The Importance of Perception

We've been talking about perception. If you pick up on something, another phrasal verb with two prepositions, is to notice or perceive something. For example, she, a woman of course, picked up on the subtle clues and solved the mystery. She picked up on them. They weren't obvious, but she perceived them. Think through, which means to consider something carefully and thoroughly. Before making a decision, you need to think through all the possible consequences,. It's sometimes, well, quite usually used in the negative. When it's really, really hot in the middle of the summer, he didn't think it through. He really didn't think that idea through.