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desk jockey	One who spends his or her time seated at a desk; especially one who is more concerned with procedure, paperwork, or administration than with its ultimate goal or practical consequence.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cold reading	The technique, or an instance, of using likely guesses and assumptions, then narrowing in on any positive responses, in order to give the impression of having information about a person or event.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
cold reading	Used other than as an idiom: see cold, reading.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
leaf through	Rapidly reading short sections at random.	Rate it: (5.00 / 7 votes)
three rs	The basic education any child can expect to receive, but not necessarily limited to reading, writing and arithmetic.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
je ne sais plus où j'en suis	1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
sign in	In order to get into the office after hours, you'll have to sign in at the security desk.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
ABC	A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
an apple for the teacher	Children would curry favor with teacher by bringing nice apple to her desk:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cross the aisle	Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cross the floor	Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
find one's place	To locate where had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
it's all greek to me	I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me..	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lire du pouce (or, doigt)	To skip in reading (i.e. to do more work with the thumb than the brain).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
read up	To learn by reading.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin down	To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
three rs	The basic education received in primary schools. Literally; reading, writing and arithmetic.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turn back	No turn a dial anticlockwise or adjust a clock or other meter to an earlier time or reading.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)