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think about

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Verb1.think about - have on one's mind, think about actively; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first"
cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
mind - be concerned with or about something or somebody
look at, deal, consider, take - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
2.think about - take into consideration, have in viewthink about - take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
contemplate - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
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(= reflect on) idea, suggestionnachdenken über (+acc); OK, I’ll think about itokay, ich überlege es mir; what are you thinking about?woran denken Sie gerade?; it’s worth thinking aboutdas ist überlegenswert, das wäre zu überlegen; to think twice about somethingsich (dat)etw zweimal überlegen; that’ll give him something to think aboutdas wird ihm zu denken geben
(in progressive tenses: = half intend to) → daran denken, vorhaben; I was thinking about coming to see youich habe vorgehabt or daran gedacht, Sie zu besuchen; we’re thinking about a holiday in Spainwir denken daran, in Spanien Urlaub zu machen
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She, clearly stunned, replied negatively, and then I told her that perhaps it is more useful that from now, on when I am out, she would think about something else, find a hobby, or a book to read, go see her friends, or do some yoga, just so she did not have to think about ME, because all she puts out there goes out to the Universe as a request for that to happen.
Poor self esteem tells us that we are crazy to think about these things.
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