read

[red]

past tense, past participle; = read

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I [ri:d]

noun

branje, čitanje; čas (oddih, pavza) za branje

I can't have a quiet read — ne morem priti do mirnega branja

to have a short read — imeti kratko pavzo za branje

to take a read — (malo) brati, čitati

II [ri:d]

1.

transitive verb

brati, čitati, razbrati; prebrati, prečitati (off, through); (raz)rešiti, reševati (uganke); preučiti (up); razlagati, tolmačiti, pojasnjevati; predavati, učiti (s čitanjem), seznaniti koga s pisateljevimi mislimi; napoved(ov)ati, prerokovati; zvedeti, doznati (iz časopisa); študirati; uspavati koga z branjem (into, to sleep); (o toplomeru) (po)kazati, (za)beležiti

to read s.th. to s.o. — čitati komu kaj

to read to oneself — čitati zase (skrivaj)

to read s.o. like a book figuratively točno koga spregledati (spoznati, razumeti)

to read a dream — razlagati sanje

to read s.o.'s face — brati komu na obrazu

to read s.o.'s fortune — prerokovati komu prihodnost

to read law — študirati pravo

with whom do you read Greek? — pri kom študirate grščino?

read the letter to yourself — preberite si pismo

he had read himself asleep — zaspal je bil pri branju

to read music — brati note, igrati po notah

to read a manuscript — oceniti, recenzirati rokopis

to read s.o. a lesson — ošteti koga, brati komu levite

do you read me? — me razumeš?

how do you read this passage? — kako razumete ta odstavek?

to read oneself blind (to sleep) — oslepeti (zaspati) od branja

to read the riot act — dati zadnje svarilo o posledicah slabega vedenja (npr. pri izgredih, demonstracijah pred vojaškim posegom)

to read s.th. into a text — hoteti brati v besedilu nekaj, česar v njem ni

parliament the bill will be read tomorrow for the second time — zakonski osnutek bo jutri drugič v razpravi

she likes being read to — ona ima rada, da ji kaj berejo

the thermometer reads 30° C in the shade — termometer kaže 30° C v senci;

2.

intransitive verb

brati, čitati; dati se brati; glasiti se; zvedeti z branjem, brati (about, of o); študirati, učiti se, pripravljati se, pripraviti se za izpit (for za)

he is reading for the bar — študira za advokaturo

to read between the lines — brati med vrsticami

to read for an examination — študirati za izpit

to read for a degree — pripravljati se za diplomski izpit

to read for honours — pripravljati se za rigoroz

the book reads well — knjiga se dobro bere

his silence is to read as consent — njegov molk je treba razumeti kot privolitev

this ticket reads for Leeds — ta vozovnica velja za Leeds

it reads like a novel — to se bere kot roman

it reads as follows — (to) se glasi takole

III [red]

1.

preterite & past participle od to read;

2.

adjective

bran, čitan; načitan (in v)

the most read book — najbolj brana knjiga

a well-read man — načitan, izobražen človek

to be deeply (slightly) read in history — temeljito (površno) poznati zgodovino