Knowing
Knowing adjective - Having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment.
Usage example: knowing movie producers do not invest their own money in their risky ventures
Simple
Simple adjective - Lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment.
Usage example: developers mistakenly thought that the local residents were simple people who would sell their land for practically nothing
Both words in one sentence
- Synopsis: A simple hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, would have lived rest of his life without knowing about the war between dwarves and orcs if not a wounded dwarf soldier had found his way to Shire.
Source: Fanfic Recs / The Hobbit -
Star Wars: Luke doesn't have to join Darth Vader, but knowing that he's his father puts anguish in what would be a simple decision — and then he wants to pull him back.
Source: Thicker Than Water -
This is Watson's Berserk Button and accuses Holmes of knowing beforehand the sad story of his brother's destiny, and of using Phony Psychic techniques to claim he deduced it from a simple watch.
Source: Sherlock Scan
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