Be read and Understand

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Understand and be read are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb phrase "Be read".

Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Be read and understand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be read" instead a verb "Understand".

Once the joke is weaponised, it has to be read to the Germans by men who don't understand German, to prevent this from occurring.

Source: Laughing at Your Own Jokes
Bilingual Bonus: Iwanako's letter can be read, though it can be difficult to understand because of the writer's (or artist's) unfamiliarity with Japanese.

Source: Visual Novel / Katawa Shoujo
The stories are incredibly long, and to understand them all fully they should be read in order.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Urusei Yatsura

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