he didn't comprehend

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The reality is that President Bush largely disregarded the internet because he didn't comprehend its magnitude.

When I asked him whether the Ganges was polluted, he didn't comprehend where such a question was coming from.

Abu Ala, speaker of the Palestinian legislature, said he did not comprehend how Mr. Ben Ami could speak with such confidence.

He told Richardson that he did not comprehend the Bush Administration's hostility toward him: "He told me he didn't like being demonized".

He simply drew on the precedents of generations of officials whose policy against the Central Asian tribes had been to play them off against each other and to whom commercial considerations were somewhat petty matters; he did not comprehend the significance of the British demands for free trade and international equality, which were based on their concept of a commercial empire.

Mr. Habelow listens to a language he doesn't comprehend until he hears his name, the cue provided by his Spanish-speaking partner, Sony Lugo.

The female's individuality, which he is acutely aware of, but which he doesn't comprehend and isn't capable of relating to or grasping emotionally, frightens and upsets him and fills him with envy.

Perhaps that was the talent Becky was missing: she wanted a comprehensible life, but she did not comprehend her life.

He does not comprehend, and also fines him additionally for trying to evade justice.

With the address, Mr. McCain labored to overcome the impression that he does not understand the economy well, and the idea being pushed by his Democratic rivals that he does not comprehend the economic pain felt by many Americans.

Physically abused as a child, Judd wants to keep Shiloh because he does not comprehend why people are so interested in rescuing the abused dog.