Read
Work out
Work out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In Mort, the book Death uses to work out who's due to die is read spiralling out from the centre of the page.
Source: Foreigners Write Backwards -
When the Stooges encounter them for the first time, they just read the subtitles on the screen below them to work out what they're saying.
Source: Fun with Subtitles - Insomuch as thou includest this time-table, it shall always work out to the prophecy being fulfilled within three weeks of its being read on-screen (or at least no later than the season finale).
Source: Hollywood Apocrypha
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