Similar words: retreading, treading water, air stream, airstream, tread in, first string, first-come-first-serve, reading. Meaning: n. the first presentation of a bill in a legislature.
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1 The book is quite difficult on first reading .
2 The first reading is from Corinthians I, Chapter 3.
3 The new transport bill will get its first reading in the House of Commons tomorrow.
4 The interpretation of these posters, at least on first reading, required a certain amount of problem solving activity.
5 In our first reading we hear of the call of Samuel.
6 The Volkskammer on Jan. 11-12 gave a first reading to a law allowing an alternative of 18 months' civilian service.
7 George Eliot described her first reading of Rousseau as an electric shock.
8 Step First reading: Get the general idea of the text.
9 Tsang yesterday's first reading in the background of the Jackie Chan Awards reports after an interview.
10 What strikes at a first reading is its vivid images.
11 What strikes at a first reading is its vividness and terseness.
12 It may be difficult to fully grasp at first reading.
13 Sections that may be passed over in first reading are marked with an asterisk.
14 After a first reading and the lectures [sentencedict.com], you should attempt the homework.
15 Kazakhstan's lower house, Mazhilis, on Wednesday approved at first reading a draft law clarifying the currency control measures and procedures for introducing them.
16 In the first reading, taken from the Book of Exodus, Moses, while he is feeding his flock, sees a burning bush, which is not consumed by the fire that burns it.
17 For the Shema prayer is recorded in the book of Moses we call Deuteronomy,(www.Sentencedict.com) which is our first reading this morning.
18 This is a sweeping statement which makes little obvious sense on first reading, so let us dissect it more carefully.
19 So I suggest that they also be omitted from a first reading, leaving chapters 1-5 and 8-13 inclusive.
20 However, on May 29, 1991, the draft constitution was given its first reading by the Grand National Assembly.
21 It has already been considered by the relevant Parliamentary committees and this debate will complete its first reading.
22 Let's cut ahead to Chapter Two, we can miss Chapter One at the first reading.
23 Thereare some who prefer an all-electronic existence(I'd like to be able toget rid of the objects after my first reading, but keepthe ebooksaround for reference), but they're in a tiny minority.
24 A month later, read the meter again and subtract the first reading from the second.
25 Even on a surface level of understanding or upon a first reading, a poem from a New Critic's perspective, is a reconciliation of conflicts, of opposite meanings and tensions.
26 You should not be taken aback with some issues that might put you off at first reading.
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