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reading without reading, the noble art of pretending you finished the book
means To read or examine something quickly and superficially, taking in only the main points; or to remove a thin layer from the surface of a liquid.
from From Middle English skimen, related to scum — the froth or film you lift off a boiling pot. The 'reading lightly' sense came later, an apt metaphor: just as you skim cream off milk or scum off broth, you skim a page, gliding across the top and leaving the substance behind.
milk mathSkim milk is whole milk minus its personality
speed readMost skimmers retain less than half of what they pass over
con artistSkimming devices steal card data from ATMs and pumps
stone skillRecord skipping stone bounced 88 times across water
surface onlyFrom Old French meaning to remove scum from liquid