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Speed Reading Classes

Are speed reading classes a waste of time? Not if you want to skim instead of read. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Speed Reading Classes” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Tony Friedman from St. Louis, Missouri. Hiya...

Different Uses of Peruse

A caller was taught that peruse means to examine closely and carefully, but increasingly hears people use it to mean skim quickly. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Different Uses of Peruse” Hello, you’ve got A Way with Words. Hi...

sausage boom

sausage boom  n.— «The absorbent pads and a double sausage boom skim what fuel oil contamination finds its way to the surface.» —“Cleanup OK may be near” by Bradford L. Miner Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts) July 11, 1989. (source:...