Focus and Know

Focus

Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

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Know and focus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Know" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Know verb - To have a practical understanding of.

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Focus and know are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Know".

Nearby Words: knowing, known

strength	focus strength	know strength
place	focus place	know place
series	focus series	know series
show	focus show	know show
Other words: time, bit, story, magic.

Though if they know someone is trying to hypnotize them it won't work if they don't want it, all they need to do is not focus on whatever the hypnotist wants them to focus on.

Source: More Hypnotizable Than He Thinks
Speaks in Shout-Outs: Monica, one of the Zombie Squad members, speaks almost entirely in Star Wars quotes.Glenn: Could we please maybe focus on, you know, the nazi zombies instead?

Source: Film / Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
As Elena points out at one point, it's they job to know what has to happen during the procedure, so the surgeon can focus on actually doing it.

Source: As You Know

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