read up

se documenter

Lire sur un sujet pour mieux le connaître.

En anglais simple : To learn more about a subject by reading about it.

• I should read up before the exam.
• She read up on the history of the town.
• Have you read up about the new rules?

Comment l'utiliser : read up on/about something (I need to read up on local customs.)

Synonymes : study, research

Expressions courantes : read up on something, read up about something

lire les messages précédents

Lire les anciens messages d’une discussion pour comprendre ce dont les autres ont parlé.

En anglais simple : To read earlier messages in a chat to understand what people have been discussing.

• Read up before you reply.
• I read up to see what I had missed.
• She is reading up through the earlier chat messages.

Synonymes : backread

Expressions courantes : read up first, read up for context

bien informé, documenté

Qui connaît bien un sujet grâce à ses lectures.

En anglais simple : Knowing a lot about a subject because you have read about it.

• He is read up on the subject.
• I was fairly read up on nutrition by then.
• Are you read up on the latest research?

Comment l'utiliser : be read up on something (She is read up on local history.)

Synonymes : well informed, knowledgeable

Expressions courantes : read up on something, fully read up