- skim/scratch the surface
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The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary.. 2014.
skim/scratch the surface
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scratch the surface — Synonyms and related words: be innocent of, coquet with, dabble, give up, have no idea, know a little, know not, know not what, know nothing of, not know, not rightly know, pass, skim, skim over, skim the surface, smatter, touch upon, toy with,… … Moby Thesaurus
scratch the surface — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be superficial, analyze superficially, inspect superficially, touch on, touch upon, mention, skim, scan, brush; see also begin 1 , 2 … English dictionary for students
skim — Synonyms and related words: avalanche, ball the jack, barrel, blink, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, browse, brush, brush by, carefully ignore, caress, carom, clip, coast, cold shoulder, come in contact, contact, cream, cut a corner, cut… … Moby Thesaurus
surface — n. 1) a bumpy; even, smooth; frozen; plane; rough surface 2) below, beneath, under the surface (also fig.) 3) on the surface (also fig.) 4) (misc.) to scratch, skim the surface ( to treat superficially ) * * * [ sɜːfɪs] beneath even frozen … Combinatory dictionary
surface — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ even, flat, level, smooth ▪ rough, uneven ▪ curved ▪ … Collocations dictionary
hit the high spots — Synonyms and related words: abridge, blink, brief, browse, capsule, capsulize, carefully ignore, cold shoulder, condense, cut a corner, cut corners, dip into, dodge, examine cursorily, fudge, give the once over, glance at, glance over, glance… … Moby Thesaurus
touch upon — Synonyms and related words: address to, affect, allude to, answer to, appertain to, apply to, bear on, bear upon, belong to, blink, bring to attention, bring to notice, brush, brush by, call attention to, carefully ignore, cite, cold shoulder,… … Moby Thesaurus
shallowness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of depth, superficiality Nouns 1. shallowness, shoalness, flatness; superficiality; inanity, folly; banality, insipidity, dullness, vapidity; ignorance; triviality, frivolity. See unimportance. 2.… … English dictionary for students
read — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. peruse, con; interpret, decipher, predict; pronounce; study; teach, admonish. See interpretation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. examined, gone over, checked over, scanned; see investigated , understood… … English dictionary for students
Max Rodenbeck — is an American journalist and author, based in Cairo.[1] He grew up in Cairo, having moved there when his father John Rodenbeck took up an academic position at the American University in Cairo in the 1960s.[2] He has been writing for the… … Wikipedia
dip — v 1. duck, dunk, lower, plunge, immerge, immerse, souse, sink, submerge, submerse, put or push under; douse, drench, soak, steep, bathe. 2. wet slightly, sprinkle, spray, asperge, dabble, moisten, dampen, damp, wet, wet down; wash, lave, splash,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
