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Definition of mind reader in English: mind readernoun A person who can supposedly discern what another person is thinking. clairvoyants and mediums are often rechristened mind readers Aren't you going to give me a clue? I'm not a mind reader Example sentencesExamples - Your partner, co-workers, friends and family are not mind-readers.
- Hair stylists are not mind-readers, and they want you to be happy with the cut.
- Harry Potter author JK Rowling is looking for a mind-reader to take charge of the third film about her schoolboy wizard.
- People are not mind-readers, and young people especially are not always as perceptive as adults would like them to be.
- It didn't take a mind-reader to work out that most of the warmly appreciative audience were considering that, if he were prepared to go back that far, might he be willing to retrospect a little further?
- For some, it has even become an obsession: good tailors - ones who can do good workmanship, who are bilingual mind-readers and who are cheap - are well kept secrets.
- Babies aren't mind-readers - though if someone is holding them awkwardly, they may be uncomfortable and cry as a result.
- More mind writer than mind-reader, Barry boasts an uncanny ability to direct and misdirect the participants in his illusions.
- And I'm always impressed with seeming mind-readers (Blink goes into detail about what should be called face-reading) who can divine useful information from flickers of facial muscle contractions.
- Grandparents aren't mind-readers so try and have regular discussions with them about discipline, diet and other matters so that they know what your views and wishes are.
- What was the point of holding back anything from her when the girl was practically a mind-reader anyway?
- From here, the scene would appear to deteriorate into a C-grade psychobabble battle of the mind-readers.
- A mind-reader… you predicted what would happen.
- That line about ‘understands me personally’ makes me speculate that what he really wants is a mind-reader.
- The problem with this kind of ‘preventive’ measure is that we are not mind-readers.
- You have to be part equipment salesman, part mind-reader, part therapist.
- We say ‘sure he or she knows I love him,’ but how do they know if you haven't told them, they're not mind-readers, you have to say it… your children need to hear that now and again.
- You're not a mind-reader - but I join the chorus who say if the company faults someone for wearing dress pants instead of a skirt, I would never knowingly work there.
- I think the other were convinced that this guy was some sort of psychic or mind-reader or prophet because they took his word as fact.
- Try not to block the conversation - don't interrupt, launch into a monologue or expect them to be a mind-reader.
Derivatives noun Well, during that time, I focused really hard on mind-reading, and got better at it. Example sentencesExamples - More than 50 per cent of you believe in the accuracy of tarot cards and palmistry and 38 per cent of you believe in mind-reading.
- It did actually happens, as you'd expect, mostly as it's described, although I spoke to the graduate and didn't actually indulge in the mind-reading which appears to take place in here.
- Spell-breakers had an arsenal of varied skills, mind-reading and telepathy being just the surface of the depths.
- I think public cell phone users are annoying because mind-reading is hard work.
Definition of mind reader in US English: mind readernounmīnd ˈrēdər A person who can supposedly discern what another person is thinking. clairvoyants and mediums are often rechristened mind readers Aren't you going to give me a clue? I'm not a mind reader Example sentencesExamples - Harry Potter author JK Rowling is looking for a mind-reader to take charge of the third film about her schoolboy wizard.
- People are not mind-readers, and young people especially are not always as perceptive as adults would like them to be.
- Babies aren't mind-readers - though if someone is holding them awkwardly, they may be uncomfortable and cry as a result.
- What was the point of holding back anything from her when the girl was practically a mind-reader anyway?
- Your partner, co-workers, friends and family are not mind-readers.
- Grandparents aren't mind-readers so try and have regular discussions with them about discipline, diet and other matters so that they know what your views and wishes are.
- It didn't take a mind-reader to work out that most of the warmly appreciative audience were considering that, if he were prepared to go back that far, might he be willing to retrospect a little further?
- We say ‘sure he or she knows I love him,’ but how do they know if you haven't told them, they're not mind-readers, you have to say it… your children need to hear that now and again.
- You have to be part equipment salesman, part mind-reader, part therapist.
- From here, the scene would appear to deteriorate into a C-grade psychobabble battle of the mind-readers.
- Hair stylists are not mind-readers, and they want you to be happy with the cut.
- For some, it has even become an obsession: good tailors - ones who can do good workmanship, who are bilingual mind-readers and who are cheap - are well kept secrets.
- And I'm always impressed with seeming mind-readers (Blink goes into detail about what should be called face-reading) who can divine useful information from flickers of facial muscle contractions.
- You're not a mind-reader - but I join the chorus who say if the company faults someone for wearing dress pants instead of a skirt, I would never knowingly work there.
- Try not to block the conversation - don't interrupt, launch into a monologue or expect them to be a mind-reader.
- A mind-reader… you predicted what would happen.
- I think the other were convinced that this guy was some sort of psychic or mind-reader or prophet because they took his word as fact.
- That line about ‘understands me personally’ makes me speculate that what he really wants is a mind-reader.
- The problem with this kind of ‘preventive’ measure is that we are not mind-readers.
- More mind writer than mind-reader, Barry boasts an uncanny ability to direct and misdirect the participants in his illusions.
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