ADJ
- compelling, compulsive, fascinating, good, interesting
- depressing, disturbing
- heavy, serious
- light
- compulsory, essential, required
- recommended, suggested
- background, introductory
- further
- bedtime, holiday
- some light holiday reading
VERB + READING
- be, make (for)
- Their story makes compulsive reading
ADJ
- extensive
- After extensive reading on the subject she set to work on an article
- careful, close, critical
- A close reading of the text reveals several contradictions
- serious
- map
- My map-reading skills are not the best
VERB + READING
- do, get down to
- I haven't had time to do much reading lately. In the holidays I'll get down to some serious reading
READING + NOUN
- material, matter
- ability, age, knowledge, skills
- He has a reading age of eight. She has a good reading knowledge of Russian
- glasses, light, room
PREP
- ~ about/on
- His reading about Ruskin led him to the works of Turner
VERB + READING
- give
- Dickens gave many public readings from his works
PREP
- at a/the ~
- We met at a reading of his poetry
- ~ from/of
- readings from the Koran
ADJ
- high, low
- zero
- normal
- accurate, correct
- false
- meter, thermometer
VERB + READING
- get, obtain, take
- give
- The dials were giving higher readings than we had expected