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
Slow
Slow adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the slower students worked together in a separate group
Both words in one sentence
- Knowing this makes the fic so much harder to read — it's like watching a trainwreck in slow-motion.
Source: Fan Fic / The Very Secret Diary - Knowing she's a Creature of Habit, he takes out Lydia by spiking the Stevia at the table she always sits at with ricin, dooming her to a slow death.
Source: Tampering with Food and Drink -
Not knowing his Back Story, Yuki is slow to realize this, and just thinks he's a coward and jerk — and treats him accordingly.
Source: Film / Space Battleship Yamato
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