A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

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Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase
react against something—act in opposition to smth.: People
will not endure oppression for ever; sooner or later they will
react against it.
read my lips • read someone’s lips
read my lips —(may sound slightly impolite) listen closely to
what I am saying: Let me repeat myself this once, and Zepp,
be sure to read my lips as I do so.
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The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase read me—
1
. (in radio communication) hear my voice;
hear my message: Come in Mike H. from Wellington, New
Zealand, do you read me, over? 2. (also: read my mind) know
what I am thinking: He’s said before that he can always read
me, that anyone can read me. That I’m almost too open for
my own good.
read someone’s lips —know what people are saying by looking
at the shapes their lips make when they talk: We can hear
words being spoken to us or read someone’s lips to interpret
what they are saying if we are hearing impaired.
ready at something • ready with something
ready at something —proficient in a subject : The learned
gentleman here began to discover that he was not quite so
ready at arithmetic … and stopped short in his calculations.
ready with something —prompt with smth. such as an
answer, help, etc.: You must be ready with an explanation of
why you need the money and what the use of the money will
be.
real life • real live
real life —the life lived by actual people, as distinct from
fiction, etc.: A deliberate documentary film must be a tran-
script of real life, a bit of what actually happened.
real live —(attrib., usually joc.) said of a person or thing
actually existing (not pretended or simulated): Rosemary had
taken a great deal of trouble to catch “a real live” philosopher.