"It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
"the article was a very good read"
"read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
"The King will read the proclamation at noon"
"She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
"He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
"I read you loud and clear!"
"She is reading for the bar exam"
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
"The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
"This dictionary can be read by the computer"
"I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"