thought

thought
[ɵɔ:t, Am esp ɵɑ:t] n
1) no pl (thinking) Nachdenken nt, Überlegen nt;
I'm worried at the \thought of the interview der Gedanke an das Vorstellungsgespräch beunruhigt mich;
with no \thought for his own safety, he rushed towards the burning car ohne Rücksicht auf seine eigene Sicherheit eilte er zum brennenden Auto;
food for \thought Denkanstöße mpl;
freedom of \thought Gedankenfreiheit f;
line [or train] of \thought Gedankengang m;
school of \thought Lehrmeinung f;
to be deep [or lost] in \thought tief in Gedanken versunken sein;
to give sth some \thought sich dat Gedanken über etw akk machen, über etw akk nachdenken
2) (opinion, idea) Gedanke m;
I've just had a \thought mir ist eben was eingefallen;
that's a \thought! das ist eine gute Idee!;
has the \thought ever crossed your mind that you would need some help ist dir jemals in den Sinn gekommen, dass du Hilfe brauchen könntest;
thanks very much! - don't give it another \thought! vielen Dank! - keine Ursache!;
it's a sobering \thought der Gedanke ist ganz schön ernüchternd (fam)
on second \thoughts nach reiflicher Überlegung;
I wanted to go but on second \thoughts decided to stay at home ich wollte eigentlich gehen, habe es mir dann aber anders überlegt und bin daheimgeblieben;
to spare a \thought for sb/sth an jdn/etw denken
PHRASES:
two minds but a single \thought! zwei Seelen, ein Gedanke!;
a penny for your \thoughts! (for your \thoughts!) ich wüsste zu gern, was du gerade denkst!;
the wish is father to the \thought (is father to the \thought) der Wunsch ist der Vater des Gedankens (prov)
it's the \thought that counts (fam) der gute Wille zählt;
perish the \thought [that ...]! (the \thought [that ...]!) Gott bewahre[, dass...]! vt, vi pt, pp of think

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