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12 VERB If you are thinking of taking a particular course of action, you are considering it as a possible course of action. □ [V + of ] Martin was thinking of taking legal action against Zuckerman.

13 VERB [usu cont] You can say that you are thinking of a particular aspect or subject, in order to introduce an example or explain more exactly what you are talking about. □ [V + of ] I'm primarily thinking of the first year.

14 VERB [only interrogative] You use think in questions where you are expressing your anger or shock at someone's behaviour. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V + of ] What were you thinking of? You shouldn't steal.

15 VERB [no cont, no passive] You use think when you are commenting on something which you did or experienced in the past and which now seems surprising, foolish, or shocking to you. □ [V that] To think I left you alone in a place with a madman at large! □ [V + of ] When I think of how you've behaved and the trouble you've got into!

16 VERB [no cont] You can use think in expressions such as you would think or I would have thought when you are criticizing someone because they ought to or could be expected to do something, but have not done it. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V that] You'd think you'd remember to wash your ears. □ [V so ] 'Surely to God she should have been given some proper help.'—'Well I would have thought so.' [Also V ]

17 VERB [no cont] You can use think in expressions such as anyone would think and you would think to express your surprise or disapproval at the way someone is behaving. □ [V that] Anyone would think you were in love with the girl.

18 → see also thinking , thought

19 PHRASE You use expressions such as come to think of it , when you think about it , or thinking about it , when you mention something that you have suddenly remembered or realized. □  He was her distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it.

20 PHRASE You use ' I think ' as a way of being polite when you are explaining or suggesting to someone what you want to do, or when you are accepting or refusing an offer. [POLITENESS ] □  I think I'll go home and have a shower. □  We need a job, and I thought we could go around and ask if people need odd jobs done.

21 PHRASE You use ' I think ' in conversations or speeches to make your statements and opinions sound less forceful, rude, or direct. [VAGUENESS ] □  I think he means 'at' rather than 'to'. □  Thanks, but I think I can handle it.

22 PHRASE You say just think when you feel excited, fascinated, or shocked by something, and you want the person to whom you are talking to feel the same. □  Just think; tomorrow we shall walk out of this place and leave it all behind us forever.

23 PHRASE If you think again about an action or decision, you consider it very carefully, often with the result that you change your mind and decide to do things differently. □ [+ about ] It has forced politicians to think again about the wisdom of trying to evacuate refugees.

24 PHRASE If you think nothing of doing something that other people might consider difficult, strange, or wrong, you consider it to be easy or normal, and you do it often or would be quite willing to do it. □  I thought nothing of betting £1,000 on a horse.

25 PHRASE If something happens and you think nothing of it , you do not pay much attention to it or think of it as strange or important, although later you realize that it is. □  When she went off to see her parents for the weekend I thought nothing of it.

26you can't hear yourself think → see hear

27to shudder to think → see shudder

28to think better of it → see better

29to think big → see big