hear 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' see 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' get word 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' learn 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' discover 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' get wind 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' pick up 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' find out 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally' get a line 'get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally'
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locate 'FN: to discover an entity or a piece of knowledge without attempting to do so' notice 'COD: become aware of.' espy 'COD: catch sight of' recognize 'COD: identify as already known; know again.' spot 'COD: see, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or sought-after.' tell 'FN: to recognize with one or more of the senses' come (upon) 'FN: discover a new phenomenon.' find (oneself) 'FN: to percieve oneself as being in a certain location or state' discern 'FN: to recognize with the eyes or other senses' find 'FN: to perceive a phenomenon, either by chance or deliberately ' perceive 'COD: become aware or conscious of.' learn 'COD: become aware of by information or from observation. ' encounter 'FN: unexpectedly discover' observe 'FN: detect a phenomenon' discover 'COD: become aware of (a fact or situation). ' find out 'FN: discover information or a fact.' register 'COD: become aware of. ' descry 'COD: catch sight of.' note 'COD: pay attention to.' come (across) 'FN: encounter a new phenomenon' detect 'COD: discover or identify the presence or existence of.'
I learned that she has two grown-up children I see that you have been promoted
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I saw the play. I sensed the eagerness in him. I saw him laughing. The entire class heard about/of the sermon. I saw how he arrived. I saw her bake the cake. I saw their laughing and joking. I saw that you were excited. I saw what they did.
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A_few days before I saw your mention of_what Texas Liberals were doing to promote`` Louis_Capet''[`` The Week'', June 3], another analogy had occurred to me. They come prepared for family fun because Americans in ever growing numbers are learning that here is the way to a fine economical vacation that becomes a family experience of lasting importance. I heard o' Texas cattlemen wrappin' a cow thief up in green hides and lettin' the sun shrink' em and squeeze him to death. `` Dear Doctors: We learned this year that our older son, Daniel, is autistic. She had, she said, heard that the plant was closing. Years ago this was true, but with the replacement of wires or runners by radio and radar( and perhaps television), these restrictions have disappeared and now again too_much is heard. We had merely been discovered by the pool sharks. I point now with_pride to the fact that, long ere the Committee on Un-American_Activities, the Minute_Women, the Economic_Council and other such notable`` watchdog'' organizations were so_much as heard of, I was Hollywood 's leading bulwark against communism, fighting single-handedly`` creeping socialism'' against such insuperable odds as the Fascio-Communist troops of the NRA, PWA, WPA, CCC and an army of more_than twenty-two million mercenaries whom F._D._R. employed secretly, through the transparent ruse of regular`` relief'' checks. He had looked over my forms and was impressed by what he had seen there; indeed, my scholastic qualifications were such_that he, a college graduate himself, must envy me them. Have you ever heard of thuggee? Greg 's mission was the last to leave, and as he circled the ships off Tacloban he saw the clouds were dropping_down again. To settle this slight, O_'_Banion went down to the La_Salle_Theatre in the Loop, where, he had learned, Dave_Miller was attending the opening of a musical_comedy. He himself had heard that there was gangster money in the company, but that had nothing to do with him. When he reached the dip in the woods, he saw that already the earlier ruts were barely discernible. If the patient can perceive figure kinesthetically when he cannot perceive it visually, then, it would seem, the sense_of_touch has immediate contact with the spatial aspects of things in_independence_of visual representations, at_least in two dimensions, and, as we shall see, even this much spatial awareness on_the_part_of unaided touch is denied by the authors. Under the influence of marijuana the beatnik comes_alive within and experiences a wonderfully enhanced sense of self as if he had discovered the open_sesame to the universe of being. `` You 'd like to hear how I go_about it''. That exchange was not_only possible but commonplace last week in Manhattan, as more_and_more New Yorkers were discovering 29 th Street and Eighth_Avenue, where half_a_dozen small nightclubs with names like Arabian_Nights, Grecian Palace and Egyptian Gardens are the American inpost of belly_dancing. The Ireland we usually hear about in the theater is a place of bitter political or domestic unrest, lightened occasionally with flashes of native wit and charm. He did figure her at_all, and if he found_out** h a woman** h it 'd be bad. What we have seen in this chapter, we have seen only dimly, and yet the results, however general, are worth the search. `` Yeah, I 've heard more about SX-21 than space exploration lately. I think the best bet is to go_through the society columns of last year and see if any of the grooms match with the obituaries a_little later. She said, when she learned Jackie was heading_home: `` Fanny and Mrs._Godwin will probably be glad to hear that Mary has safely recovered from a very favorable confinement, and that her child is well''. This year, Americans will discover previously unheard of refinements in trailers that will be exhibited in about one_hundred of our nation 's national, regional and local boat shows. Said he:`` We will see whether whites and Negroes are treated the same around here''.) I heard of some that tried it back in the States, and he 'd knock them clear across the room. As we have seen, Methodism early took a stand against slavery. These specialists, I learned, have done a great_deal of work to improve the size and health of the plants and the flowers. `` We want to find_out who knew about it'', Pratt said. However, no diagram of her brain patterns, no early I._Q. tests recorded certain essential facts about Helva that Central must eventually learn. `` I stopped to say goodbye, Mrs._Lattimer, and to tell you how sorry I was to hear about your baby. But I 'm pleased to hear-''. Then see what a boom in_all trades, as_well as slum clearance at no cost to taxpayers, will happen. Ruger learned that this was because the higher velocity achieved in a long barrel was upsetting the shape of the unjacketed revolver bullet. No one ever learned what happened to the Greek. They learn to like these so well that it is n't surprising to hear that one boy tried the oats he was feeding his horse at chore time. Various categories have been explored to find_out about these`` empirical probabilities'' against which to measure the readings. Of the nation 's eight million pleasure-boat owners a sizable number have learned that late autumn is one of the loveliest seasons to be afloat- at_least in_that broad balmy region that lies below America 's belt line. You will discover you keep the sauce for basting meat in one, use six for drinks, serve soup or coffee in another half-dozen- and need one more to mix the salad_dressing. `` We 'd give him things to deliver, letters, checks, deeds and things like that'', remembers his half-brother Walter, still in the real_estate business in savannah,`` and learn days later that he 'd absent-mindedly stuffed them into his pocket. From his playmates in Savannah, Mercer had picked_up, along with a soft Southern dialect, traces also of the Gullah dialects of Africa. About that time he began reading Mr._America and Muscle_Builder and he learned of the famous Weider way to fast weight_gaining. Perhaps you could n't do that but have you ever tried to see what you could do with a hunk of wood? He was delighted to learn that the Post_Office_Department is now going_to expand this service to deliver mail from Representatives in Congress to their constituents without the use of stamps, names, addresses or even zone numbers. Tommy, of_course, had never heard of a kotowaza, or Japanese proverb, which says,`` Tanin yori miuchi'', and is literally translated as`` Relatives are better than strangers''. But there 's one thing I never seen or heard of, one thing I just do think there is, and that 's a sportin' way o' killin' a man''! `` He found_out about you and Arbuckle talking. If the early approaches are wise, understanding and patient, the satisfactions of marital fulfillment will probably be discovered before the marriage is much older. The readers of the Providence_Daily_Post, however, learned that it was generally conceded that`` Old_Brown'' had a fair trial. And, as Hal found_out, obviously mistaken in many cases. Some of the earliest recordings, made in the 1940 's, demonstrated that psychiatrists reacted immediately to anger and anxiety in the sound track, whereas written_records of the same interview offered far fewer cues to therapy which- if they were at_all discernible in print- were picked_up only by the_most skilled and sensitive experts. For a good many seasons I 've been looking at the naughty stuff on television, so the other night I thought I ought to see how immorality is doing on the other side of the fence in movies. They would have to bide their official time and see, trusting that the massive doses of shell-psychology would suffice her, too, as the necessary bulwark against her unusual confinement and the pressures of her profession. From the luggage, they learned that the two air pirates, far from being Cubans, were native_Americans, subsequently identified as Leon_Bearden, 50- year-old ex-convict from Coolidge, Ariz., and his son, Cody, 16, a high-school junior. `` Follow Secretary_Hodges through the Fiat plant, and you learn this: An Ohio soldier who, from a comrade just returned from leave, received an unfavorable comment on the conduct of his sister, took pen in hand and delivered himself thus:``[ Dear Sis] Alf sed he heard that you and hardy was a runing together all_the_time and he though he wod gust quit having any thing mor to doo with you for he thought it was no_more yuse. After his pains got_worse, Tom decided to see a real doctor, from whom he learned he was suffering from cancer of the lung. Subsequently, we learned from Douglass that his sample contained a_few percent **f impurity. Only when the newest Mr._America or Mr._Universe rediscovers them and puts them into practice are we reacquainted with them and once_again see how effective they really are. I learned, for_example, that he made a practice of yapping at dogs he encountered and, in winter, of sprinkling salt on the icy pavement to scarify their feet. Finally, at Ye_Olde_Gasse Filling_Station on Avocado_Avenue, they learned that their man, having paused to get oil for his car, had asked about the route to San_Diego. `` I guess I 'll find_out soon_enough. Everyone had heard of the American contractor who had spurned an escort. `` Evadna_Mae_Evans got all her baby clothes from Best 's Liliputian_Bazaar in New_York, and I 'm sick and tired_of hearing about Evadna_Mae_Evans''. G._Mennen_Williams is learning the difficulties of diplomacy rapidly. If anyone asked us, after we made the remark that the suffering was a bad thing, whether we should think it relevant to what we said to learn that the incident had never occurred and no pain had been suffered at_all, we should say that it made all the difference in_the_world, that what we were asserting to be bad was precisely the suffering we thought had occurred back there, that if this had not occurred, there was nothing left to be bad, and that our assertion was in that case mistaken. A week later the Daily_Journal had discovered the initial plans of some Providence citizens to hold a meeting honoring John_Brown on the day of his execution. And_then, as they become aware that they have reached the end of their patience, what do they, to their dismay, learn for_the_first_time about themselves? If, in Larkin 's eyes, they are nothing but Piccadilly farmers, he has as much to learn about them as they have to learn about the ways of truly rural living. `` Fortunately through our growth studies we have been able to see what nature does, and that helps us know what we can do''. How did you find_out about this''? I think everybody is agreed that we need to hear some voice on the national level that would make some sense and in_which we would have some confidence in following. There was even a cable in French from a bank in Switzerland that had somehow learned about the Dallas stock offering. Friday night the delegates heard the need for their forthcoming program,`` Breakthrough'' scheduled to fill the churches for the next two years. `` Negro-appeal radio is more important to the Negro today, because it provides a direct and powerful mirror in_which the Negro can hear and see his ambitions, achievements and desires. To tell John something he would find_out for himself. `` Everyone knew it, but he sort_of acted like he did care who knew it- even after them notes came, even after he 'd heard about Lewis, even after he 'd been shot at a couple o' times hisself''! The editor of the Newport_Advertiser could discover no evidence of extenuating circumstances in the Brown trial which would warrant making an exception to the infliction of capital_punishment. Work is under_way to see whether new restraining devices should be_installed on all nuclear_weapons. As a result, she consulted medical authorities and learned that the devices her quack`` doctor'' was using were phony. The dweller at p is last to hear about a new cure, the slowest to announce to his neighbors his urgent distresses, the one who goes the farthest to trade, and the one with the greatest difficulty of all in putting_over an idea or getting people to join him in a cooperative effort. This monitoring is necessary because, on a parade_ground, everyone can hear too_much, and without monitoring a confused social_event would develop. Meanwhile, it was learned the State_Highway_Department is very near being ready to issue the first$ 30 million worth of highway reconstruction bonds. Jubal did not hear of Digby 's disappearance when it was announced, and, when he did, while he had a fleeting suspicion, he dismissed it; if Mike had had_a_finger_in it, he had gotten_away_with it- and what happened to supreme bishops worried Jubal not at_all as_long_as he was bothered. When they learn you 're in the hills though, they 'll rally, do n't worry about that''. He stalled for a half-hour longer, hoping to hear something from Vecchio about the ransom_money. Seeing so many illustrations and reading so many testimonials to the value of Quick-Wate and Super-Protein, those two wonder-working Weider food supplements, he decided to try them and see what they could do for him. As for the night being warm, he would have been comfortable naked on Mount_Everest but his water_brothers had little tolerance for changes in temperature and pressure; he was considerate of their weakness, once he learned of_it. Mr._A., her townsman, also experienced a nervous_breakdown just as_soon_as he discovered that he had been bilked of his life savings by the limited practitioner who had been treating his wife- a woman suffering from an incurable disease, multiple_sclerosis- and himself. If that picture gets_around and I find_out you had anything to do with it, I 'm going_to send a_couple_of my boys around to see you''. When we examine what each master says was his first collage we see that much the same thing happens in each. When Mayor_Dever heard of the banquet he summoned Hughes for an explanation of why he had been dishonouring the police_department by consorting with these felons and fixers. When he heard that Paul_Whiteman was looking_for singers to replace the Rhythm_Boys, Mercer applied and got the job,`` not for my voice, I 'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally''. Investors breathed more freely when it was learned that this acrobatic dancer had turned magician and was only doing a best_seller book to make some dough. We have heard that after seeing Mr._Quasimodo 's work it will be virtually impossible to deny the artistic validity and importance of the whole abstract movement. What I am here to do is to report on the gyrations of the struggle- a struggle that amounts to self redefinition- to see if we can predict its future course. Interviews with members of the Brandywine population were attempted in_order_to discover the ranking of the various families in the population. During the decade that followed, the common_man, as that piece put it, grew uncomfortable as the Voice of God and fled from behind Saint_Woodrow_(_Wilson ) only to learn from Science, to his shocked relief that after_all there was no God he had to speak_for and that he was just an animal anyhow- that there was a chemical_formula for him, and that too much could be expected of him. ( Significantly, bitter echoes of the 1960 power struggle that saw Mosk moving_into the national committee post over Ziffren are still audible in party circles). `` I heard a story once about a rookie who got excited when the captain stepped outside and he could n't get an encephalographic reading on him. The eight green columns, I learned, came from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the others, red, from the Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis. Because he spoke openly with what Channing had prophesied someone might- with daring hyperbole- Parker vindicated Channing 's further prophecy that he who committed this infraction of taste would promptly discover how little mercy liberals were disposed to allow to libertarians who appeared to them libertines. As I ministered to his needs, I noticed that his face was radiant in_spite_of his suffering and I learned that he was trusting not_only in the skill of his doctor and nurse but also the Lord. She had grown_up with young Jenkins, and he had heard that they had been at the point of getting_married at_least twice. We have already seen that odd numbers were considered as being Yang, while the even numbers were Yin, so_that the eight outer numbers of the Lo_Shu represented these two principles in balanced equilibrium around the axial center. She it was who had looked to see if I was wearing shoes upon learning that I could n't drive. I was anxious to hear about those dazzling days on the Great_White Way. Vicky_Kowalski meanwhile learned that several of her fellow students had collected almost$ 25 for her family during the lunch hour yesterday at Fuhrmann Junior_High_School, 5155 Fourteen Mile road east. He pointed_out to the young musicians that the National_Gallery`` is the only museum in the country to have a full-time music_director, Richard_Bales, I 'm sure you 've heard af him and his record,' The Confederacy'''. So I have heard''. Early in her life she had discovered that where there were men, there was money, and with the two came luxury and liquor. But she was learning that so_long as she was in_this country, and wore civilian_dress in the Club, there would always be transient young_men who would approach her with broken English. Whereas the primary meanings of the Lo_Shu diagram seemed to have been based on its inner mathematical properties- and we shall see that even its secondary meanings rested_on some mathematical bases- the urgent desire to place everything into categories of fives led to other groupings based on other numbers, until an exaggerated emphasis on mere numerology pervaded Chinese thought. We hear equally fervent concern over the belief that we have not enough generalists who can see the over-all picture and combine our national skills and knowledge for useful purposes. `` How 'd you hear about this one''? If he found_out Ma found it- that 'd be bad. Our athletes are only just beginning to learn that they must study dance. But he 'd find_out about this one because we were using it. The meaning of_this, as we shall see, is that he had no fund of visual memory-images of objects as objects; and, therefore, he could not recognize even long-familiar things upon seeing them again. The mere fact that the tall figure with the rifle and field_glasses had been seen riding that way was enough to frighten three rustling homesteaders out of the Upper_Laramie country in a single week. For_example, early in my life, when one of my editorial workers wanted to find_out how churches and philanthropic organizations met the needs of New_York 's down-and-outers, he did n't just ask questions. I hear the whole bunch is croakin out in the snow. `` I have to see the facts'', is the way the prince puts it. While all citizens blame for lax municipal ethics the Wagner regime has seen serious problems in the schools, law_enforcement and fiscal policies. `` I do n't know whether that threatening letter of hers has anything to do with this situation or not, but I want to see who takes the call''. And here again we hear the same refrain mentioned above:`` The paramount goal of the United_States, set long_ago, was to guard the rights of the individual, ensure his development, enlarge his opportunity''. The first incident occurred before the trial got under_way when Judge_H._Hobart_Grooms told the jury panel he had heard reports of jury-tampering efforts. Let us look in on one of these nerve_centers- SAC at Omaha- and see what must still happen before a wing of B-52 bombers could drop their H-bombs. What obsessions had she picked_up during these long nights of talk? Afterwards I learned that Eileen had called Thelma on the telephone and made a big scene about Thelma trying to take her husband away. One morning, we discovered that the pennies were missing from the idol but that a cigarette had been stubbed_out in its lap. Armed_Forces Day is the annual report on this investment, a public_presentation designed to give our own people, and the people of other lands who stand with us for peace with freedom and justice, the best possible opportunity to see and understand what we have and why we have it. `` I heard how you outdrew Chico. He did n't tell Miss_Jen, but she must have got_word from the cook or nurse, who of_course knew those Quinzaine nigs, and she really took a fit. I never heard of a poll being taken on the question. The Vice_President said,`` If you hear of any names that would fix_me_cheap in_return_for advertising they decorated the Vice_President 's home, let me know. For almost two months, the defendant and the world heard from individuals escaped from the grave about fathers and mothers, graybeards, adolescents, babies, starved, beaten to death, strangled, machine-gunned, gassed, burned. Everybody had heard of Van_Gogh, the_French impressionist. Later, we shall see what happened when an emperor took this idea too literally. And Angie would hear about it. Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in_this new context, this new coat_of_paint. The U.N.F.P. learned that its urban organization, which depends heavily on U.M.T. support, was most effective. When the cloth dried and stiffened, he saw what adjustments had to be made. The`` fruitful course'' of metropolitanization that you recommend is currently practiced by the town of East_Greenwich and had its inception long before we learned what it was called. Without math the men who are continually seeking the causes of and the reasons for the many things that make the world go' round would not have any means of analyzing, standardizing, and communicating the things they discover and learn. There are some clubs which claim they learned something about pitching to him last year. Aside from the comico-romantico content here, a good linguist-anthropologist could readily pick_up a_few other facts, especially if he had a_little more of the conversation to go_on. One_day last week, Nixon faced a painful constitutional chore that required him to officiate at a joint session of Congress to hear the official tally of the Electoral_College vote, and_then to make`` sufficient declaration'' of the election of the man who defeated him in the tight 1960 presidential election. The reporters had discovered that this was his hideaway. As we find_out at the end, it is not the stool( symbolizing Doris, therefore) that he is punishing but the piece of Venetian_blind. Nowhere have I seen public expression of anti-Catholicism. You 'll have_to find_out about it on your own. About nine o' clock, I call and see if you got any. `` When I was a kid'', Maris told a sportswriter last week,`` I used_to follow Williams every_day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not''. But watching Mrs._Cyril_Ring, Berniece_Dalton_Janssen, Mrs._Robert_Jarvis, Mrs._Walter_Adams order low-calory seafood, no bread, I could see the Ziegfeld_Girls of 1920 were determined to be glamorous grandmothers of 1961. It had been five days too late before he learned that she 'd gone_through the wedding_ceremony in a semitrance of laudanum, administered by her mother. In another approach to the same procedure, the content of the readings is analyzed so_as_to see how the particular medium is likely to slant her statements. But one day, she expected, he would somehow discover, without her having_to tell him, that there was such a woman in the world; a woman who was willing to give him love, faith, and anything a woman could give a husband. In December I wrote her that we would meet on the steps of the Hotel_Astor, a rendezvous spot that I had learned was the most sophisticated. If Rock shows_up during the number- or you hear anything- give me the signal''. Then, having wrapped the lot in an afghan my dog customarily slept on, you lammed out the front_door, considerately leaving it open for neighbors to discover. Several signers affixed their names, it was learned, after being told that no tax increase would be possible without consent of the General_Assembly and that a provision could be included in the charter to have the town take_over the Johnston_Sanitary_District sewer_system. Amen, amen, I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has life everlasting, and does not come to judgment, but has passed from death to life. He was oblivious of the form of the object actually being viewed, precisely because he could not assign it to a visual shape, already learned and held in visual memory, as persons of normal vision do. I 've always admired him, and when I heard he was taking a_few pupils, I went to him and joined his class''. Bertha_Szold was more like Meg, the eldest March girl, who`` learned that a woman 's happiest kingdom is home, her honor the art of ruling it, not as a queen, but a wise wife and mother''. I 've heard 10 million mentioned often, but I 'm more inclined to think there may be a total of some five to seven million families camping. The new fact the initiates of_this cult have_to learn is that they must move toward simplicity. Without any definite plan in mind, she went to a judge to see what could be done. If you travel over the vast U._S._A. you will, no_doubt, discover that feeding is an expensive business. Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went_on in the hall. The daughter replied,`` Oh, I had dinner with- well, you do know him but he 's awfully nice- and we went_to a_couple_of places- I do suppose you 've heard of them- and we finished_up at a cute little night_club- I forget the name of it. Pa was sure to find_out. Maybe if the marshal hears this himself, it 'll make a difference. Regardless_of how much of a slob you knew yourself to be, you could be certain they would never find_out- and even if they did it would make no difference. The trouble with all these doctrinal quarrels is that we hear only one side of the story: There 's no way to take him in now and keep those other two- Wister and the one who hired the two of them- from finding_out about Roberts and lamming out. As we see, Pope may President_Sukarno, Khrushchev 's friend, for clemency.