MIND


Meaning of MIND in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ human

the complex nature of the human ~

▪ conscious , subconscious , unconscious

Our subconscious ~ tries to protect us.

▪ logical , rational

▪ best , brilliant , finest , great

a problem that has defeated the world's finest ~s

▪ agile , curious , enquiring , inquisitive , keen , lively , sharp

▪ analytical , clear

I need a clear ~ if I want to continue with my work.

▪ thinking

▪ creative , fertile , imaginative

▪ enlightened

▪ closed , open

Try to keep an open ~ until you've heard all the facts.

▪ impressionable

impressionable young ~s that are easily influenced

▪ dirty , one-track , perverted , sick , twisted , warped

Honestly, all you ever talk about is sex—you have a one-track ~!

▪ feeble , little

▪ tired , weary

▪ tortured , troubled

▪ deranged , fevered , wandering

▪ individual

▪ collective , public

a subject which was on the nation's collective ~

VERB + MIND

▪ come into , come to , cross , enter , flash across , flash into , go through , spring to

The thought never crossed my ~!

I'm sure someone can help you, but no one immediately springs to ~.

▪ fill , flood , invade

Serious doubts began to flood my ~.

▪ bear in , keep in

Bear in ~ the age of the vehicle when assessing its value.

Here are some important points to keep in mind … 

▪ escape , slip

I'm sorry I forgot your birthday—it completely slipped my ~.

▪ be imprinted on , stick in

terrible images that will be imprinted on our ~s for ever

▪ haunt , plague , prey on

It's been preying on my ~ ever since it happened.

▪ occupy

He occupied his ~ by playing cards against himself.

▪ search

Kate desperately searched her ~ for some excuse.

▪ concentrate , focus

He wanted us to focus our ~s on unsolved problems.

▪ train

You have to train your ~ to think positively.

▪ clear , empty

Try meditating to clear your ~ of negative thoughts.

▪ free

Just free your ~ and write whatever comes.

▪ cloud , dull

Exhaustion clouded her ~.

▪ corrupt , poison , warp

She was poisoning his ~ and turning him against his family.

▪ control

▪ close , open

He had closed his ~ to anything new.

▪ calm , ease , quiet , refresh , relax , soothe

His comments did nothing to ease my ~.

▪ numb

▪ blow , boggle

a collection of photographs that will blow your ~

▪ read

Tell me what you want—I can't read your ~!

▪ probe

▪ understand

She was the only person who understood his ~.

▪ engage , stimulate

▪ exercise , stretch

▪ lose

He feared he was losing his ~.

MIND + VERB

▪ work

I'll never understand how his ~ works.

▪ drift , stray , wander

Her ~ began to wander.

▪ buzz , race , whirl

His ~ raced, trying to think of a way out of the situation.

▪ be in a turmoil ( esp. BrE ), reel , spin

Her ~ was still reeling from the shock.

▪ turn to sth

My ~ turned to more practical matters.

PREPOSITION

▪ in your ~

You've been in my ~ a lot lately.

▪ in ~

I'll keep what you say in ~.

▪ on your ~

I have a lot on my ~ at the moment.

PHRASES

▪ at the back of your ~ , in the back of your ~

The problem was always at the back of my ~.

▪ at the forefront of your ~ , in the forefront of your ~

Try to keep safety in the forefront of your ~ at all times.

▪ a frame of ~ , a state of ~

He's in rather a negative frame of ~.

▪ get your ~ around sth , wrap your ~ around sth ( AmE )

I couldn't get my ~ around the concept.

▪ have sth in ~

What kind of party do you have in ~?

▪ in the recesses of your ~

It was something she had never imagined, not even in the deepest recesses of her ~.

▪ in your right ~

Who in their right ~ would want to marry a murderer?

▪ ~ and body

refreshed in ~ and body

▪ no doubt in your ~

There was absolutely no doubt in my ~ that he was guilty.

▪ set your ~ to sth

You can do whatever you set your ~ to.

▪ uppermost in your ~

Their own problems of course remained uppermost in their ~s.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ terribly , very much

They had thought the boys wouldn't ~ sharing; as it turned out, they ~ed very much.

Would you ~ terribly if I went on my own?

▪ not a bit , not at all

I don't ~ at all telling people my age.

▪ not much , not really

Nobody really ~ed much about what happened to them.

VERB + MIND

▪ not seem to

His parents didn't seem to ~ that he dropped out of college.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

I didn't ~ about the money.

Mind is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ language , ↑ step

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