phrasal verb · neutral
pore over
UK/pɔː ˈəʊvə/US/pɔːr ˈoʊvər/PORE·o·VER
speakingtask2
to read or study something very carefully and in detail
Examples
“She pored over the manuscript for hours searching for mistakes.”
“Before the lecture he pored over his notes one more time.”
“Lawyers often pore over contracts line by line.”
Band 8 sentence
“During the revision period I would pore over past essays to identify recurring feedback points and improve my structure.”
Collocations
- pore over documents
- pore over notes
- pore over a manuscript
Word family
pore verbpore over phrasal verb
Common mistakes
pour over→pore over
pore on→pore over
Say it for a higher band
5read carefully→6study carefully→7+pore over
Synonyms
study carefully
Easily confused
pour over
“She poured the sauce over the pasta.”
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