read into

surinterpréter

Supposer qu’une chose a un sens caché, même sans raison suffisante.

En anglais simple : You think something has a hidden meaning, although there may be no reason to think so.

• Do not read too much into it.
• She read criticism into his silence.
• Are we reading hidden messages into an ordinary photograph?

Comment l'utiliser : read something into something (Do not read anger into her short reply.); read too much into something (He read too much into my smile.)

Synonymes : overinterpret

Expressions courantes : read into something, read much into something

mettre dans la confidence

Révéler à quelqu’un des détails secrets sur un projet ou une situation.

En anglais simple : You tell someone secret details about a plan or situation.

• They read me into the project.
• Only two officers were read into the operation.
• Has the new adviser been read into the plan?

Comment l'utiliser : read someone into something (They read the officer into the secret operation.)

Synonymes : brief, inform

Expressions courantes : read someone into something, read into operations

considérer comme implicite

Un tribunal considère qu’une loi contient des mots ou des idées qui n’y figurent pas explicitement.

En anglais simple : A court treats a law as including words or ideas that are not actually written in it.

• The judge read that right into the law.
• Courts sometimes read missing words into a statute.
• Can this protection be read into the existing legislation?

Comment l'utiliser : read something into something (The court read an extra protection into the statute.)

Expressions courantes : read into legislation, read words into something