We just talked about the phrasal verb Skip Over here on the site, and today it’s time for skip through . Do you have any idea what it means?
Well, have you ever forgotten that you had a test at school and, the night before, simply skimmed through the pages of the booklet, hoping to memorize some content?
Our phrasal verb today describes just that! Skip through can be translated as “take a quick look” . Another option is “leaf through”, obviously when it comes to printed material.
In other words, skip through means to quickly skim some material, just to get a general idea of the subject, without going into too much depth.
Do you see how skip through is different from skip over, which already indicates “skipping” or “ignoring” the subject completely?
Here are some sentences with skip through, and don’t forget to also listen to them being read by a native speaker! Let’s start with the phrasal verb being translated as “take a quick look”:
Ted skipped
through the report, not bothering to read it.
I
skipped through the paperwork before dinner.
There will be a
quiz at the end of each week, so you can’t just skip through the books we’ll be reading .
We were supposed to watch a
tutorial video before the class, but I just skipped through to get a general sense of it. ( Read the post To Be Supposed To | What does this expression mean? )
Some judges have admitted that they would skip through some chapters if they disliked a book .
Skip through can also be translated as “leaf through”:
I skipped
through the book , just looking at the pictures. (Read the post What is the difference between Look At and Look To? )
He skipped
through the book and then gave it back to his mother .
Marian skipped halfheartedly through
the magazine .
He skipped
through the newspaper , just to know what was going on in the world.
In
fact, he nearly skipped through the entire book, but for two or three pages at the end .
Our phrasal today is pretty cool, isn’t it? Even cooler is knowing that we have articles about more than 700 phrasal verbs here on the site! So, how about adding the phrases above to your Anki and then reading some more articles? See you next time!
