bedside reading
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbedsideandreading
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bedside
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈbed.saɪd/us/ˈbed.saɪd/
the area at the side of ...
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reading
noun
uk/ˈriː.dɪŋ/us/ˈriː.dɪŋ/
the skill or activity of getting information ...
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(Definition ofbedsideandreadingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbedside reading
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I was delighted that he offered me an addition to mybedsidereading.
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My experience shows me that it is certainly far from being goodbedsidereading, whatever that may mean.
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I do not think that any of us would claim that it is the kind ofbedsidereadingwhich we would prefer.
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No doubt it has been theirbedsidereadingfor a long time in preparation for this debate.
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As for eloquence, it is not the sort of document one would wish to have forbedsidereading.
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I shall be brief, because we are anxious to get home to our cocoa andbedsidereading, our library books.
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I am only a quarter of the way through it at the moment; it is not the easiestbedsidereading.
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The obvious destination for them is to be well and attractively bound and presented to suitable people asbedsidereading.
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I tried it asbedsidereadingand was not impressed.
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It has been mybedsidereadingfor the past three weeks.
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That section is not recommendedbedsidereading, although anyone who suffers from insomnia would not necessarily find it to be the best cure—it is quite a good read.
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I do not believe that many members of the public would have the departmental report or a report on the assisted places scheme as their normalbedsidereading.
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The report makes interestingbedsidereading.
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It is hardlybedsidereading.
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It is a book to be dipped into, excellentbedsidereading.
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