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sink in

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sink in
vb
(intr, adverb) to enter or penetrate the mind eventually the news sank in
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.sink insink in - become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
2.sink in - pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
infiltrate - pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material"
infiltrate - cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
Translations
? sink in
vi
(into mud etc) → einsinken (→ prep obj, -to in +acc)
(inf: = be understood) → kapiert werden (inf); it’s only just sunk in that it really did happenich kapiere/er kapiert etc erst jetzt, dass das tatsächlich passiert ist (inf); can’t you get this to sink in?kannst du das denn nicht in deinen dicken Schädel bekommen?; repeat each line so that the words sink inwiederhole jede Zeile, damit dus dir merkst (inf)
vt sep stakes, pylons etceinlassen (→ prep obj, -to in +acc)


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The more conscious I was of goodness and of all that was "sublime and beautiful," the more deeply I sank into my mire and the more ready I was to sink in it altogether.
You give 'm me ten stick tobacco," he added after due pause to let the information sink in.
But this very fact of her exceptional indulgence towards him made it the harder to Fred that he must now inevitably sink in her opinion.
 
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