1remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid
skim
2an act of reading something quickly or superficially
skim
3go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air
skim
4of a situation) improve
look up
5to read small parts of a book or magazine
dip into
6to look through a book or magazine without reading everything, or to walk around a shop looking at several things without intending to buy any of them
browse
7to read through something, especially in order to find the part you are interested in
peruse
8look quickly through a book, magazine, etc.
flip through
9от корки до корки
read from cover to cover
10a short, promotional, and descriptive text found on the back cover of books
blurb
11благодарности
acknowledgements
13an illustration facing the title page of a book
frontispiece
14a list (as of bibliographical information or citations to a body of literature) arranged usually in alphabetical order of some specified datum (such as author, subject, or keyword
index