Overhear
Overhear verb - To listen to (another in private conversation).
Read and overhear are semantically related. in hear topic. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Overhear", when it comes to topics like detect by perceiving sound.
Nearby Word: overhearing
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Both words in one sentence
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Misaimed Fandom: In-universe, when Snake can overhear two Soviet soldiers discuss how one got his hands on a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four, and though he can only read a little of the English, it seems to be a Utopian novel about how communism has eventually been adopted globally.
- When a detective at a rape treatment center tells Brenda and Provenza that she can't let them see the examination results of one of their patients, Provenza suggests that she might want to read her notes out loud to herself, and it's not like it's her fault if they happen to overhear.
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As in actual secrets you overhear, or read somewhere, or acquire through other secretive or persuasive (literally or otherwise) means, write down (in code if they're particularly valuable), and trade for stuff.
Source: Weird Currency
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