leer
read ; get through ; look over ; read out.
A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he cannot read or because it was written too long ago.
Some children cannot get through a longer story or novel in less time.
It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
I am sorry to labour the point, but the list that you have just read out did not include a single west African country.
a medio leer
half-read
A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
averiguar leyendo sobre
read up on
If debt collectors are pursuing you for an old debt, read up on your rights - they may be way out of line.
capacidad de leer
reading skills
Parents place great emphasis on the acquisition of reading skills, at times pressing so hard on their children that schoolteachers have to try to reduce that pressure = Los padres ponen un gran énfasis en la adquisición de la capacidad de leer, a veces presionando tanto a sus hijos que los profesores tienen que intentar reducir esta presión.
capacidad de saber leer y escribir
literacy skills
This is a programme launched in 1979 in response to the urgent need of black young adult South Africans for reading and literacy skills.
con ansias de leer
reading-desirous
Finally, in 1939, Clarence Sherman sounded the note of defeat when he wrote that librarians had been forced to abandon `the long-cherished hope that the free public library would reach a constantly expanding population, book-conscious and reading-desirous'.
continuar leyendo
read on
So I read on with increasing interest and enjoyment and, let it be said admiration too.
derecho a leer
right to read
In the library world leaders should have the courage to defend the right to read and the other high principles of the library profession.
deseoso de leer
reading-desirous
Finally, in 1939, Clarence Sherman sounded the note of defeat when he wrote that librarians had been forced to abandon `the long-cherished hope that the free public library would reach a constantly expanding population, book-conscious and reading-desirous'.
fácil de leer
easy-to-read
Easy-to-read books for people with reading difficulties have been published in Sweden for the last 15 years.
gafas para leer
reading glasses
Students preferred reading standard print with reading glasses.
hacer una marca para indicar el lugar donde uno se ha quedado leyen
mark + Posesivo + place
Do not turn down the corners of pages to mark one's place.
informarse leyendo sobre
read up on
If debt collectors are pursuing you for an old debt, read up on your rights - they may be way out of line.
leer con atención
peruse
A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
leer con dificultad
wade through
There seems little point in hundreds of cataloguers in separate locations wading through cataloguing codes and classification schemes in order to create a variety of catalogue records for the same work.
leer con escáner
scan
While a label is being scanned, the bars should always be visible through the windows.
leer de aquí y allí
dip into
Most borrowers, seventeen in all, had read the blurb on the jacket and twelve had dipped into the text before deciding to borrow.
leer de cabo a rabo
read + from cover to cover
It is not necessary to read every document from cover to cover.
leer de principio a fin
read + from cover to cover
It is not necessary to read every document from cover to cover.
leer el pensamiento
read + Posesivo + mind
read + Posesivo + thoughts
Presidents who manage by dropping hints sometimes devise little tests to see if their executives can read their minds.
Telling the difference between a subject looking at one thing or another by brain scan is interesting, but hardly constitutes 'reading their thoughts'.
leer en voz alta
read + aloud
read + out loud
read out
It is very easy to fall into the trap of enjoying the act of telling stories and reading aloud so much that the children never get a chance to read themselves.
Writing for anything read out loud is different from writing for print.
I am sorry to labour the point, but the list that you have just read out did not include a single west African country.
leer la mente
read + Posesivo + mind
read + Posesivo + thoughts
Presidents who manage by dropping hints sometimes devise little tests to see if their executives can read their minds.
Telling the difference between a subject looking at one thing or another by brain scan is interesting, but hardly constitutes 'reading their thoughts'.
leerle la cartilla a Alguien
a good talking to
He said she's a good girl and a good worker but she just needs a good talking to.
leer los labios
lip-read
Physical access to the library is not a problem, but congenital deafness may reduce competent use of language, background noise can reduce the effectiveness of a hearing aid, not all deaf people can lip-read or use sign language.
leer mal [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio misread]
misread
If the reading-boy misread the copy, or if the corrector misheard or misunderstood the reading-boy, a wrong word might be entered on the proof as a correction whether or not the compositor had got it right in the first place.
leer por encima [Hojear u ojear material bibliográfico]
browse
skim
skim read
This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.
In a conventional card catalogue we can skim through a number of entries quickly discarding those which do not suit our purpose.
Rollinger discusses human abilities to skim read.
leer rápidamente buscando algo
scan
Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
leer rápidamente por encima
skim through
In conventional card catalogues we can skim through a number of entries quickly, discarding those which do not suit our purposes.
leer sobre
read up on
If debt collectors are pursuing you for an old debt, read up on your rights - they may be way out of line.
leer superficialmente
skim
skim read
In a conventional card catalogue we can skim through a number of entries quickly discarding those which do not suit our purpose.
Rollinger discusses human abilities to skim read.
leer una ponencia
read + paper
Authors of scientific articles often read a paper that fails to cite their prior work when they feel that it should have done so.
máquina para leer
reading machine
Librarians are urged to convince the 'reading experts' that curling up with a real book is the best reading machine invented to teach children to read.
necesitar gafas para leer
need + reading glasses
This is why many people with 'normal' eyes will need reading glasses some time after the age of 40.
persona que no le gusta leer
aliterate
A study of seventh graders at a school in Texas revealed 3 categories of aliterates: dormant, uncommitted, and unmotivated.
releer [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio reread]
reread [re-read]
Next, the case should be reread with a view to identifying and listing the problems to be solved.
saber leer y escribir
be literate
However, if you take tasks 5, 6 and 7 you would be looking for somebody who is physically fit, who is numerate and literate and perhaps has a high boredom threshold.
sentarse leyendo
sit over
Go into the average good home of the crust, in the quietude of 'after-tea' and you will see a youthful miss sitting over something by Charlotte M Yonge or Charles Kingsley.
sin leer
unread
But clearly a book read and enjoyed is more likely to lead on to further reading than is a book unread or unfinished.
valer la pena leer Algo
repay + reading
The introduction to this code certainly repays reading, and contains sensible advice about how to make a filing order amenable to the public.
volver a leer [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio reread]
reread [re-read]
Next, the case should be reread with a view to identifying and listing the problems to be solved.
