Focus
Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional focus | emotional read |
| good | good focus | good read |
| original | original focus | original read |
| initial | initial focus | initial read |
| Other adjectives: great, little, different, overall. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Instead, thou shalt focus on those bits for which thou hast read the Cliff's Notes.
Source: Hollywood Apocrypha -
Worse, the popup always stole focus so you'd read it, which means that you'd lose focus from the game or other program you were using at the time... which had a tendency to crash the program.
Source: Critical Annoyance - It's an engaging read with focus on several beloved characters and their relationships.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Ace Attorney
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