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be well-read
adjective
Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
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Our guests tend to be well-read.
Recently, however, it hasn't paid to be well-read, not if you're a certain kind of guitar act.
It's the equivalent, in America, of expecting the Asian kid to have good grades, the black man to be the best dancer and the Jewish guy to be well-read and have some slight mother issues.
Assistant editors at The New York Review of Books tend to be well-read people, but if Mr. Goulian has consumed more than a handful of books in his life, there's no sign of it here.
In order to stay current in this business, in a city like New York, you have to be well-read, literate, so as a practice you have to try all the new restaurants, in the same way that I buy just about every cookbook, just to know what's going on.
The site is organized by tabs that read: Be Informed, Be Smart, Be Brave, Be Charitable, Be Happy, Be Strong, Be Connected, Be Wi$e, Be Innovative, Be Well-Read.
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They are well-read, idealist and political.
"There are people who are well-read and well-versed in royal weddings," she said.
He was well-read and funny and King came to enjoy his company.
He was well-read and intelligent but self-conscious about his lack of education.
He's well-read.
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