ponder

réfléchir à, méditer

Prendre le temps de réfléchir attentivement à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To think carefully about something for a while.

• I need time to ponder this.
• She pondered the offer all evening.
• Have you pondered what might happen next?

Comment l'utiliser : ponder something (She pondered the question before answering.); ponder over something (He pondered over his options for a while.)

Synonymes : consider, reflect on, think over

Expressions courantes : ponder a question, ponder the future, ponder over something, ponder on something

réflexion

Un moment consacré à réfléchir attentivement à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A period when you think carefully about something.

• Let me have a ponder.
• After a long ponder, she chose the smaller house.
• A quiet ponder helped him decide what to say.

Comment l'utiliser : a ponder about something (I had a ponder about our plans.)

Synonymes : think, reflection

Expressions courantes : have a ponder, a quiet ponder, a ponder about something