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"Sorry, that's a lot to take in. Can you repeat the main blockers?"
"Just watched the architecture video. Still taking it all in — will follow up with questions."
"This is a big change. Let me take in the full diff before approving."
"Updated the requirements section. It's detailed, so take your time to take it in."
"We got a lot of feedback this sprint. Let's take it in before jumping to action items."
"These new feature specs are complex. I need to take them in before estimating."
"Wait, let me take in what this function is doing before we refactor it."
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take in
"I need to take in all these details."
took in
"It took a while to take in all the details of the complex algorithm."
taking in
"I'm still taking in the new architecture."
taken in
"Once I had taken in the requirements, I could start coding."
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1. Your colleague just explained a complex system design in 5 minutes. What do you say?
2. After the demo, I took in everything the new feature.
3. This documentation is detailed. Give me some time to ___ it all ___.
4. I need to understand completely all the information from the meeting.
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