read and look
11read*/*/*/ — [riːd] (past tense and past participle read [red] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to look at and understand words in a letter, book, newspaper etc I read a few chapters every night.[/ex] He was sitting reading in the waiting room.[/ex] By the age of five, he… …
12read — I. verb (read; reading) Etymology: Middle English reden to advise, interpret, read, from Old English rǣdan; akin to Old High German rātan to advise, Sanskrit rādhnoti he achieves, prepares Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to… …
13look over — verb To scan read and check for errors …
14Look Back in Anger — (1956) is a John Osborne play and 1958 movie about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man (Jimmy Porter), his upper middle class, impassive wife (Alison), and her snooty best friend (Helena Charles). Cliff, an amiable… …
15read|ing — «REE dihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act or process of getting the meaning of written or printed words: »The teaching of reading has not changed in a generation (Time). 2. the study of books or other written material: »Reading has objective… …
16look-and-say — lookˈ and sayˈ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑look * * * n. [as adj.] denoting a method of teaching reading based on the visual recognition of words rather than by the association of sounds and letters. Compare with phonic * * * ˌlook and ˈsay 7… …
17read through — ˌread ˈthrough [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they read through he/she/it reads through present participle reading through past tense …
18look-say method — [look′ənd sā′look′sā′] n. a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds: cf. PHONICS (sense 2): also look and say method [look′ənd sā′] * * * …
19look-say method — [look′ənd sā′look′sā′] n. a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds: cf. PHONICS (sense 2): also look and say method [look′ənd sā′] …
20read back — ˌread ˈback [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they read back he/she/it reads back present participle reading back past tense …
