noun
1 sth you can read
ADJECTIVE
▪ compelling , compulsive , fascinating , good , interesting
▪ worthwhile
▪
The book is worthwhile ~ for anyone interested in the Industrial Revolution.
▪ depressing , disturbing
▪ heavy , serious
▪ light
▪ assigned ( AmE ), compulsory ( esp. BrE ), essential , mandatory ( esp. AmE ), required
▪
Her assigned ~ for English class was ‘Great Expectations’.
▪
His article should be compulsory ~ for law students.
▪ recommended , suggested
▪ background
▪ further
▪ beach ( esp. AmE ), bedtime , holiday ( BrE )
▪
Horror is hardly my idea of bedtime ~.
▪
some light holiday ~
VERB + READING
▪ be , make , make for
▪
Their story makes compulsive ~.
▪ assign ( AmE )
▪
We assign ~s from different contexts and periods of history.
READING + NOUN
▪ list
▪ comprehension
2 activity of reading
ADJECTIVE
▪ extensive
▪
After extensive ~ on the subject she set to work on an article.
▪ careful , close , critical
▪
A close ~ of the text reveals several contradictions.
▪ cursory
▪ serious
▪ map
▪
My map-reading skills are not the best.
VERB + READING
▪ do , get down to
▪
I haven't had time to do much ~ lately.
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I need to get down to some serious ~.
READING + NOUN
▪ material , matter
▪ habits
▪
He asked her about her ~ habits.
▪ ability , age , knowledge , skills
▪
He has a ~ age of eight.
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She has a good ~ knowledge of Russian.
▪ disability ( AmE )
▪ glasses , light , room
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about , ~ on
▪
His ~ about Ruskin led him to the works of Turner.
3 way of understanding
ADJECTIVE
▪ allegorical , literal
▪
He draws his morality from a literal ~ of the Old Testament.
▪ insightful , sensitive
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her attentive and insightful ~ of the manuscript
VERB + READING
▪ give , offer , provide
▪
Longinus provides a sensitive ~ of Sappho's poem.
▪ invite , suggest
▪
These paintings often invite an allegorical ~.
4 reading in public
ADJECTIVE
▪ public
▪ staged ( esp. AmE )
▪
I saw a staged ~ of the new play ‘Light’.
▪ Bible , poetry
VERB + READING
▪ give
▪
Dickens gave many public ~s from his works.
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
We met at a ~ of his poetry.
▪ ~ from , ~ of
▪
~s from the Psalms
5 figure/measurement shown on an instrument
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , low
▪ normal
▪ accurate , correct
▪ false
▪ meter , thermometer
▪ blood-pressure , pressure , temperature
VERB + READING
▪ get , obtain , take
▪ give
▪
The dials were giving higher ~s than we had expected.
▪ record
▪
Temperature ~s were recorded throughout the day.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~of
▪
A ~ of 25 or more is abnormally high.