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Electrum Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Think
Here's dicxtionary.com on "think" transitive:
–verb (used with object)
11.
to have or form in the mind as an idea, conception, etc.
12.
to consider for evaluation or for possible action upon: Think the deal over.
13.
to regard as specified: He thought me unkind.
EXPAND
14.
to believe to be true of someone or something: to think evil of the neighbors.
15.
to analyze or evolve rationally: to think the problem out.
16.
to have as a plan or intention: I thought that I would go.
17.
to anticipate or expect: I did not think to find you here.
Here's Forbes:
He lost vast parts of his real estate empire along the way. Think the Plaza Hotel, the NYC Rail Yards (now the Riverside Complex) and other properties as well.
I see this often lately. Right or wrong?
–verb (used with object)
11.
to have or form in the mind as an idea, conception, etc.
12.
to consider for evaluation or for possible action upon: Think the deal over.
13.
to regard as specified: He thought me unkind.
EXPAND
14.
to believe to be true of someone or something: to think evil of the neighbors.
15.
to analyze or evolve rationally: to think the problem out.
16.
to have as a plan or intention: I thought that I would go.
17.
to anticipate or expect: I did not think to find you here.
Here's Forbes:
He lost vast parts of his real estate empire along the way. Think the Plaza Hotel, the NYC Rail Yards (now the Riverside Complex) and other properties as well.
I see this often lately. Right or wrong?
Top answer
You have posted a lot of linked text for no reason that I can see. I presume that your real question is about the collocation ' Think the Plaza Hotel.... ' Yes, it a common informal expression that has been around for as long as I can remember.
- You have posted a lot of linked text for no reason that I can see.
- I presume that your real question is about the collocation ' Think the Plaza Hotel....
- ' Yes, it a common informal expression that has been around for as long as I can remember.
- It has its permutations, as in the famous '[url= Speak Lark [/url]' cigarette advertisements.
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You have posted a lot of linked text for no reason that I can see. I presume that your real question is about the collocation 'Think the Plaza Hotel....' Yes, it a common informal expression that has been around for as long as I can remember. It has its permutations, as in the famous '[url=
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I was merely comparing the available definitions with its use in the Forbes article.
I can't remember it from longer ago than 10 or 15 years.I don't recall any Lark commerical, but I don't watch television. I have heard people say things like, "I'm talking first aid, not full medical treatment."
I can't remember it from longer ago than 10 or 15 years.I don't recall any Lark commerical, but I don't watch television. I have heard people say things like, "I'm talking first aid, not full medical treatment."
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"I'm talking first aid, not full medical treatment."-- Yes, that's a nice, colloquial utterance, too. A shortening of 'talking about', presumably.
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Mister Micawbera nice, colloquial utterance, tooIt would be nice to get rid of some of the phrasal verbs by dropping prepositions:
She sat the throne in 1682.
He knelt the floor.
He fell a ditch.
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