Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Solve
Solve verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
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- Parodied in an early South Park where Officer Barbrady is unable to solve the mystery of the chicken-molesting menace because he can't read the clues.
Source: Never Learned to Read -
Officer Barbrady turns out to be illiterate and has to be taught how to read in order to solve the mystery of who is having sex with chickens.
Source: Reading Is Cool Aesop -
A common response to people who complain about a movie not making sense or not utilising a seemingly easy solution to solve their problem is that they should have read the book.
Source: All There in the Manual
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