1,440 Answered Questions for the topic reading

07/31/19

Is it usual to use “full-cry” as a stand-alone adjective?
Maureen Dowd’s article titled “Spellbound by Blondes, Hot and Icy” appearing in December 1st NY-Times jumps from Alfred Hitchcock’s favor of blonde actresses to the dispute of Hillary Clinton’s... more
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Reading Phonics Literacy

07/31/19

How Can I Help My Child Learn to Read?
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07/31/19

What's the best way to read to take in information without having to re-read the same sentence multiple times over?
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07/31/19

How can I have a high IQ, but read slower than peers? I always have. Reading comprehension, a section on the GMAT is a test of speed and comprehension, and my weakest skill.
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07/31/19

What does “you don't need a husband, you need a Greek chorus!” mean?
A female friend recently saw a video of pretty old movie, “The Last Station” (directed by Michael Hoffman), which illustrates the struggle of Leo Tolstoy (the Russian author) to balance fame and... more
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07/31/19

What are some speed reading tips for students?
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07/31/19

"Group" vs. "community" usage?
###Question 1When we have a certain number of people that share the same interest, do we refer to **them** as:1. interest **group** or2. **community** [sharing same interest]?What would be... more
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07/31/19

How does "off" fit in this sentence?
I was just studying the various meanings of 'off' on http://english.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/off and I stuck up at just the second example sentence:>She dashed off to her room.The... more
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07/31/19

What does ‘On its good days’ of “On its good days, all this (live for love, die for love, kill for love) seems to make perfect sense mean?
There is the following sentence in the Time magazine’s article “The science of romance: Why we love,” (Jan. 28, 2008), dealing with the mechanism of Love:... more
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07/31/19

What does "though" mean in these sentences?
I knew these are American English sentences, and they are informal. However, I would like to know what exactly it means, or it simply means nothing, and people merely want to add something... more
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07/31/19

Meaning of the word "butterglance" to describe a woman's way of looking at someone?
I found this word in a rhyme inscribed on the fly leaf of a book of American poetry and dated 1878. You can see the poem listed in [Edith Wharton's Library: a... more
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07/30/19

Which leads to better comprehension and retention, listening to audiobooks or reading an actual book?
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07/30/19

nor for that matter?
In the sentence "He had not uttered a sound while the punishment was administered but then, nor for that matter, had I." How am I to understand "but then, nor for that matter, had I"?
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07/30/19

What is comprehension interpretation?
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07/30/19

Question about the phrase "fought fire with oil" as used in the film "Spartacus"?
In the film "Spartacus," the character Crassus remarks that he "fought fire with oil" in regards to him buying the Senate behind his rival's back to appoint his friend to a position of... more
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07/30/19

How can I improve my reading comprehension? I often have times where I'm reading and none of the words are making sense.
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07/30/19

What is the difference between comprehensive AMC and non-comprehensive?
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07/30/19

Why does 'with' mean 'against' and not 'alongside' in phrases of opposition?
In phrases like *fight with*, *argue with*, *combat with* etc, why does *with* mean the subject is opposing the object (grammatical object, technically a human opponent)?Phrases like *go with*,... more
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07/30/19

What does “The city (Ferguson) learned too late that the well was dry” mean?
I scratched my head in understanding the meaning of the following passage in the article titled, “The tragedy of Ferguson” of Time magazine (September 1 issue). [Some excerpts appear at... more
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07/30/19

How can I improve my child's comprehension?
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07/30/19

again in "Today is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again."?
Saw this sentence today. It has two variations, one ends with *again* and one without it. While the *again* does have a nice ring to it, I kind of feel that it makes no grammatical/semantic sense... more
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07/30/19

Meaning of "the waft of"?
> Now he was beginning to have the waft of an old man who hadn't bathed for several days.The meaning of the sentence is absolutely clear to me, since the second part of the sentence explains the... more
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07/30/19

SAT #9 Reading (Question 17)
The author quoted in lines 58-60 expresses which view of the study’s results?
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07/30/19

SAT #9 Reading (Question 16)
What main effect do the words ‘clueless’ (line 38) and ‘mind-reading” (line 61) have on the tone of the passage?
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07/29/19

What are you tricks for better comprehension of technical books?
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