Make and Read

Make

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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Read and make are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Make".

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

Usage example: he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast

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Make and read are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Read".

old	old make	old read
good	good make	good read
nice	nice make	nice read
best	best make	best read
Other adjectives: long, better, short, perfect, standard, difficult, effective, powerful, great, little, bad, dark, quick, excellent, easy, boring, different.

work	make work	read work
people	make people	read people
name	make name	read name
time	make time	read time
Other words: way, story, music, version, comments.

Comments: Though I still find the Mystrade pairing quite far fetched due to canon, these two fictions make a great read and make this troper a slight fan of the pairing outside of canon.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Sherlock
The Phoenix Wright Sporking Theater has the characters of Ace Attorney read and make fun of horrible fanfiction based on their franchise against their own will.

Source: MST
This is especially dangerous in games of chance like poker - a bad player may be very difficult to read and make stupid mistakes that can accidentally win him the game when you go in at the wrong time.

Source: Confusion Fu

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