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second reading

n. the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee's report and take a vote (US)

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A second reading, more careful than the first, confirmed him in the opinion.

What struck me upon my second reading was that the horrifying events -- the continual and almost pornographic depiction of violence and cruelty -- filtered through the mind of a boy, acquired the same magical reality as legend and fable.

Thus a second reading will -- hopefully -- become a commentary on the first, and subsequent readings will -- again hopefully -- shed light on the preceding ones.

I was on my second reading of the whole set when I finally returned to school, The Return of the King in my hands.