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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

The right expression?

What is the right expression for describing the action of quickly looking through the pages of a book, like you do when you're looking for something you put inside the book, usually with your thumb.
  

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flicking/flipping

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flicking the pages or flicking through?
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I would say "leafing through" the pages.
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khoffI would say "leafing through" the pages.
Me too.

CJ
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I leaf, flip or flick through pages, in increasing order of speed.
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fivejedjonincreasing order of speed
It seems that you've heard of Evelyn Wood on your side of the Atlantic then.
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