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- absent-minded/ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/adjective · B2Forgetful because your thoughts are elsewhere.
- absorbed/æbˈsɔɹbd/adjective · B2So caught up in something that nothing else registers.
- amnesia/ˌæmˈniʒə/noun · B2Loss of memory, through injury or illness.
- anticipate/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/verb · B2To see something coming and prepare for it in advance.
- assume/əˈsjuːm/verb · B1To take something as true without checking.
- attentive/əˈtɛntɪv/adjective · B2Noticing and caring about what somebody needs.
- bear in mind/ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/phrase · B2To keep something in your thoughts while deciding.
- blank outphrase · B2To find your mind suddenly empty.
- brainstorm/ˈbɹeɪnstɔːm/verb · B2+To throw out wild ideas together until a good one appears.
- brainwavenoun · B2+A sudden very good idea.
- challenge/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒ/verb · B1To dispute whether something is right.
- click/klɪk/verb · B1To press a button on the pointer device to choose something on screen.
- comprehend/kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/verb · B2To take in the meaning of something.
- concede/kənˈsiːd/verb · C1To reluctantly accept that the other side is right.
- conceive/kənˈsiːv/verb · C1To form an idea for the first time.
- concentrate/ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/verb · B1To point all your attention at one thing only.
- conceptualise/kənˈsɛp.tj(uː.)ə.laɪz/verb · C1To work an idea into a clear general form.
- contemplate/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/verb · C1To consider something long and quietly.
- convince yourselfphrase · B2To talk yourself into believing something.
- cross your mindphrase · B2For a thought to pass through briefly.
- dawn onphrase · C1For a realisation to arrive slowly.
- daydream/ˈdeɪdɹiːm/noun · B2A pleasant drift of thoughts while wide awake.
- deduce/dɪˈdʒuːs/verb · B2+To reason your way from clues to the answer, like a detective.
- deja vunoun · B2The odd feeling that this has all happened before.
- distract/dɪˈstɹækt/verb · B2To pull someone's attention away from what they were doing.
- distracted/dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/adjective · B1Pulled away from what you meant to attend to.
- doubt/daʊt/verb · B1To feel unsure whether something is really true.
- dwell onphrase · B2To keep thinking about something long past useful.
- engrossed/ɛnˈɡɹoʊst/adjective · C1Completely taken up by what you are doing.
- envisage/ɪnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/verb · C1To picture in your mind how the future could be.
- epiphany/ɪˈpɪfəni/noun · C1A sudden flash of understanding that changes everything.
- fantasiseverb · B2+To imagine things that will not happen.
- fathom outphrase · C1To finally understand something deep or puzzling.
- figure outphrase · B1To finally understand or solve something after thinking.
- flashback/ˈflæʃ.bæk/noun · C1A sudden vivid return of a past moment.
- focus/ˈfəʊ̯.kəs/verb · A2+To adjust the lens until the subject is sharp.
- food for thoughtphrase · C1An idea worth chewing over in your mind.
- foreboding/fɔɹˈbɔʊdɪŋ/noun · C1A feeling that something bad is coming.
- foresee/fɔɹˈsi/verb · B2+To know in advance that something will happen.
- frame of mind/fɹɛɪːm ʌv maɪːnd/noun · B2The mood you happen to be thinking in.
- get your head aroundphrase · B2To manage to understand something difficult.
- grasp/ɡɹɑːsp/verb · B1To seize firmly with the hand — or finally with the mind.
- gut feelingnoun · B2A conviction that comes from the body, not the reasoning.
- hindsight biasnoun · C2Believing you knew all along what only became clear later.
- hunch/hʌnt͡ʃ/noun · B2A gut feeling that something is true, without proof.
- hypothesise/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/verb · C1To propose an idea specifically so it can be tested.
- imagine/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/verb · A1To make pictures of possible things in your mind.
- improvise/ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/verb · B2To work something out on the spot without a plan.
- inkling/ˈɪŋklɪŋ/noun · C1A faint idea that something is so.
- insight/ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/noun · B2A sudden deep understanding of how something really works.
- interrupt/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/verb · B1To break the thread of somebody's thinking.
- introspect/ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/verb · C1To examine your own thoughts and feelings.
- justify/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/verb · B2To give reasons good enough to defend what was done.
- keep trackphrase · B1To stay aware of how something is going.
- lapse/læps/noun · C1A small failure of memory or attention.
- lightbulb momentnoun · C1The instant an answer appears.
- lose trackphrase · B1To stop being able to follow something.
- make sense ofphrase · B1To find the pattern in something confusing.
- meditate/ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/verb · B2+To still the mind deliberately.
- memoriseverb · B1+To learn something so it can be repeated exactly.
- mental blocknoun · B2An inability to think about something at all.
- mindful/ˈmaɪnd.fl̩/adjective · B2+Paying close, unjudging attention to now.
- mnemonic/nɪˈmɒnɪk/noun · C1A trick or rhyme that helps you remember.
- mull overphrase · C2To turn a question over slowly in your mind.
- oblivion/əˈblɪviːən/noun · C1The state of being completely forgotten.
- occur tophrase · B2For an idea to come into your head.
- open mindnoun · B2A readiness to consider what you do not already think.
- overthinkverb · B2+To think about something so much that you make it worse.
- peace of mindnoun · B2Freedom from worry.
- perceive/pəˈsiːv/verb · B2+To become aware of something through senses or understanding.
- preconception/ˌpɹiːkənˈsɛpʃən/noun · C2An idea formed before you knew anything.
- premonition/ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/noun · C1A sense of a future event before it happens.
- preoccupiedadjective · B2So taken up with one thought that others do not land.
- presume/pɹɪˈzjuːm/verb · B2To take something as true without checking.
- puzzle overphrase · B2To think hard about something you cannot make sense of.
- question/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/noun · A1What you ask when you want to know something.
- rack your brainsphrase · C1To search your memory hard for something.
- rationalise/ˈɹæʃ.ə.nə.laɪz/verb · C1To invent a comfortable reason for what you did.
- reason/ˈɹiːzən/noun · A1The why behind anything that happens or is done.
- recall/ɹɪˈkɔːl/verb · B2To bring something back into your mind.
- recollect/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/verb · B2To manage to remember something after trying.
- recollection/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/noun · B2+A memory of something, as you hold it now.
- reconsider/ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə/verb · B2To think again about a decision.
- reflect/ɹɪˈflɛkt/verb · B1+To throw back light or an image.
- register/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/verb · B2To put your name on an official list.
- reminisce/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs/verb · C1To talk warmly about remembered good times.
- revise/ɹɪˈvaɪz/verb · B1+To study again before an exam; also, to improve a draft.
- rote/ɹəʊt/noun · C1Learning by repeating until it sticks, without understanding.
- ruminate/ˈɹumɪneɪt/verb · C2To turn an unhappy thought over and over.
- second-guess/ˈsɛk.əndˌɡɛs/verb · C1To doubt a decision after making it.
- self-awareadjective · B2Understanding your own nature and effect on others.
- sink inphrase · B2For news to be fully understood, usually slowly.
- sleep on itphrase · B2To wait until tomorrow before deciding.
- slip your mindphrase · B2To be forgotten despite meaning to remember.
- speculate/ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/verb · B2+To think about what might be, without evidence.
- state of mindnoun · B2How a person is feeling and thinking at a time.
- strike/stɹaɪk/noun · B2When all the workers stop at once to demand better pay.
- suppose/səˈpəʊz/verb · A2To think something is probably true without being sure.
- surmise/sɜːˈmaɪz/verb · C2To guess from slight evidence.
- take in/teɪk‿ˈɪn/phrase · B2To fully understand and absorb; also, to give someone shelter.
- theoriseverb · C1To put forward an explanation to be tested.
- thought processnoun · B2The steps by which you reach a conclusion.
- train of thoughtnoun · B2The connected line your thinking follows.
- tunnel visionnoun · C1Seeing only one aspect of a problem.
- visualiseverb · B2+To form a clear picture of something in your mind.
- weigh upphrase · B2To compare the good and bad of a choice.
- wishful thinkingnoun · B2Believing something because you want it to be so.
- work out/ˌwɜːk ˈaʊt/phrase · B1To exercise at the gym; also, to end well.
- wrap your head aroundphrase · B2To finally take in an idea that resists you.
- writer's blocknoun · B2The state of being unable to write anything.