Complete
Work out
Work out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.
Both terms in one sentence
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Whenever he does stand-up or Mock The Week, there is always a moment of complete silence when everyone is trying to work out what on earth he just said.
Source: Creator / Milton Jones -
Also used in "Daleks in Manhattan" where the Doctor attempts to work out the date from how complete the Empire State building is, whilst Martha picks up a newspaper from a bench behind them.
Source: Newspaper Dating - The Game Show Murder, where they recreate an actual murder scene, complete with blood-spatter and what-have-you, and then two bunches of CSI-wannabes have to try and work out who did it.
Source: Crime Reconstruction
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