Nick compares listening to Gatsby to skimming hastily through a dozen magazines because Gatsby's stories are fragmented and disjointed, similar to jumping from one article to another quickly. Nick is describing how Gatsby's speech lacks coherence and depth, making it difficult to follow and understand his narrative.
Gatsby mentions many subjects and touches on them only briefly.
Scanning ! The correct is skimming..
skimming is just like carelessly reading through something. where as scanning means reading every word carefully :D
The original method of protein skimming runs pressurized air through salt water. This form of aquarium filtration removes organic compounds from the water.
The manager was caught skimming off the profits.There was a scum on top of the stock pot, it needed skimming off.We are skimming the cream off the top od the milk to make ice cream.
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Skimming
To 'skim' over when reading means to glance through quickly without being too thorough.
The two most popular surfing magazines are Surfer Magazine and Surfing Magazine. Both of these can be obtained through subscriptions, or through buying the individual magazines at brick and mortar stores.
To 'skim' over when reading means to glance through quickly without being too thorough.
Mars Global Surveyor
Skimming and scanning are both ways of reading through some passage. Scanning refers to the act of briefly reading through the passage. You do not go into detail to interpret every single detail. The purpose of scanning is to just simply know what the passage is talking about, who are the characters, and some other information that is more of general. Skimming refers to reading through a passage with great precision. The reader will be looking for clues and evidence so as to help him interpret what exactly in detail was happening and etc.
She liked to thumb through the magazines at the doctor's office