Reading is a way of converting written words into spoken words. You can either read out loud or read inside your head so noone else can hear you.
People who can't see can still read books. There are special books made for blind people that have patterns of small bumps instead of letters. This way of writing is called braille.
Reap means to gather a crop at harvest time. It can also mean receiving the results of your actions.
The word comes from Old English and was first used for cutting and collecting grain from fields. Over time it also came to describe gaining results, rewards, or consequences.
Something recedes when it moves away from something else. After a flood, the flood waters gradually recede back to where they were. The man in the picture has a receding hairline, which means his hairline is moving away from where it once was.
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A receptionist is generally the first person that you see when you walk into the building of a company, or a hotel. Receptionists greet visitors and guests, answer the phone and organize appointments for people working at their company.
To recover means to get something back. You might recover a phone that you dropped into a lake, or like the girl in the photo, you might stay in bed to recover from a cold.
Your rectum is the last section of the large intestine in humans.
The rectum stores solid waste before it leaves the body. Waste moves from the colon into the rectum, then leaves through the anus during a bowel movement.
