sink in

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become clearly known or understood

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Did you see Kate Winslet’s acceptance speech at the Academy Awards last week? It was so cute. She couldn’t believe she’d won. She was so surprised, it was difficult for her to speak. She was shaking and struggling to catch her breath.

Eventually, the fact that she had won sunk in for Kate. Sometimes, when really important things happen to us, we can’t understand them at first. We’re so shocked that it takes us a while to fully realize what has happened. After some time has passed, the information finally sinks in.

Usually, when something takes a long time to sink in, it’s either really, really good or really, really bad. For example, when someone very close to us dies, it might take some time for us to accept their death. The fact that they are gone doesn’t sink in right away. Facts or information can also take a long time to sink in. If you’re bad at remembering names and dates, the information in your history book won’t sink in unless you study really hard.

The verb sink means go to the bottom of something. If you drop a toaster into a bathtub full of water, it will sink to the bottom of the tub. (Just make sure there isn’t anyone in the bathtub when you do this.) So when something sinks in it goes to the very bottom of your mind or heart. You understand it completely.

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“The fact that my parents were getting a divorce didn’t sink in until the day my father moved out of our house. “

“Nothing the professor said during his lecture sank in, so I didn’t do very well on the test. “

“The exciting news that his wife is pregnant has not sunk in yet.”

Winners

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	it means that something becomes clear. by VOLTS
	slowly she began understand what happened by VOLTS
	She is starting to absorb the fact of win an Oscar. by simone berti
	to be become fully understood of an idea, fact, information ... I'm waiting my prize impatiently ... by AMJAD_87
	to sink in means to gradually understand by Lady V
	She is realizing what has happened to her. by redemptor
	To start figuring out what is happening. by gambler
	She begins to realize what it means to her that she won an oscar. by Diana89
	sink in (of words or facts) become fully understood. by Eydo
	become clear or understand by 云淡风轻
	Become clear in one's mind or make someone conciouse to believe. by Zeerak

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