reach
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～ to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?"; "The chair must not touch the wall"
reach
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～ to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
reach out
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～ reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
reach
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～ reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
reach out
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～ attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me"
reach out
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～ move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"
reach
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～ to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
reach
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～ be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
reach
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～ reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
react
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～ act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
react
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～ show a response or a reaction to something
react
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～ undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
reactivate
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～ activate (an old file) anew
read
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～ be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
read
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～ make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
read
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～ audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
read
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～ interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
read
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～ interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"