pore over, to read or examine something with intense concentration and sustained attention, often in order to extract detailed or complex information, flick through, to look quickly through pages in a casual, unsystematic way, without the intention of engaging deeply with the content, cast an eye over, to briefly check or review something, typically to gain a general impression or spot obvious issues rather than understand it in depth, scrutinise, to examine something extremely carefully and critically, often with the aim of identifying flaws, inconsistencies, or hidden details, read up on, to deliberately study a subject by consulting multiple sources in order to gain or update one’s knowledge, dip into, to read small sections of a text intermittently or selectively, without following a linear or complete progression, plough through, to read something lengthy, dense, or difficult with effort and determination, often despite limited enjoyment, peruse, to read or examine a text, either carefully or at leisure, often implying a more deliberate and engaged approach than casual browsing (note: usage can vary between ‘skim’ and ‘read thoroughly’ depending on context)

Reading verbs (C2)

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