glance
verb
to read something quickly and not very carefully
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to turn the pages of a book, magazine, newspaper etc very quickly looking at some of the pages for a very short time
to read something quickly so that you can give an opinion on it
to quickly read everything on a list
verb
to look at information or pictures in a book or magazine, without looking for anything in particular
to read something quickly, especially to find the information you need
to turn the pages of a book or a pile of papers quickly and without looking at them carefully
to look at or read something very quickly
to explain or to read something quickly
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