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 | desultory {adj} [reading] | 159 flüchtig |  |
 | bookish {adj} [given to reading] | 21 lesewütig |  |
 | sb. fluffed [made a mistake, e.g. when reading lines in a play] | 8 jd. patzte |  |
 | bookish {adj} [keen on books, reading] | auf Bücher versessen |  |
 | geogr. Readingite {adj} [from Reading (England) or Reading (USA)] | aus Reading [nachgestellt] |  |
 | unreadable {adj} [not worth reading] | nicht lesenswert |  |
| Verbs |
 | to overlook sth. [a mistake etc. while reading] | 29 etw.Akk. überlesen [Fehler etc. übersehen] |  |
| Nouns |
 | reading [reading matter] | 271 Lektüre {f} |  |
 | literacy [wide reading, book learning] | 267 Belesenheit {f} |  |
 | perusal [formal] [thorough reading] | 99 Lektüre {f} [sorgfältiges Lesen] |  |
 | desultoriness [of reading] | 39 Flüchtigkeit {f} |  |
 | skimming [reading or glancing through quickly] | 26 Querlesen {n} [ugs.] |  |
 | reader [reading aloud to sb.] | 20 Vorleser {m} |  |
 | variant [reading, interpretation] | 19 Lesart {f} |  |
 | reading [reading matter] | 11 Lesestoff {m} |  |
 | educ. reading [reading comprehension passage for school children] | 6 Lesetext {m} [der Altersstufe angepasster Text, der in der Schule gelesen wird] |  |
 | reading [person of vast reading] | 5 Belesenheit {f} |  |
 | hist. relig. [ban on reading the Bible, esp. in translations] | Bibelverbot {n} |  |
 | hist. lit. mus. [literature reading and / or concert] | Akademie {f} [österr.] [veraltet] [musikalische und / oder literarische Veranstaltung] |  |
 | [person with eclectic reading habits] | Querbeetleser {m} [ugs.] |  |
 | [persons with eclectic reading habits] | Querbeetleser {pl} [ugs.] |  |
 | esot. chirology [palm reading] | Handlesekunst {f} |  |
 | med. labiomancy [lip reading] | Lippenlesen {n} |  |
 | archaeo. lit. lection [variant reading of a text] | Lesart {f} [abweichende Fassung einer Textstelle] |  |
 | relig. lesson [reading from scripture] | Schriftlesung {f} |  |
 | pap [reading matter, entertainment] | Schmarrn {m} [bayer.] [österr.] [ugs.] [anspruchsloses Zeug, z. B. Unterhaltungssendung] |  |
 | readers [reading aloud to sb.] | Vorleser {pl} |  |
 | speaker [reading aloud] | Rezitator {m} |  |
 | speechreading [lip-reading] | Lippenlesen {n} |  |
 | speechreading [lip-reading] | Absehen {n} vom Mund |  |
 | relig. yad [pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading] | Jad {m} [Zeigestab zum Deuten auf Textzeilen in der Toralesung] |  |
| 2 Words: Others |
 | skimming through {pres-p} [reading in a superficial or cursory manner] | blätternd [überfliegend] |  |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
 | lit. book club [reading group] | Literaturzirkel {m} |  |
 | relig. day's reading [reading of the day] | Tageslesung {f} [Lesung des Tages] |  |
 | bibl. lectio divina [meditative Bible reading] | Lectio {f} divina |  |
 | audio educ. lipreading tuition [also: lip-reading tuition] | Ableseunterricht {m} [Unterricht in Lippenlesen] |  |
 | MedTech. phys. pencil dosimeter [direct-reading dosimeter] | Füllhalterdosimeter {n} [Stabdosimeter] |  |
 | MedTech. phys. pencil dosimeter [direct-reading dosimeter] | Stabdosimeter {n} |  |
 | lit. reading revolution [also: reading-revolution] | Leserevolution {f} |  |
 | libr. reference room [reading room] | Leseraum {m} |  |
 | lit. sensitivity reading | Sensitivityreading {n} [auch: Sensitivity-Reading] |  |
 | mus. sight reading [also: sight-reading] | Vom-Blatt-Spiel {n} |  |
 | skim reading [also: skim-reading] | Querlesen {n} [ugs.] [Überfliegen] |  |
 | speech-reading [lip-reading] | Lippenlesen {n} |  |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
 | to become acquainted with sth. [actively, by reading about it etc.] | sichAkk. mit etw.Dat. vertraut machen |  |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
 | educ. the 'three Rs' [reading, writing and arithmetic] | [die Grundfertigkeiten Lesen, Schreiben und Rechnen] |  |
 | idiom the ABC of [of physics, reading, etc.] | die Grundlagen {pl} [+ Gen.: der Physik, des Lesens etc.] |  |
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