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I spend a lot of time in bookshops. I don't often buy books. I just __________.
browse
wade through
skip
skim
I sometimes _________ a magazine in a newsagent's but I don't usually buy one
flip through
look up
dip into
wade through
Of course an encyclopaedia is not a book you ______________.
wade through
read from cover to cover
peruse
flip through
I'll _____________ his number in the phone-book
browse
skim
refer to
look up
I didn't know the word. I had to ________ a dictionary.
refer to
look up
wade through
dip into
Some people have the ability to ________ a page, which means to read it very quickly, just taking the main points.
skip
flip through
skim
scan
If I come to a boring bit in a book, I just ________ a few pages till the real story starts again.
dip into
skip
skim
peruse
We have requested our lawyers to _________ the document with the greatest care to decide whether it's legal or not.
peruse
refer to
wade through
flip through
I never liked history at school. I found it very hard to ________ all that boring stuff about wars and revolutions.
wade through
refer to
flip through
dip into
You just ________an encyclopaedia for things that interest you.
wade through
dip into
skim
look up
