PHRASAL VERB OF THE DAY - 412 {READ} {Read for} study for a qualification, especially a university degree When the children are older, she intends to read for a BSc at London University. {Read into} find more meaning in something than was expressed or intended My book is widely misunderstood: people read things into it which aren’t there. {Read off} read, often aloud, words or figures on an instrument, gauge, dial, etc I peered at the dial and read off the numbers. {Read out} read something aloud, usually to a group First the secretary read out the minutes of the last meeting. {Read over / through} read a letter, document, etc, usually in order to check or judge it The BBC read the script over before allowing the programme to be made. {Read up} find out facts, details, information, etc, by reading Out of curiosity, I read up all the details on the murder case. {Read up on} study something in detail, by reading I had read up on the Renaissance before my trip to Italy. taken from the GLOBAL ELT ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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