Shrink to think

[Torsten]

[Mohammed Humdhi]

I want to know the difference between "shrink to think" and "i don't think"

[Alan]

Hi,

'Shrink to think' suggests 'hesitate to think' in the sense of not daring to think about something. 'I don't think' is simply the negative form of 'I think'.

Alan
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[Mitra584]

Dear teachers;
I cannot understand why use 'not’ after dare that is a verb?'I dare not'
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Peace&Love

[Alan]

Hi,

'Dare' in its full negative form is 'I do not dare' but 'I dare not' is often used for dramatic effect.

Alan
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[Mitra584]

Dear teachers;
Could you make some sentences with 'back', 'rear' and' hind’ separately?
In advance thanks a lot.
Mitra
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[Mitra584]

Dear Alan;
Thanks a lot for your response.
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[Alan]

Hi Mitra,

Look at these: At the rear end of my garden at the back of the shed there is a dog standing on its hind legs trying to reach a branch of a tree.

Alan
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[Pooran]

Perhaps I shrink to think means I can not guess what you did last night.

[Geeti]

Hi everybody,

I have already undrestand what this means, I shrink to think is use only in informal conversation.

I am sorry Teacher as i am not able to past my picture due to some problem which i have in our socitey in Afghanistan, and i hope you undrestand me.

Best,
Geeti

[Kati Svaby]

Hello Alan,

It was interesting to read the people who put a word in the expression: "I shrink to think "
For Hungarian people this can seems a familiar expression because if I translate WBW it means the same.

Regards:
Kati Svaby

[Kati Svaby]

Correction: this can seem....

[Gunaseeli]

It is hard to understand the meaning of "I shrink to think". Please explain it by giving some more examples.

Thank you.
Gunaseeli.

[Rama Devi]

hi, Torsten Daerr
At first i want to wish all the members of the forum the happy friendship day which is cel ebrated full of this week ,how are you doing today, I read your letter and i don't no much about the idomic words and i did not under stand the meaning of the word "shrink to think'

[Kati Svaby]

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Dear my Teachers,

Now I read my answer and I want to explain because I wrote this meaning is the same in Hungarian ? But what is it mean in Hungarian? For example: I drunk the previous night and I told secrets and next day I have remorse and I shrink to think what I did, I dare not to think of it. By choice to hide myself.

Regards:
Kati Svaby