🫀 digest
Concrete Meaning
To mentally process and understand complex information over a period of time.
💬 Context & Examples
Used after reading a dense report, attending a long lecture, or receiving a lot of new data at once.
- "Give me an hour to digest this financial report before we go into the strategy meeting."
- "That was a lot of heavy information to digest all at once."
🧠 Pattern Challenge
Test Yourself
What happens to food after it enters your stomach, and how does this relate to reading a book?
Show Answer
Your body slowly breaks the food down to extract nutrients. Mentally, you are breaking down the text to extract the meaning and internalize the knowledge.
title: "spit it out"
type: expression
pattern: "Food & Digestion"
level: B2
dg-publish: true