocations, say Collocations, give a reading of
Sense: Verb: predict
Synonyms:
predict Collocations, foretell, forecast Collocations, prophesy, tell Collocations
Sense: Verb: study at university - UK
Synonyms:
study Collocations, take Collocations, major in (US), do Collocations (informal)
Sense: Noun: act of reading
Synonyms:
perusal, scan Collocations, skim Collocations, browse Collocations, glance Collocations, look Collocations, leaf through, flick through


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