"read like a book" meaning in English

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      "form": "read like a book",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I love playing poker against Maria because I can read her like a book.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be able to discern someone's thoughts from their body language or other behavior, especially in great detail and with little effort."
      ],
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          "discern",
          "discern"
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          "body language",
          "body language"
        ],
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          "behavior",
          "behavior"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
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        "(transitive, simile) To be able to discern someone's thoughts from their body language or other behavior, especially in great detail and with little effort."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "know like a book"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "read like an open book"
        }
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "lukea kuin avointa kirjaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "lire en quelqu’un comme dans un livre ouvert"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "czytać jak w otwartej księdze"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "läsa som en bok"
        }
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  "word": "read like a book"
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "reading like a book",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "read like a book",
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      "form": "read like a book",
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        "(transitive, simile) To be able to discern someone's thoughts from their body language or other behavior, especially in great detail and with little effort."
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    {
      "word": "read like an open book"
    }
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "lukea kuin avointa kirjaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "lire en quelqu’un comme dans un livre ouvert"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "czytać jak w otwartej księdze"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "läsa som en bok"
    }
  ],
  "word": "read like a book"
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