bear in on

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bear in on

bear in upon

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb_plus_preposition

after half an hour it was borne in (up)on him that no one was listening después de media hora cayó en la cuenta de que or se percató de que nadie le estaba escuchando

he had been talking for a good 20 minutes before it was borne in upon him that her attention was wavering it was borne in upon mccrimmon that, for every twenty paces he took, he was making no more than one yard's direct progress

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