look through, glance at/over/through
I've looked up words which mean "read quickly".
That's what I found:
1. read quickly to find a particular piece of information
scan, scan through
2. read quickly to get a general idea or what is it about
skim, skim through/over
3. read quickly to check that there are no mistakes or problems
take a look, look over
But I didn't find what exactly look through and glance at/over/through mean. Could somebody explain it? And there are probably other words that mean "read quickly". If so, I'd like to know them too.
Re: look through, glance at/over/through
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Originally Posted by alexei
But I didn't find what exactly look through and glance at/over/through mean. Could somebody explain it? And there are probably other words that mean "read quickly".
"Look through" in the sense of a book doesn't always mean to read quickly. It means exactly what it says. Like if you were looking through a magazine. You're not reading it quickly-more like you're seeing what's in it. Glance at/over/through is the same thing. When you "glance" you still aren't reading quickly. I don't hear that very often referring to books or reading. More like you glance at a person, glance over the mess in your room, or glance through a stack of pictures. If I heard either one of those sayings, I wouldn't think you were reading really quickly-I wouldn't think you read it at all. I think it's because those words don't imply a fast action. Could be just me though. Your other ones were better to say.
I know some people around here say "speed read." I think that's only because it rhymes so it sounds cool.
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Originally Posted by TiaraNEug
"Look through" in the sense of a book doesn't always mean to read quickly.....Could be just me though.
Alexei-note how I said " doesn't always." And then how I said that my opinions were just me. A lot of this could have to do with where you are from, like Pravit said. If you don't know the correct answer, how are you going to tell me that my answer is wrong?