read for

1. To study for a degree or an examination.

2. To read or examine a text in order to locate a specific piece of information.

3. To audition for a specific acting role by reading from a play or script.

1. Could you read this for me?

   Можеш мені це прочитати?

   ruТы не мог бы мне это прочесть?

   deKönntest du mir das hier vorlesen?

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2. I had been reading a magazine for some time when she came.

   Коли вона прийшла, я вже певний час перечитував журнали.

   ruЯ читал журнал уже некоторое время, когда она пришла.

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3. Read that for me.

   Прочитай це мені.

   deLies das für mich.

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4. He used to sit reading for hours.

   deEr hat früher oft stundenlang dagesessen und gelesen.

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5. Why don't you read it for yourself?

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irregular · Lesson

• read upTo learn (about something) by reading.
• read offTo dictate from a list, especially in a way focused on sequential processing.
• read outTo read something and say the words to inform other people; to call.
• read inTo accept as input.
• read overTo read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not necessarily thoroughly.
• read forTo study for a degree or an examination.
• read intoTo impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
• read throughTo thoroughly read something to check or proofread it.