- ˌread sth ˈinto sth
- phrasal verb
to find an extra meaning in someone's words or actions that is not obvious or does not existI think you're reading too much into his remark.[/ex]
Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.
ˌread sth ˈinto sth
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read something into something — INFER FROM, interpolate from, assume from, attribute to; read between the lines. → read * * * ˌread sth ˈinto sth derived to think that sth means more than it really does • Don t read too much into what she says. Main entry: ↑read … Useful english dictionary
read — read1 W1S1 [ri:d] v past tense and past participle read [red] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(words/books)¦ 2¦(find information)¦ 3¦(read and speak)¦ 4¦(music/maps etc)¦ 5¦(computer)¦ 6¦(understand something in a particular way)¦ 7¦(have words on)¦ 8¦(style of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
read — 1 /ri:d/ verb past tense and past participle read /red/ 1 WORDS/BOOKS (I, T) to look at written words and understand what they mean: Tom could read by the time he was four. | read sth: Read the instructions carefully before you start. | I m sorry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
read*/*/*/ — [riːd] (past tense and past participle read [red] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to look at and understand words in a letter, book, newspaper etc I read a few chapters every night.[/ex] He was sitting reading in the waiting room.[/ex] By the age of five, he… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pony sth up — UK US pony (sth) up Phrasal Verb with pony({{}}/ˈpəʊni/ verb US INFORMAL ► to pay money: »Print subscribers will have to pony up if they want to read the magazine online. »He has 50 or so individual clients, who each pony up at least $5 million… … Financial and business terms
ˌdip ˈinto sth — phrasal verb 1) to take some money from an amount that you have saved 2) to read different parts of a book, but not the whole book … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
cover — 1 verb (T) 1 PUT STH OVER STH also cover up to put something over the top of something in order to hide or protect it: Cover the pan when the sauce boils and let it simmer. | cover sth with sth: They covered the tables with clean white cloths. 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ready — read|y1 [ˈredi] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(prepared)¦ 2¦(for immediate use)¦ 3 have something ready 4 be/feel ready for something 5 be ready to do something 6¦(willing)¦ 7¦(quick)¦ 8 ready money/cash 9 ready, steady, go! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; … Dictionary of contemporary English
call — call1 W1S1 [ko:l US ko:l] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(telephone)¦ 2¦(describe)¦ 3¦(have a name)¦ 4¦(give somebody/something a name)¦ 5¦(ask/order by speaking)¦ 6¦(arrange)¦ 7¦(say/shout)¦ 8 call yourself something 9 call the shots/tune … Dictionary of contemporary English
paper — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 material ADJECTIVE ▪ thick, thin ▪ plain ▪ lined ▪ graph ▪ A3 … Collocations dictionary
