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Examples

  • Must break technology down for people to un derstand.

    Blog for Democracy: September 2009 Archives 2009

  • Must break technology down for people to un derstand.

    CBCF - Day 2 (Blog for Democracy) 2009

  • "You do un - derstand!" she murmured, and he felt the wetness of tears at his neck.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Only after the game is complete will they un - derstand that they have played their parts.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Indeed, she had come to un - derstand a great deal more about their private life together than she had before, and in the process had learned more about sexuality than a child was normally told.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • I'm saying we should study it so that we can then un-derstand the pros and cons in case we ever needed to deploy it.

    ‘These Problems Can Be Solved’ 2010

  • Either they're garbling the lyrics some - thing awful, or they're singing in a language I don't un - derstand, because I can't make out the words.

    Stalling 2010

  • Rather I want them to un­derstand Viennese Jewish intellectual life from the late 19th century until 1933.

    "Pushing Time Away" in Vienna Hels 2008

  • Rather I want them to un­derstand Viennese Jewish intellectual life from the late 19th century until 1933.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Hels 2008

  • Now something else was happening here that he didn't un - derstand.

    The Bellini Bride Reid, Michelle 2002

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  • Overstand is the opposite of Understand. derstand is what you don't understand.

    January 5, 2010

  • I thought Derstand was somewhere near pianistan.

    January 5, 2010

  • A derstand is what you mount your der on.

    January 5, 2010

  • Mounted der weird me out--it always seems like their eyes are watching me.

    January 5, 2010

  • Yarb, I thought a derstand is where you keep your derwear.

    January 6, 2010

  • *snort*

    January 6, 2010

  • Personally, I keep my drawers in my drawers.

    January 7, 2010

  • And boxers in boxes?

    January 7, 2010

  • And briefs in briefcases, no doubt.

    January 7, 2010