voracious reader

collocation in English

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voracious
adjective
uk
/vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/us
/vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/
very eager for something, especially a lot ...
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reader
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.dər/us
/ˈriː.dɚ/
someone who reads for pleasure, especially a person who reads ...
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I was avoraciousreaderas a youngster and in my town we did not have a children's library.
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Other enthusiasms included antiques, spinning and weaving, and birdwatching; and she was a skilled cook and dressmaker, and avoraciousreader.
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The parson was avoraciousreaderwhose disciplined self-study and rectitude rubbed off on his pupil, as did a certain piety.
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He persisted in reading the books in her collection and became avoraciousreaderin the subject.
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Avoraciousreader, she maintained reading lists and took copious notes on her reading.
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Though he lived in almost complete retirement from public life, he took a keen interest in politics, and was avoraciousreaderof political journals.
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Even though he had very little formal education, he was a veryvoraciousreaderand was self-taught.
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Avoraciousreadersince childhood, he began submitting stories to science fiction magazines during his early teenage years.
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While she was avoraciousreaderas a child, she didn't care for the canonical works.
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He was avoraciousreader, keeping a list of the 958 books he read between 1806 and 1820.
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Avoraciousreaderof books from a young age he always aspired to be a career writer.
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He learned to read early and was avoraciousreader.
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Always having been avoraciousreader, he now began reading in philosophy, as he had not done for some years, and also in imaginative literature.
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He did not find an office career congenial, and for fulfilment he turned not only to music but to literature, becoming avoraciousreader.
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Avoraciousreadersince childhood, she frequently chose to read books with a supernatural slant, including folktales, compilations of regional ghost stories and gothic mysteries.
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Her daughter remembers her as an inspired seamstress, an inventive knitter, and avoraciousreader.
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He is a known to regularly practice yoga and meditation, as well as being avoraciousreader, typically reading over 50 books a year.
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He was also a great scholar and avoraciousreaderand had varied intellectual interests.
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