v .
to read carefully 주의하여 읽다, 정독하다

• This word is misused more often than it is used correctly. To _____ something is not to skim it or read it quickly. To _____ something is to study I or read it with great care.
• The lawyer _____d the contract for many hours, looking for a loophole that would enable his client to back out of the deal.
• To _____ something is to engage in _____al. My _____al of the ancient texts bought me no close to my goal of discovering the meaning of life.
  정독하고 있는 상태를 뜻하는 명사는 _____al. 나는 삶의 의미를 발견하고자 하는 목적을 가지 고대의 원전을 정독했지만 별로 도움이 되지 않았다.