think of/aboutsomeone/something
phrasal verbwiththinkverbuk/θɪŋk/us/θɪŋk/thought|thought
B1
torememberorimaginesomeone or something:
Ithoughtof youimmediatelywhen they said theywantedsomeone who couldspeakEnglish.
He wasthinkingabout thetimehespentin thearmy.
to imagine something
- imagineYou can just imagine her storing up these anecdotes for her dinner parties.
- think ofI want you to think of a time when you felt happy.
- pictureCan you picture yourself at the age of 60 doing what you do now?
- pictureWhen I say 'your car' you have a picture of that in your head.
- in your mind's eyeIn my mind's eye, I'm still a uni student and not a middle-aged worker.
- conceiveI can't conceive why anyone would want to hurt her.
- It stillupsetshim when hethinksabout theaccident.
- Justdismissthosethoughtsfromyourmind- they'recrazyand notworththinkingabout.
- Funnily enough, I was justthinkingabout you when you called.
- Mostpeoplecan't bebotheredthinkingabouttheirretirement- they're toobusyconcentratingon the here and now.
- Chucksatquietlyforhoursstaringinto thedistance,thinkingof what might have been.
Imagining and conceiving
- assume
- beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
- blue-sky
- conceivable
- conceivably
- guess
- imagine
- imputesomethingtosomeone
- inyourmind's eyeidiom
- inconceivably
- lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
- look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
- reach
- regard
- retheorize
- revisualization
- riot
- run riotidiom
- theorize
- throw