For the first time, I understood something he had said at the beginning of our correspondence: "You will learn that Wholistic Fitness really isn't just about sports performance".
But if you had followed Bob inside his office, and had seen him surrounded by his beloved tax documents, I think you would have understood something: you would have understood that this Bob Shelby was no milquetoast.
"I hope that they have finally understood something," says Riso. "This is a political task.
But while drying the dishes, it occurred to me that 16 year old Meg must have understood something about sex that 20-something Meg had forgotten.
I had gained something, understood something about myself on an experiential level.
As he records the mood and the flow of people at work, he holds the camera at medium distance, avoiding obvious closeups, and by the end we feel that we have understood something about Romanians, about hospitals, and about dying.
So if you have not fully understood something in the paper, do not hesitate to ask for clarification.
Other informal phrases include "a pretty penny" to define a considerable sum of money, and "when the penny drops" to explain that somebody has finally understood something.
Inherent in this is the fact that if the child has not understood something, you will go over it again.
Chicago has done better, says the London-based consulting engineer Kevin O'Sullivan; it has understood something about public space and public architecture that New York seems to run away from.
