tư tưởng 
thought like: dachte → →
Ich dachte nur, weil wir auch das Bad teilen. ☊ 
Anh chỉ nghĩ vậy thôi, vì chúng ta cũng dùng chung nhà tắm mà. ☊ (Lektion 42, Nr. 600) I didn't think our meeting was accidental—he must have known I would be there. ☊ accidental ☊
I thought she had retired, but apparently she hasn't. ☊ apparently ☊
It's not as hard as I thought. ☊ as ☊
I thought it was a very bad article. ☊ bad ☊
This isn't as bad as I thought. ☊ bad ☊
I was beginning to think you'd never come. ☊ begin ☊
I expected better of him (= I thought he would have behaved better). ☊ better ☊
Greg thought for a bit before answering. ☊ bit ☊
I thought I heard somebody calling. ☊ call ☊
I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby. ☊ be like taking candy from a baby ☊
a well-constructed novel ☊ construct ☊
a covered area of the stadium with seats ☊ covered ☊
dare (to) do sth: He didn't dare (to) say what he thought. ☊ dare ☊
disappointed (in/with sb/sth): I'm disappointed in you—I really thought I could trust you! ☊ disappointed ☊
I thought I was seeing double (= seeing two of sth). ☊ double ☊
I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream. ☊ dream ☊
I thought the work would be difficult. In actual fact, it's very easy. ☊ in (actual) fact ☊
I fancied a change of scene. ☊ fancy ☊
I thought you'd never finish! ☊ finish ☊
At first I thought he was shy, but then I discovered he was just not interested in other people. ☊ at first ☊
People used to think the earth was flat. ☊ flat ☊
I just took it for granted that he'd always be around. ☊ take it for granted (that...) ☊
I thought I was on safe ground (= talking about a suitable subject) discussing music with her. ☊ ground ☊
She couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking. ☊ sb can (not) help (doing) sth, sb can not help but do sth ☊
With a look of horror, he asked if the doctor thought he had cancer. ☊ horror ☊
I did it against my better judgement (= although I thought it was perhaps the wrong thing to do). ☊ judgement ☊
Look at the time—it's much later than I thought. ☊ late ☊
This may take longer than we thought. ☊ long ☊
I thought maybe we could go together. ☊ maybe ☊
What do you mean, you thought I wouldn't mind? (= of course I mind and I am very angry) ☊ mean ☊
I thought we might go to the zoo on Saturday. ☊ might ☊
As for avoiding you, nothing could be further from my mind (= I was not thinking of it at all). ☊ mind ☊
mind that...: He minded that he hadn't been asked. ☊ mind ☊
The minute she walked through the door I thought she looked different. ☊ the minute (that)... ☊
I thought I saw someone I knew, but I must have been mistaken. ☊ mistaken ☊
He thought for a moment before replying. ☊ moment ☊
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. ☊ the more, less, etc..., the more, less, etc... ☊
'Roger stole the money.' 'I thought as much.' ☊ as much ☊
He thought social inequality was all part of the natural order of things. ☊ natural ☊
I didn't think she was old enough for the responsibility. ☊ old ☊
We've often thought of going there ourselves. ☊ ourselves ☊
We were passing through, so we thought we'd come and say hello. ☊ pass through... ☊
I thought I'd better clean the place up. ☊ place ☊
It wasn't quite as simple as I thought it would be. ☊ quite ☊
reform sb: She thought she could reform him. ☊ reform ☊
I told him right off what I thought of him. ☊ right away/off ☊
I thought the play was rubbish! ☊ rubbish ☊
I thought she was leaving the company, but perhaps it may be just a rumour. ☊ rumour ☊
I thought I heard a scream. ☊ scream ☊
I thought I saw a figure standing in the shadows. ☊ shadow ☊
We thought that, since we were in the area, we'd stop by and see them. ☊ since ☊
I thought her name was Catherine, but it's Kathryn spelt with a 'K'. ☊ spell ☊
Although he promised faithfully to come, I still didn't think he would. ☊ still ☊
She longed to find somebody who understood her problems, and in him she thought she had found such a person. ☊ such ☊
suggest itself (to sb): A solution immediately suggested itself to me (= I immediately thought of a solution). ☊ suggest ☊
I thought we were supposed to be paid today. ☊ be supposed to do/be sth ☊
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. ☊ the more, less, etc..., the more, less, etc... ☊
The job took longer than we thought. ☊ think ☊
+ speech: 'I must be crazy,' she thought. ☊ think ☊
I thought I heard a scream. ☊ think ☊
I didn't think you liked sports. ☊ think ☊
Am I right in thinking that you used to live here? ☊ think ☊
turn to be/have sth: The job turned out to be harder than we thought. ☊ turn out ☊
They asked me why I wanted the job and why I thought I was suitable—you know, the usual thing. ☊ usual ☊
He thought that crying was a sign of weakness. ☊ weakness ☊
All her friends could hear wedding bells (= they thought she would soon get married). ☊ wedding ☊
We thought she was arrogant, whereas in fact she was just very shy. ☊ whereas ☊
You had me worried for a moment—I thought you were going to resign! ☊ you had me worried ☊
I thought she told you. ☊ you ☊