sens Englisch:

I got the gist of what he was saying.

He told the gist of the story in less than five minutes.

Don't worry about all the details as long as you get the gist of it.

What was the gist of the meeting?

The gist of what she said was that I didn’t ​know what I was ​talking about.

summarise the gist of what has been said

can you give me the gist of the book?

I can remember the general gist of the game, but nothing specific.

The gist of his long speach was that...

noun rose gist

get the gist

This is the gist of the report that we are debating tonight.

Advanced learners of a language would usually get the gist but not the quirks.

He makes sense.

Admittedly your plan makes sense, but I still think it will be very hard to carry out.

In a sense, such a political movement may be called a revolution.

Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.

It's talking about how, thanks to air transport, we've lost the sense of 'season' for foodstuffs.

Suppose for a moment that pigeons had something in their heads which could sense magnetic fields.

If you see language as a living being, formed by the entity of all speakers, dividing strictly into "right" and "wrong" makes little sense.

If you're with me as a staff officer then I need you to bring a sense of danger with you to your work.

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the great number should govern and that the few should be governed.

As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children.

The sense of humor is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.

There is in all barbarian communities a profound sense of the disparity between man's and woman's work.

Benjamin called the sense of awe and reverence experienced before a great work of art "aura".

There's more to her than you think. She may seem pretty meek on first glance, but I get the sense she can get things done when she needs to.

Those two used to get along so well together but even with them you can sense a chill coming on.

What's your point?

After a certain point, everything became a little more difficult.

I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.

To get back to my original point, yesterday I sent the report off to Tokyo.

There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.

The first point that requires clarification is that the design was purely experimental.

The point of true mutual understanding has not yet been reached between Japan and China.

He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.

May I ask a few more questions about that point? It's a little obscure.

Can you point me in the right direction?

Up to this point I have presented an overview of the growth of political unrest in the period.

Dr. Thatcher diagnosed her patient with generalized anxiety disorder because his symptoms didn't point to other diagnoses.

I should point out that it is necessary to re-examine the validity of Emmet's theory.

In point of fact, she had nothing to do with the scandal.

My strong point is my philosophy - nothing ventured nothing gained.