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Meanings of poring over in английском

каталонский
lectura pausada

Reading carefully with intent to remember.

lectura pausada
Usage of poring over in английском
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To sit still, poring over the catalogue in the library was impossible.
Sant' Ilario
2
I requested the crime-scene photos and spent several minutes poring over them.
Mindhunter
3
Sitting on his bunk, poring over the paper, he looked utterly vulnerable.
Complete Books of Blood
4
But he'd been poring over the text of the government's SOE Bill.
Radio NZ
5
Chris Reynolds sat behind it poring over some sort of financial ledger.
Empty mile
6
But the word she was now poring over was a small one.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
7
He saw Noel Tregillis, the purser, poring over one of his ledgers.
Second to None
8
He objected to desk work and pen work and poring over books.
The Financier: A Novel
9
Hammersmith looked up from the sheets of figures he was poring over.
Complete Books of Blood
10
He isolated himself from the world, poring over his books and maps.
Cabinet of Curiosities
11
Why, then, did he tire himself out poring over so many books?
The monster of florence
12
Maybe it was his forever poring over the newspaper from down here.
Go home, stranger
13
Hozier found him there later, poring over a chart of Fernando Noronha.
The Stowaway Girl
14
The dean was at his desk, poring over a pile of folders.
All the pretty dead girls
15
Now I'm sitting here, poring over everything I can find on it.
Climbing Magazine
16
The company is poring over external candidates with financial services experience, he said.
Reuters
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Translations for poring over
каталонский
lectura pausada
Poring over through the time
Poring over across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common