34. Communicators

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understand, absorb, and remember new facts and information

take sg in
Be in conflict with sg; contradict sg

Be at odds with sg
Notice sg and perhaps react to it

Pick up on sg
So that sb is told only what they need to know and only when they need to know it

On a need-to-know basis
Annoy sb

Get sb's back up
Get sb's support or approval by persuading them you are right or sg is right

Win sb over/round (to sg)
Talk about what you really feel and think

Open up (to sb)
You give to people the information they need to understand a situation

Put sb in the picture
You continue to give to people the necessary information
- Keep sb in the picture
- keep sb posted (about/on sg)
You understand a situation that sb is describing to you

Get the picture
Spend time thinking carefully about a plan or proposal

Mull sg over
Look for or discover a meaning that is suggested rather than actually stated

Read between the lines
Make known sg that sb wants to keep secret

Give sg/sb away
Allow sb to share a secret, or know what only a few people know

let sb in on sg
Understand sg in the wrong way

Get (hold of) the wrong end of the sick
(of an idea or a thought) come into sb's mind

Occur to sb
Used to say that sg makes no difference or is not important

It makes no odds
Tell sb sg, especially sg you have been keeping secret

Let on (to sb about sg)
You don't tell others about it

Keep sg to yourself
You don't tell them sg because you want to keep it secret from them

Keep sb in the dark