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Значение идиомы think over
[think over] {v.} To think carefully about; consider; study.
When Charles asked Betty to marry him, she asked him for time tothink it over.
Think over what we studied in history this year andwrite a lesson on the thing that interested you most.
Compare: MAKEUP ONE’S MIND, SEE ABOUT.





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